Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
So, what really led Hitler to rise in Prominence???
##Is it favourable conditions or his (Hitler's) leadership abilities?##
FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
VS
LEADERSHIP ABILITIES
In conclusion.....
It is actually Hitler's leadership abilities. It is the reason for his rise in prominence in the late 1920s because he was clever enough to take advantage of the favourable conditions so that he will have higher chances of rising in power. Even without those favourable conditions that we have discussed before, he will still be able to rise in power. This is due to the fact that he was an amazing speaker that promised his people that he will improve their lives and Germany herself. He always has a plan and backups in case anything goes wrong. This makes him a patient person. He knew the right time and places to hold his speeches for example, having a speech at beer halls where everyone is easily convinced and swayed. Furthermore, he made sure that he plans will be carried out as soon as possible so that people will trust him. He also made sure that he is better than other party and even the police. Eventually, he managed to influence almost everyone into believing that if they are under the rule of Hitler, they can have a better life. Thus, it is his leadership abilities that made him rise to power as he has already influenced some with his skills and tricks even before taking advantage of the favourable conditions.
Basically the favourable conditions is similar of being a 'bonus' for Hitler.
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EXPLOITATION OF THE FEARS OF COMMUNISM
. Used propaganda
To spread fears about
the aims of communism
Hitler's propaganda
used to spread a "Red Scare" (fear of communism). Fear of communism spread through the German population
which helped the Nazi party in the Reichstag election a month after the fire.
As Chancellor of Germany, Hitler could use this to consolidate his power and by
1934 he had turned the democratic Weimar Germany into a dictatorship.
. Rich people’s
property were taken away by the communist
Hitler stressed that
the Nazi party is the only
political party that could provide orders and prevent the communist from
setting up a communist dictatorship, therefore leading to many people giving
the financial support to Nazi
.
Different Positions and Armbands worn by them:
Reorganisation of the Nazi Party
- Hitler joined the German’s worker party in 1919
- In 1920, the party renamed itself the national socialist German workers party and announced its five point programme
- Hitler designed Nazi flag with swastika- red, white and black
- He set up para military (SS and SA) smart uniforms and discipline
Even better organized
than police
- Improved finances by befriending wealthy businessman
- Increased membership, however in may 1928, Nazis only had 12 seats in Reichstag. They realized they had to focus on the election rather than membership
Method to gain support:
#Winning over the
working class
-increased anti Jewish propaganda which was
popular with the working class
#Mein Kampf
- Nazi ideology was the
best seller and helped gained publicity
#Tried to appeal to
farmers
- Blamed the
communists for mistreating the farmers
- Played on their fear
of communism to take away their property
- Promised to take
over the communist
#Public meeting
-Focused on people
who were seemed as important
-Members were also
trained in public speaking for communication with public
Nazi progress:
•Party was well organized
•With 100,000 members, Hitler is
a national figure.
•However,
•Hyperinflation had eased, unemployment decreased and
public were better off
Conclusion:
~ This shows that it is Hitler's leadership abilities that made him rise to prominence. According to the source of exploitation of the fears in communism, he used propaganda to influence people into thinking that he is the most suitable ruler. By reorganising the Nazi Party, he was planned to befriend the wealthy businessmen and that made the finances improved.
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Hyperinflation
##Definition : It is a period increase in the money supply . Usually due to unrestrained printing of fiat currency . Decreasing the value of the currency
##Example : One of the famous examples
of hyperinflation occurred in Germany between January 1922 to November 1923 .
The average price level increased by a factor of 20 billion , doubling every 28
hours .
Pictures Of References :
This
shows that the prices of three eggs cost 100 Billion which is very expensive
and not affordable
This
shows that the price of the bread has been increasing from January to November
.
This
shows that the amount of money they have were worthless and the children use it
to play and build kites .
Videos Of References :
Post-War
Germany struggled with poverty , high unemployment and a fragile economy . The
reparation payments were therefore an unwelcome burden , highly unpopular with
the German people . the government kept up with the reparation payments by
printing more money .
The
Germans adopted a policy of non-cooperation . Workers went on strike so that
there would be nothing for the French to take . The government responded to the
crisis by printing more money to pay striking Ruhr workers and to pay off some
of its debt .
Prices
spiralled out of control and hyperinflation resulted .
Pensioners
could not even afford a cup of coffee with their monthly pension .
Hyperinflation
caused the Weimar Government to lose the support of the middle and lower middle
classes . The problem was finally resolved when Chancellor Gustav Stresemann
replaced the currency with the new Rentenmark .
