A Seize of Power
After WWI, Germany was in a exceedingly unpleasant state. It had been forced, by the Treaty of Versailles, to take full blame for the war. This meant that Germany would have to pay reparations for all of the other countries. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst stagflation epidemics in history. Not to mention a brand new government, one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty, had taken over power. All of the people of this once superpower of a country were in a state of perplexity because they had lost a war that had been fought entirely on enemy soil. Germany was searching for an answer to its insurmountable problems, and found that answer in a Nazi named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was born in Austria, into a troubled house. He had aspirations of becoming an artist, but those subsided when he was rejected from the college of art he planned on attending. He had started listening to a man named Lueger, who was at that time the mayor of Vienna. Lueger was a Nazi, with strong anti-Semitic views, which seemed to be a logical answer for Hitler and his problems. It was around this time that Hitler was drafted by the army. Instead of going to
After the war, Hitler joined up with a right wing campaign whose job was to spy on other government groups. Upon spying on one of the parties, the N.S.D.A.P. or Nazi party, he found that he had a lot in common with their views. He decided this was his calling so he ended up joining that particular party. While in this party, he found out about his abilities to draw a crowd and make them believe what you are saying. It was at this time he started his famous speeches that could captivate and somewhat hypnotized whoever happened to listen in. He started speaking in beer halls, and gaining a lot of attention. He would speak on many topics, giving his ideals as the basis for what Germany should be. He wanted to make Germany the great dynasty it had once been. The party was growing at an astounding rate, mostly attributed to Hitler's use of the "gift of gab" in the taverns. Throughout the 1920's and 30's, Hitler realized the potential of his party, and the clout that would come with leading it. He took every opportunity he came across to assert and build the Nazi's power. Once his party members were in place, it was just a matter of time before he climbed the political ladder to assume absolute power over Germany, and its citizens. His success was mainly due to a strong nationalistic view he gave to the people, and giving them a reason that all of the problems had come about, the Jews. Hitler's assumption of power was a brilliant scheme he had devised, and he took full advantage of the power he was With the government at his whim, Hitler now needed to find a way to persuade the army to motivate upon his commands. The army was hesitant to side with Hitler at first because they did not like Rohm, who was the leader of the S.A., because he wanted to abolish the old army, and make his storm troopers the new one. Hitler planned to kill all of the old S.A. leaders, and form the S.S. These were his own personal bodyguards, but now the army was pleased with his actions and took a personal oath to Hitler, not Germany. fight for his country, he chose to flee to Germany. Which is a bewildering thought seeing as how he voluntarily joined the German army when he got there. Now that everything was coming together for his supreme rule over Germany, there still remained some obstacles. These were dealt with in each of their respected ways. The chancellor prior to Hitler, Von Scheicher, was assassinated along with the leader of the garrison in Munich. This left only one obstruction in Hitler's path, President Hindenberg. Since he was nearing his own demise, Hitler decided to just wait it out. Once Hindenberg passed away, the gateway to autocracy app
Some common words found in the essay are:
Mein Kompf, Hindenberg WWI, Hitler Hitler, Scheicher Hindenberg, Germany Reichstag, Treaty Versailles, President Hindenberg, NSDAP Nazi, Von Papen, Germany Throughout, nazi party, von scheicher, leader garrison, von papen, business owners, assumption power, hitler realized, party found, hitler hitler, storm troopers,
Approximate Word count = 1808
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
|