German History Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (346) essays
German History essays:
Holocaust and its non-Jewish Victims
... laborers and prisoners of war" (NSW Jewish Board of Deputies). The Polish people, Jews and non-Jews were also victims of Nazi hate. One of the first groups to be targeted were the disabled. Hitler, and other high-ranking Nazi officials, began a "euthanasia" program to rid Germany of ...
"Nuns, Wives, and Mothers: Women and the Reformation in Germany"
... the social and political status of women. However, the Reformation caused a large change. Women were actually allowed to read the bible (before it had been banned by Henry VII in England) and even study it. They began preaching, it was especially, however, encouraged by the Catholic Church ...
Why did the Germans support the Nazis?
... the people of Germany, the Weimar government has signed the Treaty of Versailles besides the fact that the government's main belief was that people should have a say in how the country was run. The German National Socialist Workers Party (Nazis) and other political parties such as the communists ...
Nazi Genocide
... the rescue of Jews and others from the Nazis would only bolster, and not interfere, with the war effort. Deputies of the WRB fanned out over neutral and even occupied Europe, searching for ways and means of saving Jews. The War Refugee Board did its work despite the obstruction of the ...
Assess the transformation of the german society and culture under nazism from 1933
... the attitude of the Nazi community to women. Women in Germany between 1933 and 1936 were not allowed to hold any position of importance or professional jobs. Employers were asked to favour men in their appointments. The women's organisations that supported women such as the NSF National Socialist ...
Effect of Hitler's regime in Germany (and the World?).
... the people were still left hopeless. When all was seemed to be out of control, a messiah came. Someone who could relieve the strain of the depression the nation had slumped into. Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1933, backing the Nazi party, claiming dictatorship of the ...
"How was Hitler able to successfully capture the hearts and minds of the German people and achieve such great power?"
... of the German people. Hitler made use of the Treaty of Versailles to stir the emotions of the Germans and broadcast his shared resentment towards the treaty. This successfully persuaded the Germans to support Hitler and his party. Hitler deeply benefited from the Great Depression as the Germans ...
'To what extent was Germany to blame for causing the Second World War?'
... the Treaty of Versailles . With rearmament, remilitarisation of the Rhineland, Anschluss and invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland. All these, examples of the failure of the League of Nations, which was unsuccessful in preventing Germany from breaking the treaty and as the ...
To what extent was Bismarck responsible for the unification of Germany?
... Germany as he turned the German people over to German nationalism. He claims that Germany was unified: "only under the stimulation provided by Bismarck". This proves that Bismarck's effective and forceful leadership was important in the unification of Germany . Bismarck's previous political ...
Nazi propoganda - playing on traditional prejudices.
... the idea that when propaganda turned against traditional loyalties it failed. The best example of this is with the Euthanasia program, we can see in source A how the church lashed out against this, 'If you establish the ...