A dictatorship, in this case Hitler, and a party (Nazi Party: National Socialist Germans’ Workers Party NSDAP) need to control the law courts, the media, police and of course, the government. There is basically no freedom of choice and the individual who created this totalitarian government has total control over its people. In any government, there are many different aspects that it controls, and these are especially significant for totalitarian governments. First of all, totalitarian governments control the political aspect of their state, in the sense that the leader basically symbolizes the government and is able to unite its people, the government is also solely controlled by one single political party, and the state is always considered more important than the individuals. A second aspect is the social aspect, in which the totalitarian government controls all features of daily life, meaning citizens are denied their basic rights and liberties, and there is a secret police that uses terror and violence to enforce governmental policies. Finally, the economic aspect of totalitarian governments basically represents the fact that they direct the national economy and control businesses, which means that these businesses and labor in general are used to fulfill the objectives of the state. Hitler’s Nazi Regime/Party stood for the unification of all Germans in Germany, which also correlated with the abolishment of Jews. This is shown in the meeting between Hitler’s politicians, military leaders and commanders Hermann Goering, Reinhard Heydrich and Joseph Goebbels in 1938 known as “Jewish Ghettos Shall Have To Be Created”. “We have not come together merely to talk again, but to make decisions, and I implore the competent agencies t... ... middle of paper ... ...ven destroyed. This is why Hitler’s ideology of National Socialism’s main instrument of control was the unification under violence, using his SS (Shooting Squad) Police and the Gestapo, the secret police force run by Hermann Goering, along with his other police and security organizations. These organizations were granted the power and ability to execute people, mainly “the enemies”, such as Communists, Jews, homosexuals, etc., or imprison them in concentration camps. In the concentration camps, Jews were treated very harshly and cruelly. Many people died on a daily basis as a result of starvation, fatigue, illness or gunshot wounds. Jewish writer Primo Levi wrote about the Jewish struggle during Nazi rule in “Survival in Auschwitz”: “At Auschwitz, in 1944, of the old Jewish prisoners ‘kleine Nummer’, low numbers less than 150,000, only a few hundred had survived.”
The Jewish people were targeted, hunted, tortured, and killed, just for being Jewish, Hitler came to office on January 20, 1933; he believed that the German race had superiority over the Jews in Germany. The Jewish peoples’ lives were destroyed; they were treated inhumanly for the next 12 years, “Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust. Approximately six million of these were Jews” (Levy). Hitler blamed a lot of the problems on the Jewish people, being a great orator Hitler got the support from Germany, killing off millions of Jews and other people, the German people thought it was the right thing to do. “To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community” (History.com Staff).
Through the course of history, the Jewish people have been mistreated, condemned, robbed, even put to death because of their religion. In the Middle Ages, they were forced to wear symbols on their clothing, identifying them as Jews. The dates 1933 to 1945 also marked the period of the deadly Holocaust in which many atrocities were committed other minority groups. Six million innocent Jews were exterminated because of Hitler’s “Final Solution.” This paper will exhibit how Adolf Hitler used the three anti-Jewish policies written in history, conversion, expulsion, and annihilation to his advantage which Hitler also used against the Gypsies.
...der, Adolf Hitler who led under a Fascist rule, controlled everything from religion to politics. “Fascism is a form of right-wing totalitarianism which emphasizes the subordination of the individual to advance the interests of the state.” The Nazi idea of life was that all “non-Aryans,” should be scorned, and German unification should be reached. Unification was to be reached in any way possible including terror and loyalty to their autocrat.
Throughout human history people have always had the need to be governed in order to protect the people from criminals, thieves, and foreign enemies. These governments varied from type to type in how they governed, who governed, and what they governed by. “Theocracy placed power in the hands of priests and popes, who, as spokesmen for the supernatural, were to be obeyed without question. Monarchy placed power in the hands of a king or queen, whose subjects lived and died by the ruler’s edicts. Aristocracy placed power in the hands of a hereditary elite, who trampled on the members of the lower classes. Democracy placed power in the hands of the majority, who could do what they wished to any minority” (Ghate). Out of all of these atrocities the worse and most dehumanizing is totalitarianism.
Totalitarianism is defined as a political system in which the state holds total power and aspires to and, with varying degrees of success, attain control over society. In addition, it seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever possible. A totalitarian dictator, such as Hitler, strives for total unity, total control, and total obedience. Hitler wants to have the most importance and is seen as invincible. He wants people to have no freedom, liberty, or right to poverty. Hitler wants more than power for its own sake. Hitler wanted to deprive the people of freedom and action. Hitler’s rule in Nazi Germany shows totalitarian because he didn’t let anyone read, boycotted Jewish businesses, and created concentration camps.
jewish people were a race who wanted for generations to take domination of the world. For this reason Hitler decided to “protect” Germany. His way of protecting Germany was putting jews in concentration camps and executing them
Elements of the Nazi Police State and the treatment of minority groups and Jews show that Nazi Germany was totalitarian to a large extent.
