Hitler’s anti-Semitic views were influenced from various parts of the society he lived in. His opinions weren’t born with him and came as a result of the events that happened around and to him. Most importantly, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed as a result of his time in Bavaria and when he joined the army in order to fight in WWI. In order to get rid of any Socialist ideas that the soldiers might have from their time in Germany, the members of the army were sent on indoctrination courses which fed them right-wing nationalist ideas. Influential speakers were chosen to talk to them and from this Hitler absorbed views about the supremacy of Germany and the German race and thus the inferiority of other groups such as the Jews. For the first time, these views had been presented to him directly and seemingly with little doubt about them. Hitler therefore admired the speakers and used these racial and nationalistic ideologies as a basis for the rest of his life. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed as a result of being a part of the army and the views he was exposed to as a result. Hitler’s anti-Semitism started to develop as a result of his early life in Austria where he grew up. This is not a more important reason than his role in the army because anti-Semitism was only seen as vague ideas floating around in society. However, they provided the foundation for which Hitler’s views were to be built upon. Anti-Semitism was not a secret in Austria at that time and as he grew up, Hitler was exposed to many forms of the media such as pamphlets and newspapers which spoke of this Jewish hatred. Due to the fact that he was brought up surrounded by these opinions, he naturally adopted this outlook on society as well. Hitler also suffered from rejection when he failed to get into the Vienna Art Academy and from this he learnt to hate rules and regulations as well as developing resentment for those who prevented things going the way he wanted. This could have been why he quickly caught on to the anti-Semitic ‘stab in the back’ theory about Germany’s defeat in WWI and blamed the Jews for this. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed from his early life in Austria and his experiences and the influences from society that were present. Another reason Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed before he became Chancellor in 1933 was because of the political role models he had and the policies that were exposed to him. This developed the views he had from simply reading about them in pamphlets and magazines but didn’t influence him as much as him time in the army which addressed him specifically. His political role models in Austria consisted of Georg von Schönerer and Karl Lueger among others. These were openly anti-Semitic in their political approach and featured Pan-Germanism which sought to unify the German speaking populations in Europe. Hitler was very exposed to these ideas whilst in Austria which was an openly anti-Semitic country. He would have thus thought carefully about what he deemed to be right and wrong. People like Schönerer and Lueger would have greatly influenced these decisions especially as politicians whose policies would’ve been put across very convincingly. Having grown up in the sort of society which openly supported anti-Semitism, Hitler didn’t know any different and may have even thought that holding such views was something to be proud of considering that his role models also had a similar view. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed from his exposure to politics whilst he was young. In conclusion, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed before he came Chancellor in 1933 mainly because of his time spent on indoctrination courses. However, his time in Austria and the political figures he admired provided the beginning of his opinions. But Hitler’s time in the army made him more sure about his anti-Semitic views.
Adolf Hitler is one of the key figures in the history of anti-Semitism. He was born in Austria on the 20th April 1889, to an affectionate mother and a violent father. He spent his life living as a failed artist, a bohemian and a soldier, before seeking a career in politics. Much of Hitler’s past can help to explain why his anti-Semitism developed before his appointment as German Chancellor in 1933, and specific factors are clear in the explanation of his political views. The most important contribution to the development of Hitler’s anti-Semitism was the end of the First World War and the signing of Armistice. Hitler joined the Bavarian army three days after the outbreak of war, proudly representing Germany on the Western Front. The panic of the declaration of war meant that there were no checks on his Austrian nationality. Hitler was patriotic to Germany, and fought until 1918, when he was caught in a poison gas attack. It was during his stay in hospital that he learned of the signing of the Armistice terms by the Weimar government, and he was furious. Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat on the Weimar government, which at the time mainly consisted of Jewish politicians. He believed that these politicians had made Germany weak and felt betrayed by his country. The ‘stab-in-the-back’ theory seemed appropriate for him to project, and he used Jews as a scapegoat for the German defeat. With many Jews in high positions in the Weimar government, Hitler naturally blamed them for signing the Treaty of Versailles, which was predicted to cripple Germany. The end of the First World War was definitely the largest contributing factor to Hitler’s anti-Semitic views before 1933, as it resulted in his hatred for Jewish people in high political positions, due to their involvement in the crippling of Germany. Another of the key factors in the development of Hitler’s anti-Semitism was his rejected application to the Viennese Academy of Art, and his time in Vienna after his mother’s death. Hitler applied to the Academy first in 1907, and then a few years later, only to be turned away on the grounds that his paintings were not good enough. He struggled to sell his artwork and lived a bohemian existence in Vienna, only scraping a living. This led to his hatred for the bourgeois convention and the rules and regulations of the government. As many Jews were in prominent positions in politics, such as Kurt Eisner and Walther Rathenau, this hatred naturally led to blaming Jewish people for his lack of success. His idols were opera singers such as Wagner, who was openly anti-Semitic. This influence of a publicly anti-Semitic figure may have inspired Hitler’s views. His bohemian existence with poor income also caused a huge feeling of jealously for the wealthy Jewish businessmen and financers that dominated business and banking. This superiority of Jews angered Hitler, and naturally sparked an anti-Semitic attitude. His failure as an artist, leading to his hatred of the government, and the influence of his idols clearly contributed to the development of his anti-Semitism before 1933. It is without doubt that Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed mainly from his hatred for the Weimar government and the fact that it signed the Armistice terms at the end of the First World War. Hitler was directly involved in the war and felt as though Germany had been ‘stabbed in the back’ by the predominantly Jewish Weimar government. Hitler’s direct involvement in the First World War meant that he was hugely affected, especially as he was patriotic to Germany. Whilst his failure as an artist came before his enrolment in the Bavarian army, this only triggered his hatred for Jews who were in a better economic situation than him, and those who ran the Academy of Art. It was the German defeat that drew out his most hateful anti-Semitic feelings.
