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
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Approximate Word count = 1820
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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