Germany was in dire straits during the early 1930s; with the Great Depression affecting the economy and millions unemployed. Germany lacked trust in the Weimar Republic, as they were failing. Before the Kaiser fled to Holland, the nation was in order. The Kaiser valued the German military with passion, as the German people did. And direction from the Kaiser, kept things in line. A democracy allowed for more freedom and rights. But, the German people needed a strong leader that could take all responsibilities on. World War One (WWI) left psychological effects on the the German people. Not only was the nation left to struggle, their pride was weak, also. The Treaty of Versailles (TOV) caused many problems for Germany. The TOV's terms inevitable …show more content…
The 24th of October, 1929 marks the day the Wall Street stock market crashed causing a high rate of unemployment. The years following were grim for the German people. Consumer spending and investment fell drastically over time. Failing companies had to cut off workers as there were declines in industrial output. In 1928, Hitler predicted that there would be an economic disaster, however, people saw him as a fool. Once the hit worldwide, Hitler clung to his political ideology even more so. He saw the economic depression as a chance to implement his ideas more strongly. The Nazi Party needed to gain popularity and support from the German people. Hitler addressed his economic policies to Germany. He conveyed his speeches in regards to exactly what they needed in the hopeless time. The economic depression was a struggle for all of Germany, many people were unemployed and resources were of limited supply. One economic policy included; employment. The goal for employment was; everyone would have a job (by 1939 employment was high, with virtually no unemployment in …show more content…
In the Third Reich (which was intended to last a thousand years) education served to brainwash students with Nazis worldview; National Socialists. Hitler's facet of racism meant Jewish teachers were removed from the school system, as well as those considered “politically unreliable”. The remaining teachers joined the National Socialist Teachers League. And by 1936, 97 percent of public school teachers had joined. Hitler aimed to create students that were racist, obedient and ready to sacrifice themselves for himself and Germany. Textbooks were designed that taught students to show love towards Hitler and respect, as well as obey; state authority, racism, militarism and anti semitism. He strongly enforced his political ideologies into the next generation. Hitler alternated two programs created in 1930; Hitler Youth and League of German Girls. These two programs allowed the Nazis to configure the beliefs, thoughts and actions of youth in Germany. And indoctrinate his political ideologies. They followed the Nazism educational scheme to enfore this. Hitler Youth aimed to combine boys into the nations Nazi community and to prepare them to be soldiers in the military or later, in the paramilitary; Schutzstaffel (S.S). The League of German Girls was committed to preparing teenage girls for housewifery and eventually, motherhood. The Nazis
Exploring the Reasons Behind Public's Discontent with the Weimar Government There were a number of reasons why the German people were unhappy with the Weimar government. One of the main reasons for this was the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The result of this was that Germany has to take the war guilt, Germany had to pay reparations of 6,600 million marks to the allies in particular France, Germany lost its colonies, it lost its air force & tanks, and its soldiers were restricted to 100,000. The Ruhr was demilitarised. Also they lost their colonies and its land was cut up such as the Polish Corridor and Alsace Lorraine.
The conditions in Germany when Hitler came into power were that the Wiemar Republic was weak, they had a democracy and after president Heindenburg died the democracy was even weaker. There was hardly any money, before the Great Depression began. Aldof Hitler promised a better life for everyone in Germany, and with his persuasive speech managed to get what he wanted, power. The treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the First World War. The Weimar politicians did not seem to have an end to the ongoing crisis so they gave Hitler a spot in politics, his speech soon enough brought him up the hierarchy and lead to his success. The support for the Nazi party was rising every day before the Communists, the Great Depression did much of Hitler’s
German education in the 1930’s changed dramatically in several ways. First, Hitler was inserted into every classroom. His portrait hung on the wall and “Children were taught to greet each other with ‘Heil Hitler’, swear allegiance to Hitler, and use his name in their prayers” (Bartoletti 40,41). Secondly, two extra classes were added. In Eugenics children were taught to only marry healthy Aryans, discriminating against people of Jewish descent and invalids (Bartoletti 42...
After a few generations this would create kids and parents that were never going to question the fuhrer and make them completely oblivious onto what they are being taught. This helped with the war effort against basically everyone. This made the children obedient, as they were taught what Hitler wanted them to know and nothing that he didn’t want the children to know. They were forced to celebrate Hitler’s birthday and were forced to swore allegiance to him. The children were also taught that Germans were the ultimate race and that the other races and Jewish people are weak and should be crushed. The teachers where all people from the Nazi’s and were only males, the teachers even encouraged racism, and making fun of the disabled and other people with problems. They even made it seem like the Jewish people did terrible things like communism, destruction of important buildings and landmarks and even that they were terrorist that they are just bad and evil people over all. Everything from children's books to the classrooms have been changed to emphasize strength and not to pity the weak. The textbooks have been rewritten to teach them militarism, anti semitism, and to obey the fuhrer. All this taught them Nazi Ideology so the Third Reich will last forever. This also taught the future soldiers to be fearless and sacrifice themselves for
As well as having lectures on the importance of Germany and being a loyal Nazi, they were also given political and cultural studies to really understand the importance of these things. In such classes, the older children were taught messages such as “The Jews are our misfortune.” And they believed it. Indoctrination in this way was just a regular occurrence so the children really did believe all they were being told and taught whilst being in the Hitler Youth Movement. As indoctrination was the Nazis main aim, they made sure the Hitler
As Hitler rose to power, he created many organizations within the Nazi Party. The groups were for many different people, including teachers, doctors, civil servants, women, lawyers, and students. The organization for students was called Hitler Youth, which became a very important part of Nazi Germany from its creation in 1922 to its disbandment in 1945. In the Hitler Youth, the German children were taught that they were better than everyone else. They were also taught that since they had Aryan blood, they were the master race and were the only ones that should be able to live in Nazi Germany. Even though the Hitler Youth members were brainwashed, they should still be held accountable for their actions because they caused just as much harm as
The destruction of the currency wiped out the people's savings, which meant that there would be very little capital available within the German economy for years to come. With Adolf Hitler rising to power in 1933, the German economy became increasingly socialized and militarized, passing through recovery to prosperity, which scared their foreign investors and made a healthy economic recovery nonexistent. Germany is referred to as a "social" market economy and remains a key member of Europe's economic, polit... ... middle of paper ... ... Germany is doing well other than a few scarcities.