Explain why Hitler's anti-Semitism developed before he became Chancellor in 1933. (12 marks)
Hitler’s anti Semitist developed before he became chancellor in 1933 for a number of different reasons. One reason was that the German people were looking for a strong government as they have just come out of the cold war. The loss of the cold war meant that there were no jobs and that many of the German people were starting to become depressed because of the huge scale of unemployment. The German people and also Hitler started to blame the Jews for all of the problems and this was because they were the ones who were managing to make lots of money. Many of the German people started to envy and become jealous of their success.
As a child Hitler had a huge passion in art. He applied for an art college, however his work was rejected twice and this made Hitler very angry and upset. This also helped to make Hitler become very bitter towards the government and also envy those who managed to get into the art college. This rejection also meant that a lot of jealousy was created towards the Jews. He was jealous of the Jews because they seemed a lot more successful than Hitler was as they were making a lot of money and doing well in their lives in comparison to Hitler himself. This made Hitler feel disappointed and very angry about how unfairly he was being treated in comparison to people such as the Jews who were much better off than himself. Also Hitler had started to read things such as anti -sematic leaflets. This would have had a huge impact on Hitler and the way that he would have viewed both his life and the people around him. Hitler was very easily influenced by things that he read and this is one of the main reasons why hitters anti -Semitism started to develop.
Hitler started to realise how unfair the world was and he started to become jealous of the Jews. This was because the Jews had good jobs and also they were starting to earn a lot of money, and this meant that they were able to become rich and powerful whilst people like Hitler were being left behind. This would have helped Hitler write his book “mein Kamp” which means my struggle. This book was heavily influenced by people such as the Jews. The book talked about Hitler wanting to exterminate the Jewish population but the public never took Hitler’s ideas and views seriously. he didn't make it as an artist so felt bitter towards the government and was jealous of the Jewish success. By writing his book it meant that a lot of sympathy was created for Hitler and this was because it made a lot of other people think about their lives and they started to draw comparisons. Hitler’s book also helped change the opinions of many German people. As things started to go wrong in the German people’s lives they would blame it on the Jews because they were successful and could afford to pay for nice things, and for some German people this was the opposite. Hitler also loved being in world war one. He enjoyed being a soldier and the experience that he gained from it. However when he had found out that Germany had lost this made him become even bitterer towards the Jews, and this also meant that other German people had the same opinion as Hitler and eventually all the blame was eventually placed upon the Jews. Hitler needed a scapegoat to blame the failure on, and this meant that he was able to blame the Jews.
To conclude Hitler anti -Semitism developed for a number of reasons. The main reason that it developed was because Hitler was very easily influenced and this meant that his opinions and views on the Jewish people started to change and this was based on what Hitler had read and also what he had saw. Hitler didn’t like the Jews because he was jealous of their success and how well they were doing in their lives and this was a very different story compared to Hitler.
Hitlers anti-semitism developed before he became chancellor in 1933 for a number of reason. Hitlers personal life was a mixture of events that influenced him to have a bad opinion and hate the Jewish people. His finding of other peoples theories of anti-semitism meant that when he linked them all together he had what he thought of as evidence for eliminating the Jewish people. Hitler spend some of his life in the army, this would have given in plenty of drive and right wing ideas.