Everywhere we look, there is good and bad; without one, we can't fully appreciate the other. Black balances out white, good balances out bad, etc. This is seen throughout the world in people, places, and even governments. When looking at negative governments, totalitarianism is commonly thought of. Totalitarianism is the concept where the state has total authority over a society and holds control of all aspects of life. This type of government is introduced to us through Hannah Arendt's work. Arendt was born and educated in Germany, and was a very influential writer as many of her works discussed topics of government, moral values, modern society, and many other themes. From her work The Origins of
Adolf Hitler formed a Nazi Party in July of 1921 and soon came to power in 1934. His ambition was to restore the lost territory in WWI in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. However during his reign, he tortured, and killed tens of thousands of Jews, in effort to create what he believed was the “Perfect Race”. In affect the concentration camps generated fear amongst the German population as it symbolised Hitler’s ruthless capability. This fear stimulated his followers has they were frightened to act otherwise. Furthermore, Hitler’s used his compelling oratory and propaganda, to advocate Germany and Europe that the Jews were malevolent people that needed to be eradicated. However Hitler’s reasoning behind the elimination of the Jews never had a factual explanation. He soon became intoxicated by his authority and became all consumed by the crazed obsession to utilize hi...
Stated by the leader of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, “To conquer a nation, First disarm its citizens.” This is exactly what Hitler did during his reign of power and the people targeted by his wrath were those of the Jewish religion. The Nazis did many horrendous things to the Jewish people by destroying their homes and their lives. This did not help with an already growing hatred towards to the Jewish people as many Germans thought that they were the ones who had lost Germany the first World War. Hitler and the Nazis also discriminated against the Jewish people, which impacted how they were viewed in Germany at the time of their reign of power. First, Hitler’s connections during his earlier life helped to shape how he thought during his political
“They believed that the Jews were not just the followers of an abhorrent religious doctrine, or that the Jews had grabbed too much economic influence, or even that they were too intrusive in politics or culture: what made the Nazis hatred of the Jews so different is that they believed that the Jews were biologically and racially distinct and that there was a kind of biological struggle for dominance over the entire human race between the Jews and everybody else.” The view that the Jews were trying to dominate over the Nazi’s developed the idea of Nazi superiority. Every life was not sacred to the Nazi party, so they agreed to murder innocent citizens. The lives of the Jewish became a threat to Germany that must be eliminated, but the main cause of hatred was not the Jewish religion, it was based on the mindset that the Jewish were in a race for power. The overall reason for the retainment of the Jewish people came from Hitler’s mistrust. Hitler sent Jews to concentration camps that were even his allies. Once the prisoners were contained within concentration camps, they were mistreated using various inhuman
George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was written with the intent of warning the world on the dangers of totalitarian regimes, and to show just how far a government of such a type would go to keep its subjects in check. While the story does portray the government in an extreme fashion, it does do well to show what and how the government could go on to oppress people to such a degree. I personally think the book has worked… to an extent, because obviously, we aren’t completely living in the reality that was portrayed in Nineteen Eighty-Four, and people are mostly aware of how a government could oppress the people. However, some aspects of Nineteen Eighty-Four have been seen in today’s society, such as constant surveillance via cameras, a seemingly endless war with no definite enemy, and the masses being distracted by petty things so they’re blind to actual problems.
While Germany was undergoing a great financial depression, Adolf Hitler took opportunity upon the state of the population to impose his political ideals and dictated through totalitarianism. What is totalitarianism? “Strictly defined, a totalitarian regime is one that bans all institutions apart from those it has officially approved. A totalitarian regime thus has one political party, one educational system, one artistic creed, one centrally planned economy, one unified media, and one moral code. In a totalitarian state there are no independent schools, no private businesses, no grassroots organizations, and no critical thought” (Wood, week 6, slide 4). He sought total control of the masses through the
Ever since societies have formed, debates have spiraled up into trying to decide what type of regime is most efficient. These political systems that make up a state, range from one person having complete control to citizens having the most say. Many dream of human rights and the ability to speak what’s on their mind, the freedom to elect officials to represent, fight, and make decision for the people. While some have lived under a simple and controlling society ruled by a charismatic leader. Two forms of government that have been present throughout the highs and lows of history are Totalitarianism and Democracy.
Totalitarianism is a concept used by some political scientists in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible.