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Youth in Nazi Germany
... younger you are the more you believe other people as they are more dependant on them, and the younger generations look up to the older generations who lead by example to make the younger people the perfect Nazis. One of ...
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‘By The Beginning of 1929, the prospects for the survival of the Weimar Republic looked good’. Discuss
... and other commitments like mortgages with the devalued currency. However this was a disaster for the majority, those with savings and people on fixed incomes like civil servants saw there hard earned earnings disintegrate due to hyperinflation. However had the ...
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‘Hitler’s rise to power was due less to his abilities, more to the weaknesses of others’
... unfit and unable to bear arms. He was also rejected by the Vienna school of architecture. It would not be far from the truth to say that Hitler was not just ambitious but was also driven by rant and rave ...
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‘Nazi Policies towards Jews were Brutal but Erratic’. Asses the validity of this judgement about the consequences of Nazi Anti-Semitism in the years 1933-39 In the years after the Machtergreifung in 1933
... barracks. Michael Wildt, an author described random acts of such as 'SA men kidnapped theatre director Paul Barnay and beat him with rubber clubs and dog whips so severely he was later hospitalised.' These random attacks which characterized the years 1933 ...
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‘The most important reason why there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazi regime was its use of propaganda.’ Explain how far you agree with this statement.
... forward. He also set up the 'Reich Chamber of Commerce' in 1933 and this was designed to deal with all literature, art, music, radio etc. and only those who was part of this chamber was allowed to produce anything from ...
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‘Was Hitler’s dictatorship established by legal means’.
... and the liquidation of dissent among Nazis and conservatives. After taking office as chancellor, Hitler quickly out maneuvered Papen and the conservative nationalists. The Reichstag Fire, February 1933 A new Reichstag election was scheduled for early March 1933. Only a few days ...
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‘Women were treated as 2nd Class Citizens in Nazi Germany 1933-39’ Use sources A-E and your own knowledge to see whether you a
... B shows a German family sitting at the dining table. The woman is caring for one child while one child is drawing and the other is sitting on his dad's lap. This shows that the woman plays an important part ...
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“Analyse the factors that enabled Hitler and the Nazis to assume power in Germany in 1933 and discuss which factor you conside
... to feel 'pain and anger'. Frederick Schneidemann, the German Chancellor (June 1919) resigned rather than sign the treaty, saying: "May the hand wither that signs this treaty." The German public were angry about the reparation payments believing that France and ...
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“By the beginning of 1929, the survival prospects of the Weimar Republic looked good.” Discuss the extent to which this statement can be agreed with.
... the Versailles treaty). The newly establish Rentenmark currency was stabilized by this influx of almost 25.5 billion marks worth of foreign capital. It also set the stage for the Young plan, established in 1928. This plan "parceled" reparations payments into ...
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“Hitler’s aims and actions were the only cause of World War Two.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
... the sea. Plus the Treaty forced Germany to reduce its army, demilitarise the Rhineland and get rid of its navy. The Treaty also forced harsh reparations for the War resulting in a great deal of the German people resenting the ...
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“Hitler’s single aim in foreign policy was expand in the east.” How far do you agree with this view?
... step towards world domination through greater Germany. Hitler's idea of expansionism into the east (lebensraum) was in place long before he had come to power. However what differentiates Hitler's ideology from the idea itself is that he was able to ...
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“Hitler’s willing executioners?” How far is this an accurate reflection of the German attitudes towards the Jews and the Final Solution?
... serve to strengthen anti-Semitic feelings although evidence suggests this might have failed. Many ordinary Germans were either apathetic or even sympathetic to the plights of the Jews and the international response predictably condemned this action. The boycott was called off ...
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“It was the enabling law that allowed Hitler to dominate Germany by the end of 1934” Explain how far you agree with this statement.
... law passed (27th February) a fire mysteriously started at the Reichstag building which sent it to the ground. The fire was believed to have been started by a communist terrorist. After the fire in the Reichstag Hitler's requested that Hindenburg ...
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“Only the Great Depression put the wind into Hitler’s sails” (A.J.P. Taylor) Do you agree that this was the most important factor in Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, or are there other reasons which are equally important?
... discipline, need for order and traditionalism emotionally scarred young Adolf. He wanted to pursue his artistic talents but was forced, by his father, to attend a technical college in preparation for a career in the civil service, this left him ...
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“Supreme opportunism was the key to unification” How far would you agree with this statement in reaction to Bismarck and Germany?
... to thrive and prove to its people and the other nations that it was still a powerful country. Nevertheless, the key debate is how skilled Bismarck was in uniting Germany, or whether he was mainly being opportunistic. There were many ...
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“The most important reason why there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazi regime was its use of Propaganda”
... Nazis were put across in the most persuasive and convincing manner possible. To ensure success, Goebbels formed the Reich chamber of commerce in 1933. The organization controlled the Radio, the Press and all aspects of culture such as films, literature, ...
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“The most important reason why there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazi regime was its use of Propaganda”
... that had gripped Germany since the Wall Street crash. When Hitler came to power, over six million people were unemployed. Through 'till 1939, Hitler managed to make these numbers drop. The figures went down as the following: January 1933 6,014,000 January 1934 ...
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“The most important reason why there was little opposition in Germany towards the Nazi regime was it’s use of propaganda”
... main types of propaganda. Firstly, they controlled the radio and newspapers. Journalists where given detailed instructions as to what to write in their newspapers, and what the radios could broadcast. Also radios were made astronomically cheap so Germans had more ...
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“The Second World War was all Hitler’s fault” How far do you agree with this statement?
... people lived. He demanded living space, 'Lebensraum', for his people in the East. People did not like the idea of this as to use more space you need more land, which means he would need to take land from other ...
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“To what extent did Adolf Hitler control Nazi anti Semitic policy in the period 1933-9 and to what extent was the policy errat
... take control and make the right decisison he realised that it might be necessary to play down extreme anti-semitism in the interests of internal stability and economic policy. He thought harsh measures against the jews could lead to an international ...