Individual choices influence history. Adolf Hitler,Adolf Eichmann,Heinrich Himmler ,and Reinhard Heydrich were four men who made choices that influenced history.Adolf Hitler influenced history because he was the leader of the Nazi party.The Nazi party started as a gang soldiers in 1919,and later took control of Germany.The goal of the Nazis was to get rid of all of the Jewish people.Hitler started to slowly get rid of the Jewish people because he wanted a master race. He wanted the population to have blue eyes and blonde hair and began by eliminating Jews through expropriation, concentration in ghettos, deportation,mobile killing units ,and death camps. Hitler,Eichmann,Himmler,and Heydrich all worked together to get rid of Jewish people by killing them at death camps. The choices they made about mass killing of Jews created the Holocaust in Germany. …show more content…
“Hitler joined the party the year it was founded ,and became its leader in 1921” (“Holocaust Timeline: The Rise of the Nazi Party”).After World War I, the German people were humiliated.. The Nazi party gained more people and they ruled Germany. because they blamed at the Jews for Germany losing World War I and promised they would lead Germany to power again. The Nazis were also responsible for laws being made against foreigners and Jews. For example, they believed you had to have German blood for German rights "Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party, grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945”. (“The Nazi Party Platform”). This explains how Adolf Hitler’s choices influenced history. Hitler made choices to become a dictator, instead of a democratic president and he was able to influence people to follow
Adolf Hitler gained his power in German Politics as leader of The National Socialist German Workers Party also called by the Nazi Party, which is the mostly known name. When the Great War, or World War I, started to breakout, Hitler served in the German army. He gained power from there by using the scapegoat technique, which is playing on the weaknesses, hopes, and fears of the people. The Germans were “ripe” for him to become their leader and take power because of the shaming the they were put through in the war, he then went on to become known as the greatest military leader (Adolf Hitler Biography). He wanted to return Germans their pride, and promised to make them respected and powerful. This is when he rioted them against a common enemy, the Jews, and tried to overtake
In Sebastion Haffner’s Defying Hitler, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party is told through a firsthand experience. Through this first-hand experience, Haffner answers the question as to how the Nazis were able to rise and stay in power. The Nazi party was formed at the end of the First World War. The Nazis faced a lot of criticism for their beliefs and tactics in the early stages and were viewed as a nuisance and nothing more. Every party needs a great leader and they found that in Adolf Hitler. The Nazis were able to rise to power with the help of Hitler, after a humiliating defeat in World War I which created a German society in despair, Hitlers anti-semitic view and his violently enforced propaganda
During the end of the 1930’s, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose into action. Hitler is commonly referenced and linked with World War II, and has become famous for his brutal dictatorship in Germany. Adolf Hitler began the persecution of Jews with the belief that they were insignificant to the human race. Along with Jews, he believed that handicapped, mentally ill, and elderly people did not deserve the right to live. This horrifying genocide killed over 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe.
Hitler was superb at convincing people to believe everything he said. He promised the people a roast in every pot, security, and many more things. By promising the people security that meant that he would keep them all safe and that he can do a better job than anyone else. Adolf Hitler increased in support from bankers and industrialists. So, pretty much he had most of the people who had higher power on his side durning this time period. The the united States stock market crasedd in October 1929 unemployment in Germany quickly rose to over six million. This opened another window for Hitler to get more peoplewho thought that they had nothing and their life was over to side with him. President Hindenburg did not want for Hitler to become the chancellor so instead he appointed Von Pappen but, Adolf Hitler did not agree nor did the Nazi's. hitler eventually did become the chancellor on January 30th, 1933 Hitler then banned all political parties. In 1934 the president died and Adolf Hitler forced his way into power. Now that he was the president he can change anyhting that he wants.
The 1940’s was a time of great conflict between the United States and Europe. This led to World War II, which began on June 14th, 1940 when German troops were sent to France to occupy Paris (Nash 500). Before the United States entered World War II many conflicts erupted throughout Europe such as the advancement of German troops into various countries (Nash 501-502). The main source of these conflicts was a man by the name of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a power hungry man who had the drive to become a political leader (Nash 492). But, the ways by which he obtained leadership were repulsive. He struck fear into the eyes of those in which opposed his teaching and killed whoever stood in his way (Nash 493). Germany faced troubling times after World War I. Hitler looked at this as the perfect opportunity to rise to power. He turned a party that consisted of a small amount of workers into the National Socialist German Workers’ party, which later became known as the Nazi party. During the 1920s, Hitler performed many speeches in order to make the Nazi party better known. In his speeches he talked about eliminating the differences between the rich and poor in order to prevent divided social classes. This made his party strong, attractive, and it quickly gained many supporters (Nash 494). By August 1934, Hitler became the Dictator of Germany and began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 495). It was at this point when he began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 500). He sent Nazi troops to take over nearby land, which made neighboring countries nervous. One of these countries, Russia, made a non-aggression pact with Hitler as a way to try to protect their country. Even though H...
