Even though it's been over 75 years since World War II there are still some people still alive who were involved in the dreadful war. One aspect of the War was the Holocaust, A Genocide of more than 11 million people which was performed by Adolf Hitler, Germany's Chancellor starting in 1933 until his death in 1945. He was the head of The Nazi party which was the National Socialist German Workers' Party. The Nazi party is the group that started the Holocaust. If it seems that all these points are being brought together to try to make a point, that's because they are. Adolf Hitler was a very racist person as we all think which led to the Holocaust and then leading to Germany invading Poland which officially started World War II. The point that is trying to be made here is that without Adolf Hitler the Second World War would have never began. After the First World War, Germany was in a deep money deficit. In April 1919, Foreign Minister Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau informed the Weimar National Assembly that Germany would be require to pay reparations for the damage caused by the Axis powers in World War I rather than pay for the costs of the war as stated in William Young's book the German Diplomatic Relations 1871–1945: The Wilhelmstrasse and the Formulation of Foreign Policy on page 133-135. Following the drafting of the Treaty of Versailles, the German and Ally delegates met and the treaty was to be translated and for a response to be created. During the meeting Brockdorff-Rantzau said that "We know the intensity of the hatred which meets us, and we have heard the victors' passionate demand that as the vanquished we shall be made to pay, and as the guilty we shall be punished". However, he later denied that Germany was solely re...
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...oviet satellite state, which is stated in H-Net reviews article “World War 2”. In conclusion Germany went down under after the Treaty of Versailles, which made them pay reparations of around 33 Billion US dollars, and then Hitler brought them up through persuasion and new political tactics to get territories for Germany and to wipe out Jews rights and liberties, whom he blamed for Germany's horrible economy during late 1920's early 1930's. He then led the country of Germany to believe him and his extreme ideas, which began the Holocaust. The greediness of Hitler led to the start of World War II after he was not contempt with Czechoslovakia and Austria. He invaded Poland and became a very powerful war leader till his decline, which ended World War II. This all leads to the conclusion that if Hitler never came to Nazi Power, World War II would have never started.
World War II started because of Hitler’s persuasive words that compelled the German people to follow him into anything. Hitler brought the brainwashed Germans into war against the world that should have never been fought because it made it seem like Germans were always doing the right thing. In Hitlers book Mein Kampf, Hitler writes, "All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people" (Hitler). The world was given a piece of literature that was a piece of propaganda that benefited the Germans in many ways. They were given a scapegoat and something to believe in
There is no excuse for the horrible things Nazi Germany did during World War II. But one can get a better idea how that war started by learning about how World War I ended. The Treaty of Versailles was created by the winners of World War I, like France, Great Britain, and the United States, to make peace. So how did it help contribute to an even worse war less than twenty years later? It was mainly because it was too hard on Germany’s territory, military, economy, and national pride.
him. When his father died in 1903, Hitler saw this as a relief to him.
Germany was economically frail subsequent to World War I. The Treaty of Versailles had held them accountable for the cause, and the Great Depression further deteriorated their condition. Germany was ambitious for power and resources. Envisioning world domination, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany, led his Nazi Party to invade Poland in 1939. France and Britain guaranteed to offer military support if Poland were to become attacked; they declared war, initiating World War II.
At the end of World War One, Germany was required to pay a large sum of money to the Allies consequently resulting in the German Depression. The sum Germany had to pay was set after the Treaty of Versailles was enacted at approximately six billion, six hundred million – twenty-two billion pounds, (World War Two – Causes, Alan Hall, 2010). The large amount of reparations that Germany had to pay resulted in a depression and angered the Germans because they thought it was an excessive amount of money to pay, (World War Two – Causes) The Germans hatred of the Treaty of Versailles was of significant importance in propelling the Nazis to power. Germany could not pay their reparations and was forced into a depression, (World War II – Causes). The Treaty of Versailles deprived Germany of its economic production and its available employments, (World War II – Causes). The German Depr...
Hitler’s rise to power before World War II was due to his anger at Germany’s defeat in World War I and the punishment Germany received from Britain and France. He also directed his anger at Jews and communists he believed contributed to that defeat. He blamed them for the loss of World War I, which he thought was a Jewish conspiracy (Jews in Nazi Germany pg. 1). He also believed that the Treaty of Versailles was a Jewish conspiracy designed to take down the country of Germany (Jews in Nazi Germany pg. 1) as well as the hyperinflation of 1923, which he believed to be an international conspiracy by the Jewish people (Jews in Nazi Germany pg. 2). On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany (The History Place: Holocaust Timeline pg. 1). This was the rise to power that he needed to carry out his campaign of evil against the Jewish people. After his rise to power, Hitler branded the Jews as
Support for the Nazi party was due to the growing belief that it was a
World War II was not only started by Adolf Hitler and Germany, but had a lot to do with the humiliation that Germany felt when the terms of the Treaty of Versailles were laid down. The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles may be indirectly related to the cause of World War II, but nonetheless was a huge factor in starting the war.
Hitler broke down in tears when he saw his fathers body but it was now
In 1889 in Austria Adolf Hitler was born. Over the course of his life, he would go on to become the most infamous dictator of all time and cause the death of over eleven million people.
There were many wars that has brought our world to what it is today, one of the wars being World War II. Although there were many countries that were involved in this war some of the major countries were The United States, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, France and Britain. The main outbreak of the war was triggered when Britain and France declared war on Germany, due to their invasion in World War I. WWII lasted for six years. World War II was one of the most important conflicts in World History, there were many important events that occurred during this war; one of the main events includes Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. The Holocaust is one of the major segregation events that occurred in history that made the world what it is today.
Germany, Hitler in specific, was one of the leading reasons as to why the world plunged into World War II. Hitler was allowed to take control over Czechoslovakia by Britain, France, and Italy to keep him
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria. Actually, his real name is Adolphus Heidler. While in his childhood it was very noticeable that he was a leader. He was also very pampered by his mother Klara. He loved her dearly and was very devastated about her lose to breast cancer in 1903. His father on the other hand was disliked and respected by his son. When his death occurred in 1907, Hitler wasn't nearly as disappointed in his death than as his mothers. Adolf had a total of 7 brothers and sisters. Hitler's religion was German Catholic but later in his life he would become anti-Jew.
After reading Adolph Hitler’s proclamation to the German Nation it became quite apparent that he was more willing to lay blame for most if not all of Germany’s issues at the time on outside causes. This can be seen quite clearly as you read the opening of his speech. He states that “MORE than fourteen years have passed since the unhappy day when the German people, blinded by promises from foes at home and abroad, lost touch with honor and freedom, thereby losing all” (Hitler 1993). What Hitler is referring to in his opening statement is the Treaty of Versailles and the foes being the countries who won World War One. He references about how badly Germany was treated by the League of Nations, when he says “We never received the equality and fraternity
In conclusion, Hitler was the reason of the Holocaust and the starting of World War II. He started off slight, became immense by what he did to the Jewish race, and attacked many countries. In my opinion, Hitler was a disturbing fellow who deserved nothing but the worst.