War II, is a near perfect example of how a dictator can form a regime legally. Hitler became a dictator when the Reichstag building was set on fire on February 27, 1933 while he was currently the only leader of Germany. A Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and found guilty of the crime. Hitler used the countries fear of communism to suspend the German constitution and take executive powers. Some historians believe that a more likely culprit for the Reichstag fire was a Nazi obeying
connecting the Reichstag to the palace of its president, Hermann Göring.” The British journalist, Seftan Delmer, agreed with this viewpoint – “the arson of the German Parliament building was allegedly the work of a Communist-sympathizing Dutchman, van der Lubbe. More probably, the fire was started by the Nazis, who used the incident as a pretext to outlaw political opposition and impose dictatorship… the fire broke out at 9:45 tonight in the Assembly Hall of the Reichstag. It had been laid in five different
YEAR 10 HISTORY ESSAY: GERMANY’S FATAL ATTRACTION TO HITLER Adolf Hitler, easily one of the most influential people to have ever walked on the Earth. His rise to power also one of the most oppurtunistic seized to date. How did he achieve such a powerful control over Germany and its people? Through what you could call a series of unfortunate events. After the First World War were forced to take blame for its happening. They were forced to pay ridiculous amounts in reparations & compensation
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power can be largely attributed to his ability to make use of events that happened in Weimar Germany, however much of his success came from careful, precise planning. Life after World War One was difficult for all Germans; the country was in political chaos with other factors leading to the relatively easy rise to power of Hitler. During the Stresemann years Germany started to rebuild itself leading which required Hitler to very carefully plan the ways in which he conducted
the supports of two-thirds of the Reichstag to allow him to pass laws without asking the Parliament or the President. On the 27th of February 1933, the Reichstag (German Parliament) building was burnt down due to arson. A Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe was caught near the blaze and blamed for the fire. Hitler took advantage of this fire and peoples’ fear of communism. He used the fire as evidence that the communists were plotting against the government. People were scared after the fire that
After World War One ended, Adolf Hitler and many other Germans felt humiliated for losing the war. Adolf blamed the Jews, he felt they were the reason the war was lost. Hitler had been obsessed with race, specifically the purity of the German race. Which he believed to be the “master race”. Aryan is what he claimed the master race was, those with blonde hair, blue eyes and tall. This belief in the “Master Race” created a horrific massacre of nearly six million people with Jewish descent over the
Adolf Hitler and His Regime Adolf Hitler and his regime had a devastating effect on the twentieth century. Hitler’s third Reich (1933-1934) was supposed to last for 1000 years but only lasted twelve. This evil man legalised the destruction of an entire race of people. He plunged “the world into one of the bloodiest and most destructive wars in history.” (Shirer, 1961) Hitler was a genius but an evil genius. He had the ability to convince millions of German’s of his ideas to extent the
Adolf Hitler's Early Years Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian town of Branau on the 20th of April 1889. He came from a middle-class family that lived comfortably, although he suggested in his book Mein Kampf that his family was poor and his childhood was filled with hardship. His father Alois Hitler was a customs official with the Austrian Civil Service. His mother, Klara was a former servant girl and became Alois' third wife. The young Hitler had ability but performed poorly at school
The Final Solution to the Jewish Question If one were to look for "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question" in a history book, they would not find it. They would however find the Holocaust. For many, this word bears great meaning, it is the reason their friends are gone, or their family is dead. The Final Solution is the beginning of the Holocaust, it is what brought about this genocide. The Holocaust refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Adolph Hitler became chancellor of Germany