Thursday, 8 December 2016

Please explain Nazism and the rise of Hitler as a brief summary. I really need it because we have our exams from the 2nd of August. Please answer...

I am not
sure any brief summary can be offered on such a topic.  There is much to be discussed with it
and there are so many divergent vantage points that one can take on it.  In my mind, the rise of
Hitler can be tied into German disenchantment and despair that followed World War I.  As
previously stated, the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles made life so difficult for
the Germans that there was a level of disengagement with the current political system.  The
situation was ripe enough for an outsider with a vision to enter and capture the political and
moral imagination of the German body politic.  Hitler entered this setting with a complete and
totalizing view that emphasized a strong German future.  He was able to do this because of the
employment of the politics of blame.  Hitler was able to blame the Western European nations for
German problems as evidenced in the Treaty and his perception of a long standing envy of the
German nation.  Hitler was able to blame the Jewish individuals of the nation for holding jobs
and positions that "pure Germans" did not.  Hitler was able to blame everyone that was
not a part of his party and his belief system and this worked extremely well.  Germany, as a
whole, was not in the position nor the frame of reference to engage in honest and open self
reflection.  The politics of blame worked as a better substitute for the German people of the
time, which was proven with Hitler's steady and consistent rise to power.

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