Hitler Ideology

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Youssof Ashmawy
Block 4
May 18, 2014

To What Extent Did Hitler’s Ideologies Aid Him

On April 20th 1889, a young Austrian boy named Adolf Hitler was born. In september 1919, Hitler joined the German Workers’ Party, which would later become to be known as the Nazi Party. In 1921, Hitler was appointed to be the leader of the Nazi Party. These events would all lead to Hitler becoming the chancellor of Germany. But what factors played a role in his rise to power and to what extent did his ideologies play a role in that?

Hitler believed that communism was the main enemy for Germany. In one of his speeches, hitler said that “Communists are seeking to destroy our country”. By doing so, he was trying to show how he believes that communism should be eliminated from the country and this will help lead the country in the correct path to gain its former glory. Hitler believed in National Socialism, also known as Nazism. Nazism supported the master race which is also known as the Aryan master race. Moreover, the German Nazis supported theories of racial hierarchies and social darwinism. They strived to eliminate capitalism and communism for being associated with Jewish materialism.

There are many social ideologies or beliefs that Hitler had. One of the most famous belief would be his deep hate towards the Jews. Hitler has always disliked the Jews and he felt as if they should be blamed for everything that went wrong in Germany. He even believed that the Jews were to be blamed for all the poverty in Germany and that all the evil came from the Jews. He demonstrated that hate by killing and burning around 6 million Jews during the War. Hitler was one of the people who believed in the ‘master race’. The master race was any German who had blond...

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... a strong leader who would offer them what they wanted. Hitler took advantage of that, and started to spread his ideologies through his speeches.

Hitler’s Ideologies played an important role yet a small one in bringing him to power. Of course without them, Hitler wouldn’t have been able to rise to power but what gave him the opportunity to spread his ideologies was the economic depression. Think of it as follows: There is a person with great skills and with those great skills he could help the people of his country and with them he could become powerful. The problem is that there is a locked door between him and the people. In this case, the key to opening the door would be the economic depression and the person’s skills would be Hitler’s ideologies. Hitler’s ideologies were important because they influenced the people of Germany to accept him as their leader.

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