Germany and Hitler
Germany was a country fraught with tensions-social /political allegiances spit the country apart. Religion divisions made a protestant and Catholic population divided (while protestant tended to be proNazis, the Catholics - pro Centre political party- less so). The German communist party (KPD) played off the success of Bolshevism, with such a large, industrial work force the KPD and social democrats stood as immediate opposition to Hitler.This threat was short lived, with non-nazi parties being dissolved, those not complying with Nazism left the country /ended up in concentration centres. Hitler's support came from the Mittelstand, and from areas of the rural peasantry although this social class on the whole disagreed with Nazism due to centuries of catholic faith. Hitler's Germany was not 'one' in any sense.This was Hitler's goal; 'Unity' -Volksgemeinschaft, the 'Volk' - one people, a social revolution, which heralded the break down class boundaries. He also wanted revenge (against Versailles), all allegiances would be with the leader 'furher'. Hitler wanted to destroy the social elite,idealising clean, honest citizens in the peasants ('blood and soil') Nazi loyalty also lay with disillusioned (Weimar's failings) workers a
Practicing Christians were harassed, Clergy in open opposition were arrested, and ritual and ceremony were dechristianised. Many Jehovah's witnesses did not compromise their beliefs, yet ended up being as persecuted as the social undesirables -concentration camps e.tc. 'Volksgemeinschaft is merely propaganda'(...........................) socialrevolution did not occur under Nazism, the regime was stable a economy from which change came, the war brought about the collapse of social boundaries - the regime merely Hitler was doing what propaganda so readily conveyed to the German people, cleansing society in order to produce his 'Volk'. Streets e.t.c (examples of pleas for mercy killings). Yet with euthanasia Hitler found a voice of opposition. 'Kristallnacht'. Much of Germany either agreed with the nazi actions or tended to act passively - no real opposition to this ethnic cleansing.
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Approximate Word count = 1820
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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