How Did Hitler Invade Germany

In November 11th of 1918 World War I was finally over. The war left many countries in ruin, all but Germany. Although there was no physical damage done to the country, an economic crisis was about to sweep away almost all of the country’s hope. America called in all their foreign loans to help pay for the war, this destroyed Weimar, Germany. The population of unemployed people rose to 6 million. When people were losing their job, along with their faith, the Nazi Party began gaining support. The poor people of the country turned to communism. This act frightened the wealthy businessmen of Germany, so in return they began supporting Hitler’s campaigns. The Nazi Party started out small with only 12 seats, but by July of 1932 they had 230 seats

When Hitler rose to full power in Germany he wanted to branch out his dictatorship to other countries as well. In September of 1939 Germany invades Poland starting World War II. Hitler’s forces eventually take west invading the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. In June of 1941, he breaks the Nazi Soviet Pact and invades Russia. As Germany hits harder into the heartland of Russia, more troops are drafted in to protect the Soviet leader, but when Russia first went to war against Germany, Russia never signed anything to protect their prisoners. By October of 1941, more than three million people that were in jail, were now prisoners of the war. This resulted in harsh, and mistreatment towards the Russian prisoners. This is dark part of history was written in a novel called: One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich. The book revolves around the main character, Ivan, and his experience in a labor prison. The book often describes how he and his fellow peers were mistreated and were underfed. In history it was described as “The Policy of Mass Starvation”. Soviet prisoners were the first victims of the Nazi policy. In August of 1941 the German army set a ration of 2,000 or so

The name of the camps were called Gulag. The camps were government agency that administered the main Soviet Union camp system during the Stalin era. The camps housed many convicts, murders and traitors of the country, but later on the prisoners of Russia and innocent people wounded up in the camps. The author of the novel also had a first hand experience at this camp. He was arrested for writing a derogatory comment about Stalin in a letter. At the time, private mail did not exist and it was read by an officer. He was sent to a Stalin labour camp where he had to endure the harsh treatment of the camps. He was arrested in 1945, he later then was released in 1953. When he was released, he was sent to exile, but three years later he was soon allowed back into his home country. However, once the wretched leader of Russia was killed many Soviet prisoners were released. The camps were functioning up until the 1980’s but the political leaders realized how inhumane they were, and were shut