The Rise, Reign and Downfall of the Nazi Party

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The rise and fall of the Nazi Party
The Nazi party is one of the most notorious political parties in history. It was a socialist political party that essentially brainwashed a group of people into believing that it was necessary to exterminate and entire race of people. What started as a small group of men who opposed the Treaty of Versailles and communism, ultimately turned into the Nazi party. Adolf
Hitler, an Army veteran eventually became the leader of the Nazi party. He was a charismatic man, and promised to do great things for Germany. His speeches were passionate and persuasive. He used propaganda and fear tactics in order to gain followers, even using techniques to attract children. “The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”
(Hitler, 1939) Once Hitler was elected into office he e...

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