~ Therefore favourable circumstances is what led to Hitler's rise because with the hyperinflation situation, Hitler was able to convince people that he could make a good and positive difference to Germany and that he is trustworthy. And with that thought, people would believe that he is a good ruler.
THE WEAKNESS OF THE WEIMAR
GOVERNMENT
Weakness #1
The right
wing comprised mainly of the German Army which objected to the signing of the
Treaty of Versailles.
This
group claimed the army had been ‘stabbed in the back’ and could have continued
fighting.
Deeply
resentful, they determined to obstruct the work of the Weimar government.
However, their claims were untrue.
-Germany’s
allies, Turkey and Bulgaria, were ready to stop fighting and negotiate for
peace, leaving Germany’s south open to attack.
-Since
1915, the British naval blockade of Germany’s ports had prevented food and raw
materials from reaching Germany.
-Starved
of food and basic goods, the Weimar government had no choice but to sign the
Treaty of Versailles.
Weakness #2
Ineffective
Constitution
The Weimar Constitution did not create a strong government:
Article 48 of the constitution gave the President sole power in 'times of
emergency'. The president did not need the agreement of the Reichstag, but
could issue decrees. The problem with this was that it did not say what an
emergency was, and in the end, it turned out to be a back door that Hitler used
to take power legally.
Weakness #3
Weimar Germany's
weaknesses include limited base of
popular support. Weimar Germany
did not strive in Europe because of their
limited base of popular support. Weimar democracy
did not like widespread political support. A reason for that
could be very few countries, if any, recognized Germany as a democratic nation.
Countries still associated the Weimar Republic with the, “defeat and the
humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles and reparations”. And
within Germany, " Many Germans identified the republic with the despised
Treaty of Versailles”.
Weakness #4
Another
weakness of Weimar Germany is their uneven balance of economic growth and their
ongoing economic problems. After World War I the Weimar Republic was inherited
with the, “enormous cost of the First World War followed by the burden of
post-war reconstruction”. Germany
was held responsible for all losses and damages suffered by the Allies. This
led to the inflation crisis of 1923. Another problem was that the,
“value of imports always exceeded that of exports”. "Germany's
prosperity remained unsound. It was based too much on foreign credit. The
stock-market crash in 1929 plunged the whole world into a severe depression”.
These
show how Germany's economy was based on exports and foreign credit, so when the
market crashed in 1929 the whole world fell into a depression, including
Germany.
Weakness #5
Weimar Germany
is their of a
persuasive leader. There was not a single
person who persuaded Germany or lead Germany. “There was
a lack of confidence that weakened the Republic’s position in its hour of need”1, and
nobody stood up to take control of Germany within the party. But somebody
outside the party decided to stand up and take control of Germany: Adolf
Hitler. His persuasive skills was a major reason how he took control of
Germany.
Between
1919 and 1932 Weimar Germany had strengths and good ideas such as, the
formation of a constitution and political equality; yet Weimar Germany had more
weaknesses.
In all the timing of the Weimar Republic
was wrong. The loss in World War One, the embarrassment of the Versailles
Treaty, world economic problems, and reparations gave the Weimar Republic a
very small chance of being successful
Conclusion:
~ Therefore, the weakness of the Weimar Government was the one that caused Hitler to be able to rise in prominence. This is because he took advantage on the fact that the Weimar Government was not well supported and that it was not efficient enough.
What is
Nazism?
Nazism was the
ideology and practice of the German Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany.
The term "National Socialism" arose out of attempts to
create a nationalist redefinition of "socialism". The Nazis sought to
achieve this by with the aim of uniting all Germans as national comrades.
The Nazi Party was founded as the ‘German’s Workers Party’ on 5 January 1919. By the early
1920s, Hitler took control of the organisation and renamed it to the ‘National
Socialist German Workers' Party’. In 1933, with the support of more conservative elites, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany and the Nazis gradually established a
one-party-state.
- Building on a charismatic leader figure (Adolf Hitler) and on the support of the
military,
- Inventing
common enemies (Jews, communists, homosexuals, etc.),
- Making the working class to focus more on the higher-class work
Nazi
Ideology
·
Germans were
depicted as the purest of the Aryan
race.
Nazism
held racial theories based upon the belief of the existence of an Aryan master
race that was believed to be superior to all other races. The Nazis
emphasised the existence of racial conflict between the Aryan race and others,
particularly Jews, whom the Nazis
viewed as a mixed race that is responsible for exploitation and repression of
the Aryan race
Social Class
The Nazi Party had many working-class supporters and members,
and a strong appeal to the middle
class. The financial collapse of the white collar middle-class of the 1920s figures
much in their strong support of Nazism. In
the poor country that was the Weimar
Republic of the early 1930s, the
Nazi Party realised their socialist policies with food and shelter for the
unemployed and the homeless.
