Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

In December 1929, the German government faced a total financial crisis, facing a short fall of 1.5 billion marks in anticipated revenues. It occurred then that the world would lie in darkness, where deaths would override births dramatically, and where the lives of those of a different race, those opposed to the Nazi rule would lie.

In the 1920's, Germany encountered a great mired in an economic depression. Millions of citizens suffered hunger and many remained out of work. The national spirit of the once-proud people became low. The Germans became enraged by their loss of World War I and stood humiliated by the terms they had to accept in 1919 the treaty of Versailles. The War had a destruction of millions of deaths. Germany had to give up territory, slash its military, and pay billions of dollars in reparations for the damaged it caused during the war. Hitler used his nation's despair and humiliation as fuel for a new political monument, which took shape as the Nazi party (Schoenbaum 8).

In 1933, Hitler achieved his goal of gaining political power. In January 30, President Von Hindenburg swore Hitler as Germany's new chancellor. Hitler then took charge of the armed forced the police, and other institutes. By 1934, upon the death of Von Hindenburg, Hitler became president as well as chancellor. Eventually he would become called "leader" (Dallin 64).

Nazis became brainwashed. They became manipulated in to believing that the Germans exsisted as the best the best and that their blood was the purist and that no one would be greater than they would. Nazi were formed as well to believe that all Jews were the enemies of all Germans. Some though were forced to become Nazis because their families ha...

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