On 30 January 1933, the German president, Paul von Hindenburg, selected Adolf Hitler to be the head of the government. This was very unexpected. Hitler was the leader of an extreme right-wing political party, the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party. Hitler sought to expand Germany with new territories and boundaries. Hitler also focused on rebuilding Germany’s military strength. In many speeches Hitler made, he spoke often about the value of “racial purity” and the dominance of the Aryan master race. The Nazi’s spread their racist beliefs in schools through textbooks, radios, new...
Kershaw argues that Hitler plays a decisive role in the development of policies but also argues that many of the measure that ultimately led to the Holocaust were undertaken by lower-ranking officials without direct order from Hitler in the expectation that such steps would win them the approval of the Fuhrer .
1933 -1939 as well as Adolf Hitler and his racist views which influenced thousands of Germans. The main reason for the holocaust happening was that Germany had been anti-Semitic for many centuries, and during those centuries. anti-Semitism gradually got worse. Therefore because this was becoming a racial war, this was an opportunity for Germany to cleanse itself of Jews like it should have done centuries ago. With Hitler was Anti-Semitic and a strong leader for the Nazi party.
Many choices Hitler made and many of his beliefs he had were the sole causes of the beginning of the Holocaust, and the happening of the Holocaust had very many detrimental effects to the people affected
The Holocaust, the mass killing of the Jewish people in Europe, is the largest genocide in history to this date. Over the course of the Holocaust nearly six million Jewish people were killed by the Nazi Party and Germany led by Adolf Hitler. There are multiple contributing factors to the Holocaust that made it so large in scope. Historians argue which of these factors were most significant. The most significant contributing factor is the source of the Holocaust, the reason it occurred. This source is Adolf Hitler and his hatred for Jewish people. In comparison to the choices of the Allies to not accept Jewish refugees and to not take direct military action to end the Holocaust, the most significant contributing factor of the Holocaust is that Adolf Hitler was able to easily rise to power with the support of the German people and rule Germany.
Throughout the 20th century many people influenced the world for better or worse. However one man completely changed history for even those alive today. This man was Adolf Hitler. He was a anti-semitic, anti-Marxist dictator that dominated Europe into believing that Jews were the root of all evil. Adolf Hitler is one of the most influential figures of the 20th century because his reign and military leadership of Germany lead to World War II, he killed millions of Jews trying to perfect humanity through the Holocaust and his efforts of world domination influenced history forever.
Hitler had a lot to do with Germany.’ Hitler started volunteering for the German army.’ This supports one way on how he rose up to power and did everything he did. In addition, “ As leader of the Nazi party he orchestrated the holocaust, which resulted in the death of four million Jews.’’ (BCC programmes) This shows Hitler was the one who was blamed and planned everything out.
the Nazi party impacted on nearly all aspects of the social and cultural life in Germany from the period of 1933 to 1939. When Hitler became the chancellor in 1933 he began to influence and change aspects of the German social and cultural life that did not fit his vision of a national socialist Germany
With a combination of poor leadership on the Weimar Government’s behalf, the signing of the hated Treaty of Versailles and an unattractive economic situation, Hitler, using his charismatic personality, was able to convince the majority of the public to resort to the extremist nazi party. There are many other factors that influenced the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism; In every case, however, Hitler’s manipulative skills and sophisticated behavior towards circumstances lead to the success of the Nazi Party. By successfully manipulating the above set of circumstances, Hitler was able to cause to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazi Party.
Adolf Hitler joined a small political party in 1919 and rose to leadership through his emotional and captivating speeches. He encouraged national pride, militarism, and a commitment to the Volk and a racially "pure" Germany. Hitler condemned the Jews, exploiting anti-Semitic feelings that had prevailed in Europe for centuries. He changed the name of the party to the National Socialist German Workers' Party, called for short, the Nazi Party. By the end of 1920, the Nazi Party had about 3,000 members. A year later Hitler became its official leader Führer. From this, we can see his potential of being a leader and his development in his propaganda.