Expansionism
A major policy of the German Nazi Party was living space for the Germans as Germany suffers from a shortage of land and was facing an overpopulation crisis after World War I and that action has to take place to end the country's overpopulation and provide resources necessary to its people's well-being. Since the 1920s, the Nazi Party promoted the expansion of Germany into territories held by the Soviet Union.
Sex
and Gender
Nazi ideology advocated women from
political involvement. Many women enthusiastically supported the regime but
formed their own internal hierarchies. The National Socialist goal was that
they wished for them to
produce a child. Hitler
said,
"With
every child that she brings into the world, she fights her battle for the
nation. The man stands up for the Volk,
exactly as the woman stands up for the family."
Nazi Germany offered favourable loans and grants to encourage
newlyweds with additional incentives for the birth of offspring.
Pamphlets were issued to German women
to avoid sexual relations
with foreign workers brought to Germany during WWII and to view them as
a danger to their blood. One of
the regulations stated "who has sexual relations with a German man or
woman, or approaches them in any other improper manner, will be punished by death."
Opposition to
homosexuality
"We must exterminate these people
root and branch ... the
homosexual must be eliminated."
The Nazis believed that male homosexuals were weak,
effeminate men who could not fight for the German nation. They saw homosexuals as unlikely to
produce children and increase the German birth-rate. The Nazi incarcerated 100,000 homosexuals during the 1930s.
As concentration camp
prisoners, homosexual men were forced to wear pink
triangle badges. Nazi
ideology still viewed German gay men as part of the Aryan master race. Gay men who would
not change in their sexual orientation were sent to concentration camps under the
"Extermination Through Work" campaign. The Nazis interested in finding a "cure" for
homosexuality expanded this program to include medical experimentation on
homosexual inmates of concentration camps. These experiments caused illness, mutilation,
and even death.
What can I infer from this source???
~ (P) I can infer from the source that Hitler is a very headstrong ruler. (Evi) Evidence from the source, he took back the lands that the Soviet Union gain possession for example Alsace Lorraine, and there were a large army placed in Rhineland which was actually ordered to be demilitarised due to the Treaty of Versailles.(Exp) This meant that he was determined to get back what was rightfully Germany's no matter what happens and he eventually succeed in carrying out his plans.(Link) Thus, this shows that Hitler is a very headstrong and determined ruler who wants the best for him and Germany.
~ (P) I can infer from the source that Hitler is a very headstrong ruler. (Evi) Evidence from the source, he took back the lands that the Soviet Union gain possession for example Alsace Lorraine, and there were a large army placed in Rhineland which was actually ordered to be demilitarised due to the Treaty of Versailles.(Exp) This meant that he was determined to get back what was rightfully Germany's no matter what happens and he eventually succeed in carrying out his plans.(Link) Thus, this shows that Hitler is a very headstrong and determined ruler who wants the best for him and Germany.
Saturday, 27 June 2015
Charisma and Oratorical Skills
Hitler was an amazing and powerful speaker who spoked wisely and greatly about himself. He had dreams of not just ruling Germany but the whole world. He was eager to have the world or most importantly Germany in his hands thus, he used amazing communication and speaking skills to influence the minds of people so that they believe Hitler is the most suitable ruler or so called 'hero'.
So how did he used his skills efficiently?
1)True Orator 2)Beer hall Speeches 3)Addressed people's needs
1) TRUE ORATOR
> He consistently practised the speeches that was made by him
> He was able to attract the audience's attention
> He would be doing more than one speeches per day
> He had a sense of sincerity in whatever matters
2) BEER HALL SPEECHES
> He organised speeches at beer halls where people get drunk and easily impressed> He would then rant and complain when people get drunk
3) ADDRESSED PEOPLE's NEEDS
> He knew what his people wanted and needed
> Used November criminals' communists and the Jews as scapegoats for Germany's ills
Skilfulness at Making deals with Politicians
Hitler had excellent strategies that will guarantee win the hearts of not just the Germans but the politicians. Therefore, he was willing to wait for the right time to gain power. He was good to at making deals (of course, that is what the heading says) to advance his own position. For example: In the July 1932 elections, the Nazis won the most votes in Reichstag.
Conclusion:
~ Therefore, by having good communication, speaking and skills at making deals, he was able to win the hearts of the Germans. He used the right time and situation to make his speeches so that people would think that he is a suitable ruler. Thus, his leadership abilities is what made him able to rise in prominence in the late 1920s.
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