Versailles, Germany was required to pay reparations which costed them billions of dollars. The treaty also placed a limit on the German military, as they were only allowed to have 100,000 soldiers, 6 battleships, and no air force or U-boats. At the End of the War, it was when the Weimer Republic
The Impact of the Communist Manifesto During the Late 1800s and Early 1900s There is no doubt that the Communist Manifesto was a shocking and radical document for its time, but it did much more than shock the public. The Communist Manifesto made the oppressed conscious of their status and influenced the unity of the working class. It also influenced the revolutions of 1848, it formed the basis of the reorganization of the Communist League and the demands of the Communist party, it influenced other
Why the Nazis and not the Communists? Why, by 1934, had the Nazis benefited more than the Communists from the shortcomings of the Weimar Republic? Adolf Hitler, head of the NSDAP, became Chancellor of Germany on the 30th January 1933. Following the 'legal revolution' of the following months and President Hindenburg's death on the 2nd August 1934, Hitler made himself Führer and Reichskanzler. The Nazi revolution was complete and Germany was subject to a dictatorship of the extreme political
control of the communist party in 1924 when Lenin died of a stroke. Communist ideals were heavily in opposition to classical liberal values; Whereas Liberalism stressed the importance of the individual, Communism sought to better the greater good of society by stripping many of the individual rights and freedoms of citizens. Communism revoked the class structure of society and created a universal equality for all. This equality came with a price however. Any who opposed the communist rule were assassinated
Hitler's Coming to Power in Germany During Hitler’s adolescent years he became obsessed with politics and spent most of his time reading and studying the writings of political fascists such as Hegel, Nietschke and Trietscke. Although many philosophers influenced Hitler’s ideas, most of them came from the writings of a political extremist named Lanz Von Lieberfels. Hitler believed that all people were divided into two groups – Aryan superman and sub-humans, the worst of who were Jews. His
In the fall of 1989, people all around the world were watching unbelievable scenes on their televisions. Thousands of people in eastern Europe were meeting in the streets and squares and demanding the end of the communist rule. For the first time in history, opposition to communism was publically voiced. Barbed wire border fences in Hungary were being torn down. East Germans were fleeing to the West. Overnight the Berlin wall collapsed. The start of these historical events was the Polish Revolution
Another reason was the Wall Street crash, which caused another depression in Germany, which made people vote for the Nazi party. Another reason Hitler was able to come into power was the Reichstag fire, which the Nazis blamed on a communist and this affected the 1933 Election in their favour. The fire also allowed Hitler to pass the “Enabling act”, which basically meant that no one could oppose him and Germany had to do what he said without question. To aid this un-challenged state, Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Australian born German politician and leader of the Nazi party. He was the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. Hitler led Germany throughout World War 2 and tried to make Germany the supreme country. Hitler’s rise to power was based upon long-term factors: the bitterness of the Germans, the horror of his storm-troopers, the weakness of the Weimar system, his use of propaganda and his brilliant persuasive speeches he gave
causing great resentment. Germany had no choice but to accept the terms of the treaty, which later had a considerable impact on the countries running. The negotiations for this treaty took six months, at the Paris peace conference. Germany was forced to accept all responsibility for causing the war, making substantial territorial concessions along with disarming, which reduced their army to 100,000 men, no tanks or U-boats and the Rhineland, which previously belonged to Germany, was to be demilitarised
Between 1929-1939 1929 was a hard time for Germany. Hyper inflation had taken control, the Reich mark was worth nothing, and they were literally bankrupt. The reason for their bankruptcy was due to the economic collapse of America. After world war one Germany had been made to pay large reparations to France for the damage they had caused. Germany had problems paying these large reparations and called in America for help. They decided to loan Germany the money because they saw essential for
race of people. He plunged “the world into one of the bloodiest and most destructive wars in history.” (Shirer, 1961) Hitler was a genius but an evil genius. He had the ability to convince millions of German’s of his ideas to extent the power of Germany over Europe, to unite all Germans in a nation and to destroy millions of Jewish people. Even with his disturbing ideas Hitler still fascinates people. How could a man be filled with so much hatred to think that people must be perfect to be of one
Why Hitler was Able to Dominate Germany by 1934 Hitler was able to dominate Germanyby 1934 because of many events that occurred between 1923 and 1934 which helped his rise to power. In 1919 Hitler became the leader of the German workers party. By 1920 it was renamed the Nazi party and Hitler was its leader. Hitler organised the party as a military group, in 1921 he set up a private army called the Sturm-Abteilung or the SA. They dressed in brown and were sometimes known
happened in Weimar Germany, however much of his success came from careful, precise planning. Life after World War One was difficult for all Germans; the country was in political chaos with other factors leading to the relatively easy rise to power of Hitler. During the Stresemann years Germany started to rebuild itself leading which required Hitler to very carefully plan the ways in which he conducted himself, his party and the information that he released to the public. When Germany plunged into the
involvement of Fascist and Communist factions in said clash, one must concede that the conflict between Communism and Fascism was represented to a great degree by the Spanish Civil war. One very important pro-communist faction that fought in this Civil War was the Spanish Popular Front coalition that won the February 1936 general elections. Led by Prime Minister Manuel Azaña Díaz, this broad coalition, like the one that won the May 1936 elections in France, was composed of communists, socialists and moderate
Back on the night of the 27th of February 1933, what pulled down Germany to its democratic government was eradicated as the flames devoured the structure of the German parliament. This point in history is known to as “the Reichstag fire”. Even though a series of accusations where thrown to frame the communist party and Van der Lubbe (Dutch communist) who was caught red handed on the day of the fire, Historians still struggle and disagree to decide who was to blame for the Reichstag fire. This event
paper ... ...es of reunification. Marx and Engels had a specific vision for what they wanted their communist government to be. If communism had remained unchanged in its original form, the corruption of the party may not have occurred, and the rest of the world could have learned valuable lessons from the communists. If communism had continued to be what Marx and Engels intended it to be, then communist governments may have been successful. Unfortunately, what they neglected to take into consideration
was elected as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, the consolidation of power was not having the desired effect. Hitler immediately called another election, and using his newly acquired power, his first step was to ban all newspapers and political meetings, particularly those of the Communists (KPD). He also dissolved the Prussian parliament, which effectively gave Hermann Goring complete control of 60% of Germany's police force. The police support of the Nazi Party was the backing for a violent
resulting in their unpopularity. However, Hitler's support grew during the years after the Crash between 1929 and 1933 when he was ordained Chancellor. The crash of the American stock market in 1929 resulted in international economical depression. Germany was hit especially hard as the American businessmen who had loaned German banks money under the Dawes plan in 1924 now wanted it back as they were now in debt themselves. For the Weimar Government, this caused great problems. It caused inflation
In January 1933 Adolf Hitler was selected by President Hindenburg to be Chancellor of Germany with the help of the Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen. Although the Hitler and the Nazi Party had made several great promises to the people of Germany, I do not think that the people liking these promises played the most significant role in getting Hitler the Chancellorship. During the economic stability of the 1920s many people in America made gamble on the stock market as an easy source of income. It
World War One saw great variation in European politics. This ran from the rightist control in Italy under Mussolini to the Stalinist administration of the Soviet Union. Maybe no other country saw such an emotional legislative vacillation as did Germany. Germany started this time period as the staunch majority rule government of the Weimar Republic, was later swung to the rightist fascism of Hitler. The worst general purpose behind this extreme change in government was the Weimar Republic's insecurity