How do you interpret this contemporary account of the persecution of people who are Jewish? Elaborate
Week 3 Discussion: The Rise of Fascism, World War II and the Holocaust
Analyze Adolph Hitler’s rise to power and the policies he used to rule Germany. The following statement was taken from a contemporary account of Germany in 1939:
“Though the Fuhrer’s anti-Semitic program furnished the National Socialist party in the first instances with a nucleus and a rallying-cry, it was swept into office by two things with which the ‘Jewish Problem’ did not have the slightest connection. On the one side was economic distress and the revulsion against Versailles: on the other, chicanery and intrigue…Hitler and his party promised the unhappy Germans a new heaven and a new earth, coupled with the persecution of the Jews. Unfortunately, a new heaven and earth cannot be manufactured to order. But a persecution of the Jews can…”
Week 3 Discussion: The Rise of Fascism, World War II and the Holocaust
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Analyze Adolph Hitler’s rise to power and the policies he used to rule Germany. The following statement was taken from a contemporary account of Germany in 1939:
“Though the Fuhrer’s anti-Semitic program furnished the National Socialist party in the first instances with a nucleus and a rallying-cry, it was swept into office by two things with which the ‘Jewish Problem’ did not have the slightest connection. On the one side was economic distress and the revulsion against Versailles: on the other, chicanery and intrigue…Hitler and his party promised the unhappy Germans a new heaven and a new earth, coupled with the persecution of the Jews. Unfortunately, a new heaven and earth cannot be manufactured to order. But a persecution of the Jews can…”
How do you interpret this contemporary account of the persecution of people who are Jewish? Elaborate.
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TEXTBOO TO USE,
Brower, D., & Sanders, T. (2014). The world in the twentieth century: From empires to nations (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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The Rise of Fascism, World War II and the Holocaust
The rise of Adolf Hitler to power started in 1919 when he joined a German political party that was known as the German Workers’ Party. The party was formed after World War II and opposed the democratic post-war government that had been developed. He advocated for extreme nationalism in a bid to help in the recovery of the economy of the country.
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