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DQ 3_Contemporary History

DQ 3_Contemporary History

Q 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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Adolf Hitler was a great spokesperson and this skill helped him a lot to come into the power in Germany and also the economic conditions of Germany helped him to be accepted by the people of Germany. He was a strong man and he believed that Germany was treated badly in the Treaty of Versailles and thus, he stood up for Germany. His speeches were strong and crisp and he was able to convince the people of Germany that he had all the answers to the questions of the people regarding Germany like why it failed when they were winning the war.