Hitler didn’t want the German children’s childhood to be filled with poverty and disappointment like his own. To not fill the youth’s life with disappointment, Adolf Hitler “brainwashed” the children of Germany through education and youth groups. German children were enrolled into youth groups at age ten and remained members until they were eighteen. Youth groups were the only activity children were allowed to participate in after school. Hitler controlled the content taught both in the school curriculum and the youth groups.
The Hitler Youth was an obvious development of Hitler’s assumption that the eventual Nazi Germany was it’s youth. Women and children had different roles than what men had. Men were treated differently, and had to do mostly everything the working, paying bills etc… Men were the ones doing all the working and fighting for German. Women and children were not involved, people didn’t know what women and children were doing at this point. Hitler wanted to make the young ones into strong mature soldiers and educate them. Hitler used the government to make Hitler Youth the country all encompassing Youth movement. The Hitler Youth was not just a German version of the Boy Scouts. The Nazi seized power in 1933 separate youth groups were consumed into
...nemployment rates kept going down as long as the New Deal was still in action. People were finally getting back on track with their lives. Citizens now had jobs, money to pay for rent clothes, food, and businesses were reopening. People began to think of the end of The Great Depression as the great prosperity. By 1941, The Great Depression was nearly over. Since FDR agreed to enter war, World War II was about to begin. Many people benefited really from it. The war brought the opportunity for more available jobs in places such as factories. Factories made weapons for war and needed workers to make them. Small businesses also made war goods which created more jobs. By 1941 (when the war began) unemployment rates went down to 9.7%. America was officially over came The Great Depression. Without the New Deal America wouldn’t have been able to pick its self up as quick.
After the terrible causes of World War I, Germany was stuck in the ruins. They were still trying to rebuild and recover from the war. The Treaty of Versailles, along with the Great Depression severely affected Germany. The unemployment lines increased, and food was scarce. Money was a huge hassle too, the factories were all closed and the savings were completely wiped out.
Hitler was their "last hope". We can see clearly a distinct link between german unemployment figures and a rise in nazi seats in the Reichstag. People turned to Hitler for help due to the depression and the failure of the Weimar republic to cope with the ongoing problems in germany. In my opinion this is the main factor to why Hitler finally came about to doing a political deal.
The Success of Nazi Policies Toward Education and Youth Hitler and the Nazi party had a range of policies to control education and the German youth. This was mainly to ensure loyalty to Hitler and the Nazi party. Some believed in these policies and other did not but it was fear and glory and the fear of social inadequacy that made most comply. Hitler and the Nazis wanted to control the education system and youth by controlling the teachers, pupils and the curriculum.
Many countries across the world, including Germany, were faced with the Great Depression. The Weimar Republic was very unstable and faced lots of economic and political problems. When the Great Depression came, the United States wanted all their loaned money back, leaving Germany really poor and many people unemployed. The Weimar Republic ceased to exist and more people supported the Nazi Party (Pearson History Group, 2013, Pg 49). Before the Great Depression came the Nazi group had been quite small and was only growing slowly. Since the government in Germany was all mixed up, they decided that there would be an election by the people for who was to be their ruler. Hitler gave speeches to the people that purposely said what they wanted to hear: a solution. The German people were sick of poverty, suffering, weakness and misery, and were keen to listen to anyone who had a solution to their problems. Hitler was elected as their ruler and many people became part of the Nazi Party (The History Place, 1996). The US government stayed out of the problems and invasions in the world in the 1930’s because of the struggle with the Great Depression. This gave Germany, Italy and Japan time to build their armies (US Department of State- Office of the Historian, n.d).The Germans thought that by supporting Hitler they would make their country great again and boost their economy. Many people supported Hitler and the Nazi Party and this
The Great Depression in Germany was a very significant event and effected all of Germany but mostly for the working class, it was a very significant event during the recovery period in Germany, because the crash in the stock made it harder for people to get jobs, by food and even live in their homes. For the government, it was a very catastrophic event during the earlier portions of the depression because of the loans that were pulled out of Germany’s hands and the money they owe to America they can’t pay back. the Government didn’t respond properly to the epidemic fittingly. The government parties were effected and that includes the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler The great depression affected lots of working Germans it forced the working class