...Two years before Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany, the International Olympic Committee decided that the 1936 Olympic games would take place in Berlin, Germany. The Olympic games served as the platform for Germany’s comeback after their devastating loss in World War I as well as for Hitler’s Nazi movement to gain power.()()() A primary component of the Nazi movement was the purification of the German race which focused on the declared superiority of the Aryan race to that of the German Jews. Prior to the Olympic games, Hitler introduced a set of laws that stripped Jews from their German citizenship and of some basic human rights. In addition, Jewish athletes were denied access to training facilities and participation in the Olympic game events. These events led to criticism from other countries and efforts to boycott the games in the United States. However, even with great efforts to boycott the games and not play a role in the great injustices against the Jews in Germany by the Nazi regime, the United States still attended. I consider the...
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...Nazi Propaganda: Selling Social Policy How was Hitler able to use social policy and propaganda to manifest support for the National Socialist Party Hitler’s radical antisemitism? by James C HIST2** Professor: Judith S****** The name Adolf Hitler, will be forever synonymous with one of the most oppressive and destructive eras in human history. Often regarded as the worst anthropological disaster in history, World War 2 was responsible for the deaths of millions of soldiers and civilians alike who. This would mark “...the first [war] in which civilian populations became systematic, strategic targets.” (Merriman page1049) Driven by his intolerance or perhaps hatred, towards the Jewish people Hitler was able to turn a largely personal vendetta against Jews, into an issue of public policy, and ultimately one of the largest genocides ever documented[1]. How did one mans ideas, Hitler’s anti-semitism, evolve from the hurtful words of Mein Kampf to anti-Jewish laws in Nazi Germany and ultimately the biggest recorded savagery in the History of mankind? Although the blood of over 6million Jews stains his hands, Hitler was not alone in his actions; he required support. This essay examines various theories regarding the conception of Hitler’s antisemitic values and asks how Hitler was able to use social policy and propaganda to manifest support for his would be genocidal Nazi regime. Central to comprehending policy decisions made by Hitler, is an understanding of his...
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...climate in Germany pre Olympics in 1936? In world war one, Germany had together with the rest of the allies lost the bloody and long war, which resulted in an aggressive and harsh treaty of Versailles including massive reparations, loss of territory, disarmament, losing navy and other armed forces, loss of all colonies and loss of more than 10% of their land . Germany was left in ruins, poverty, anger, and unemployment. The high amount of reparations led to a Germany in high debt, needing to borrow money predominantly from the US to survive. She had no wealth to rebuild ruined buildings etc. The growing debt was resulting in inflation, which in the end resulted in quick hyperinflation, introducing the one billion-mark...
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...An Overview of Hitler’s Nazi Germany One of the most hated names of the 20th Century was Adolf Hitler. His role as dictator of Germany and his harsh treatment of Jews led to the deaths of millions of people during World War II. His leadership skills and his ability as a speaker appealed to the German people who were in a poor economic state following World War I. His political career began as Chancellor of Germany. Later he became the Fuhrer or leader of Germany and the founder of the Nazi Party. Hitler’s time as leader of Germany left the entire world with scars that took many years to heal. Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship was based on violence and hatred of certain races and minorities. He enforced his ideas using a secret police force known as the Gestapo. He formed concentration camps for those Germans who wouldn’t follow his rules as well as to murder millions of Jews. His success in World War II was short and when it became evident that his government would fail, he committed suicide. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in a small town close to the German border. His father was a strict Catholic man who was very demanding of young Hitler. This strict way of life was very common at this time. As a young Catholic, Hitler sang in the choir and served as an altar boy. He did not practice the Catholic faith as an adult but considered himself a Christian. His hatred of Jews began as a young boy. Because of the political movements of the time that involved several Jewish...
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...1936 Summer Olympics One of the biggest racial events, ever, was at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. And from the very start there was an opposition to the Olympic Games actually being held in Germany. "Neither Americans nor the representatives of other countries can take part in the Games in Nazi Germany without at least acquiescing in the contempt of the Nazis for fair play and their sordid exploitation of the Games." - I do not recognize the person who said this, but despite the resentment, the Olympic Games were held. This was all incredibly bad timing due to the World War 2, which starts a few years later but during this time, Adolf Hitler was already leading a major Nazi-“organization” and giving this fact, Hitler was not to fund with the fact that African-American and Jewish athletes competing in the Olympics. Margaret Bergmann Lambert was excluded because she was Jewish. She had to withhold her anger and frustration in regard to Hitler's unequal and unfair ruling in Germany Even though Lambert had equaled the German national record in the high jump a month before the Olympic Games, she was denied the opportunity to participate in the games. In addition, the Nazi Press described African Americans as "black auxiliaries" and eventually called for their exclusion from the Olympics. Also, Hitler's Nazis created rules and restrictions within Germany that prohibited Jews from being able to use local facilities and playgrounds for appropriate training, occurring...
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...1933 – Nazi began consolidating control through propaganda, which was very effective, using the media to present an attractive image of Hitler. • Nazi’s exploited Leni’s talents as a film director – seen in such films as ‘Victory of Faith’, ‘Triumph of the Will’, ‘Day of Freedom’ and ‘Olpympia’ Background • Riefenstahl had a comfortable middle class upbringing • Father Alfred sought to control her life, totally opposed to his daughter’s plan to go on stage • Leni conspired with her mother and took private dance lessons • When her father found out, he threatened for divorce and arranged for Leni to go to boarding school • At age 21 dance career begun – 6 months = 60 performances in Europe • Concluded in Prague when tore knee ligament • Demonstrated her resilience – posting off press cuttings to film director Arnold Fanek, as she set her mind on becoming a movie star • Secured lead in film ‘ The Holy Mountain’ – premiering December 1926 – it was well received Rise to Prominence The Blue Light • 1931 – ‘The Blue light’ was directed and starred in by Leni – meticulously planning the filming of each scene • Premiered March 1932, Leni declared – ‘A courageous women, faithful to her work and to her obsession’ • It won a Silver medal a Venice Biennale Relationship with Hitler • Touring Germany promoting ‘The Blue light’ Riefenstahl first became aware of Hitler – ‘Wherever I went people were passionately discussing Hitler’ • Spring 1932 Leni attended a Nazi party...
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...AS History – Essay on the Persecution of the Jews How accurate is it to say that the persecution of Jews in Germany steadily increased in the years 1933-42? The question of whether or not the persecution of Jewish race has had a steady intensification, relates closely to whether you adopt an intentionalist or structuralist viewpoint on this historical event. An intentionalist will claim that the process of persecuting Jews in Germany is a planned sequence and was outlined by the Nazi Party; they claim that the roots of Hitler’s politics was about eliminating the Jewish race from Germany and the evidence can be found in Mein Kampf. On the other hand, structuralist historians will claim that the persecution of the Jews was never planned and it was improvised all the way through to the Holocaust; furthermore, they will state that the Nazi’s did not come to power based on policies towards the Jews as the electorate was never as enthusiastic as Hitler was about this.Although it increased it was more gradual than steady, It did increase but there were times where it stopped, but it was at a very low key when not much attention was taken towards the situation. However, in 1938 when the Nazi’s had invaded Austria and Sudetenland, there was more of an increase in persecution of Jews. In the year 1933, the Boycott of Jewish businesses and professional offices, the exclusion of Jews from civil service as well as the Quota for non-Aryan students occurred serving the purpose of isolating...
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...Hitler took over Germany around the time and was killing Jews. I think they should have not went to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Why would we go to the Germany to play in the Olympics we basically gave them money for making more camps and more things to design new acid showers to kill jews. What if we went there and hitler wanted to do something racist and kill african american. America should have not went to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. They should have never went because of the racial issues. They were already killing millions of jews What if he wanted all of the other races. Hitler claimed that jews were the reason that germany was not great. He could have taken anyone from the team and then claimed their race was the reason then killed all...
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...World War II Research The First World War started the decline of European power all over the world. At the end of the war, social equality, and joint defenses seemed to conquest however this optimism did not survive. The weakness of new democracy and the Great Depression pushed the continent back into war. Germany's Weimar Republic, born on November 9, 1918, in Berlin could not please the conquered people of Germany following World War I. German’s were fuming about the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, which provided that Germany restore lands to other countries, admit accountability for starting the war, and return war criminals to the Allies. Large cash payments for the damages made were to be paid to the Allies. The Treaty of Versailles sternly limited Germany’s military. The Republic signed the treaty on June 28, 1919 from that day forward the German people viewed the Weimar Republic as a two-timing government for having signed a contract of terms they believed to be unreasonable and degrading. The United States stock market crash in 1929 was the final straw that set the world into a depression. A depression is a severe economic turndown marked by sharp declines in income and production as buying and selling slow down to a crawl (Kishlansky, 2008). The predicament of the United States rippled all the way through world markets. The U.S. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930 which shaped an unfathomable toll against agricultural and manufactured imports...
