In 1933, Adolf Hitler and his Fascist National Socialist Party(Nazis) came to power. They eliminated democracy and changed Germany completely by his facist dicatorship. Before he rose to power, there was hyperinflation, unemployment, and overall, an economic meltdown. Hitler blamed Communists and mostly jews for the lost of the war/post-war problems. Hitler then imprisoned and killed 100,000 of communists/socialists/union members/etc., punished anyone for questioning nazi rules, making military officials obide to Hitler, and basically prohibiting jews to be an accepted citizen of Germany. He basically made Germany abide to all Hitler's rules. He had spies, Nazi's organized boycotts, he made laws prohibiting jews and non-jews to get married. Hitler had this whole idea that even though 1% of German population were Jew's, they were "enemies of the people" just like Gypsies, homosexuals, and mentally/physically disabled, and chronically ill humans. Though his dicatorship was cruel, caused many deaths, and was very strict because he outlawed democracy and murdered thousands of people, he did reduce unemployment, and bring prosperity to Germans for a period of time.Even though it seemed like Hitler did a good job building up Germany, he also prepared for a war that would destroy Germany 12 years after he was the dictator.
What do you think would've happend to Germany back then and how do you think it could've changed how Germany is now, if Adolf Hitler never rose to power and eliminated democracy?
Looking at the picture of "Germans Salute a Nazi Parade", do you think most of the citizens of Germany were actually proud of their country or do you think they hated it and hated Hitler for killing so many people and being such a cruel dictator?
