Monday 8 June 2009

How did Hitler use totalitarianism ?

While Hitler was in prison, he wrote the book "Mein Kampf". Thanks to this book, Hitler had absolute control. Unemployment was at 1.3 million in 1929. Later, it came up to 5 million, while on the other side  industrial production in 1932 came down by 50%. That same year, 43% of Germans were unemployed. Hitler promised economic salvation. He gave most attention to the middle class and low class, people who barely survived in the period of inflation. These were the people that needed help the most. By 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler looked forward to establishing a dictatorship. He used terror to gain power, he called for new elections to the Parliament and then had it burned, and blamed Communists for this. He wanted to get Communists out of his way. 

Once they got arrested, Hitler became dictator for four years. Doctors, lawyers, professors...and so on were all belonging to the Nazi organization. They all felt under total state control. Hitler gave promises to the Germans work and bread, and he gave both as he promised. He gave people necessities they needed most. He tried pulling Germany out of the Great Depression. Buildings, and huge stadiums were constructed. Suddenly, unemployment dropped again. Then again, standard of living increased and business profits as well, which shows Hitler really did something useful for his people. As he slowly began to gain power by increasing economic strength and military, he came into association with dictators and began to expand.  As Hitler began to expand more and more, the western Europe set back and didn't want to do anything against Hitler so that they avoid the war. Anyway, war did break out in 1939 because of Hitler's unlimited ambitions. By 1943, Germany was defeated.  


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