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...am writing a letter to inform you about the Nazi policies, from 1933, to reduce unemployment and improve the standard of living in Germany. I hope this letter inspires you to make a change to your current social status as well as informing as many people you can about these issues I am stating. The six ways the Nazi government tried to reduce unemployment and improve the standard of living will be described throughout this letter, I hope that you gain knowledge or infer information from this in order for it to not be repeated. In 1933 there were six million people who were unemployed, this was following the Great Depression in which a huge mass of German businesses closed and a massive rise in unemployment began. The unemployment rise made...
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...Albert Speer, “The Nazi who said sorry,” was a man recognised for his architectural efforts, his work as the Third Reich’s Armaments minister and his relationship with Adolf Hitler. Before joining the Nazi party Albert Speer was a privileged German man who held Germany’s best interest close to his heart. Hitler’s oratory power lured Speer into the party. After joining the NSDAP Speer’s reputation grew as he was able to cultivate relationships with the right people. These relationships proved to be the foundations of Speer’s prominence as well as his successful career. His disregard for politics was annulled by the hard working and innovative nature of his practice. His inventive and earnest disposition is what brought him further up the ranks into Adolf Hitler’s inner-circle. Speer’s rise to prominence in the Nazi Party was seemingly instantaneous and fortuitous yet concurrently a rise which consisted of ample effort. Speer was raised in an upper middle class family, which meant extreme luxury and comfort in the early 20th century. Due to his family’s wealth, he was fortunate enough to enjoy the privileges of car ownership, meaning that during his early Nazi career he was used mainly as a driver. Throughout this time Speer had maintained an important...
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...Growth of German cinema in Weimar Germany • German film industry grew under the Wiemar Republic. • Economic stability translated into growing cinema attendances due to having enough money to pay for a ticket • Called the Golden age for German Cinema • Cinematography was considered highly artistic and used unusual camera angles, abstract shot composition, symbolism and dramatic lighting • At the end of the 1920's German film industry made a significant shift from expressionist inspired films • Expressionism films were losing appeal among film enthusiasts • Germany was swinging towards escapist films and films that promoted German nationalism • German film output peaked in 1930 • Cinema attendances rose throughout the Depression years • Cinema allowed the unemployed to escape the misery of their lives and go somewhere warm. The Berlin Olympics • Berlin was awarded to host the 1936 Olympics • This presented Hitler with a great propaganda opportunity • He wanted the world to see that Germany was peaceful • As a result of Antisemitism there were calls to boycott the Berlin Olympics • In the months leading up to the games Hitler tried to create an image of a peaceful nation by ordering the media to refrain from attacking the Jews • Olympic Stadium seated 100,000 • German Olympic team were the first to train full-time before competition • First time an Olympic Torch was carried from Olympia to...
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...SECTION 1: THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE WEIMAR GOVERNMENT 1918-OCTOBER 1933 |9 November 1918 |Abdication of the Kaiser | |January 1919 |Spartacist Uprising | |February 1919 |First Weimar elections | |28 June 1919 |Treaty of Versailles signed | |July 1919 |Weimar Constitution announced | |March 1920 |Kapp Putsch signed | |January 1923 |Occupation of the Ruhr | |January-November 1923 |Hyperinflation | |8-9 November 1923 |Munich Putsch ...
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...Name: Global II Date: The Holocaust Historical Information: According to the Holocaust Museum, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945 (www.ushmm.org). The Task: View the United States Holocaust Museum web site to familiarize yourself with this horrific time period. As you browse, please click on and view the pictures, maps and graphics that accompany the text you read. Step by Step: 1. Type in www.ushmm.org 2. Scroll down and look to the left menu bar. 3. Under Education, click on “for students” 4. Scroll down and on the bottom, click on “The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students.” 5. Click on “View More.” 6. Click on the headings that match the headings on your web quest. Click on Jews in Pre War Germany 1. How did Hitler define a “Jew?” How did this alter the number of Jews in Germany? 2. ________% of Jews held German citizenship, totaling approximately _________________ people. _________________ percent of Jews in Germany lived in _______________________. The largest Jewish populated area was _______________________. Click on Anti-Semitism 1. Describe reasons for anti-Semitism in Europe. European leaders who wanted to establish colonies in Africa and Asia argued that whites were superior to other races and therefore had to spread and take over the "weaker"...
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...Versailles, not only surprised German citizens, but humiliated them as well. The treaty ceded lands of Germany to multiple countries, including France, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, and Poland. With these lands in control of other countries, Germany lost a good amount of their land, population, and economic force. The treaty also demilitarized former parts of Germany. For example, German forces in the Rhineland (today’s western part of Germany) had to return to Germany to protect France from possible invasion. The loss of land, including Saar and West Prussia, took away rich farmland and industrial strength away from Germany, which was needed during a critical time. A Stock Market crash in...
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