The Rise of Germany to a Fascist State During the 1920's and early 1930's Germany was unstable socially economically and politically. The governments were more often in a state of disarray than not, the populace was disillusioned and scared, and the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 saw the economy crumble before the population's eyes. These unfavourable factors combined to create a nation of precarious stature, a country which was looking for a savior. This came in the form of fascism, an ideology in which the individual is dominated by an all-powerful state unde...

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Nazism and art. Can these two themes be combined to create a high quality movie? Possibly. That is what director Istvan Szabo did. He directed the movie Mephisto in 1981, a movie about the life of a German actor during Nazi's rule pre-World War II. ...

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The term 'totalitarianism' was first coined in Italy in May 1923 as a term of abuse against Mussolini's Fascist government. In England in 1929 the term was used to describe both Fascist (Italy and later Germany) and Communist (Soviet Union) states. Indeed, these countries were ruled by a single mas...

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1.a) Explain how the Nazi Party consolidated its power in Germany in the period 1933-1939. The Nazi Party is now known as the most callously notorious political party of our modern times. Its life spanned only twelve years and three months, which was brief, yet sustained enough for the most savag...

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Ca on the other hand is Nazi propaganda and there fore is very lightly to be biased. 3) Source D What message do you think the Ministry of Propaganda and Enlightenment was trying to give to the German people by publishing this photograph? ...

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