A fundamental part of Hitlers developing anti-semitism came from his personal experiences. Hitler grew up in Austria which was an openly anti-Semitic country. So from an early age he would have seen and read anti-semitic materials. He also learn what it was like to be rejected when he didn't get into Venusian Art Academy, this would have given him that drive to succeed and to keep going. This also gave him a hatred for rules and regulations, and for events that didn't go the way he wanted them too. So when the Germany lost the war this would have felt like a second rejection for Hitler as he didn't have a job, so then out of him hating rules and things not going to plan came the idea of the jews 'stabbing Germany in the back'. Therefore a fundamental reason that Hitler became anti-semitic was because of where he was brought up and also events in his life that taught him to hate.
Hitler was living in a very anti-semitic country, so key people's writing's such as Houston Stewart Chamberlain and De Gobineau were at his disposal. De Gobineau wrote and essay called 'The Inequality of the Human Race'. In it he discuss that races are physically and psychologically different. That all the high cultures in the world were the work of Aryan races. This fits in with Hitlers idea about Aryans being superior and Jews being inferior. This would have given him evidence to say that someone else has the same opinion as me, which made it easier for him to turn people away from the Jewish people. Houston Stewart Chamberlain also wrote a book called ' The foundations of the Nineteenth Century.' In it he claims that jews were a degenerate evil race, conspiring to attain world domination and threatening German greatness. These two ideas linked together explain the same idea, but to people of different class, this book to Hitler would have made him more determined to eliminate the Jewish people as they were threatening German greatness. Hitlers readings are not as important as his personal life and how he grew up to his developing anti-semitism. His personal life would have force anti-semitism into and made him feel so much hatred towards the Jews that any other information would have just built on it.
Hitlers time in the idea forced right winged ideas on him. As part of his army training, Hitler had to go on indoctrination courses which fed him right winged ideas. During the course he was told very right winged ideas in order to get rid of any communist ideas he had. This is where Hitler received ideas about Germany's supremacy from the influential speakers that were chosen to talk to him. This was a very important time for Hitler, as he was very patriotic and wanted to serve his country so anything said by the army to Hitler was absolutely right and were going to make Germany great. This event was important in developing Hitlers right wing ideas and turning Germany into a dictatorship. However, The army were not anti-semitic then as many soldiers fighting for Germany were Jewish.
In conclusion, Hitlers anti-semitism developed before he came to power because he grew Jessica Daulton up in a very anti-semitic country. Almost from birth her knew nothing but treating Jewish people differently. Key individuals writings added and fuelled his reasons for being anti-semitic and gave him ideas for dealing with the 'Jewish problem' in Germany. Then finally, his time in the army influenced his ideas of turning Germany away from communism and giving him someone to blame after Germanys defeat.
Hitler’s anti-Semitic views were influenced from various parts of the society he lived in. His opinions weren’t born with him and came as a result of the events that happened around and to him.
ReplyDeleteMost importantly, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed as a result of his time in Bavaria and when he joined the army in order to fight in WWI. In order to get rid of any Socialist ideas that the soldiers might have from their time in Germany, the members of the army were sent on indoctrination courses which fed them right-wing nationalist ideas. Influential speakers were chosen to talk to them and from this Hitler absorbed views about the supremacy of Germany and the German race and thus the inferiority of other groups such as the Jews. For the first time, these views had been presented to him directly and seemingly with little doubt about them. Hitler therefore admired the speakers and used these racial and nationalistic ideologies as a basis for the rest of his life. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed as a result of being a part of the army and the views he was exposed to as a result.
Hitler’s anti-Semitism started to develop as a result of his early life in Austria where he grew up. This is not a more important reason than his role in the army because anti-Semitism was only seen as vague ideas floating around in society. However, they provided the foundation for which Hitler’s views were to be built upon. Anti-Semitism was not a secret in Austria at that time and as he grew up, Hitler was exposed to many forms of the media such as pamphlets and newspapers which spoke of this Jewish hatred. Due to the fact that he was brought up surrounded by these opinions, he naturally adopted this outlook on society as well. Hitler also suffered from rejection when he failed to get into the Vienna Art Academy and from this he learnt to hate rules and regulations as well as developing resentment for those who prevented things going the way he wanted. This could have been why he quickly caught on to the anti-Semitic ‘stab in the back’ theory about Germany’s defeat in WWI and blamed the Jews for this. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed from his early life in Austria and his experiences and the influences from society that were present.
Another reason Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed before he became Chancellor in 1933 was because of the political role models he had and the policies that were exposed to him. This developed the views he had from simply reading about them in pamphlets and magazines but didn’t influence him as much as him time in the army which addressed him specifically. His political role models in Austria consisted of Georg von Schönerer and Karl Lueger among others. These were openly anti-Semitic in their political approach and featured Pan-Germanism which sought to unify the German speaking populations in Europe. Hitler was very exposed to these ideas whilst in Austria which was an openly anti-Semitic country. He would have thus thought carefully about what he deemed to be right and wrong. People like Schönerer and Lueger would have greatly influenced these decisions especially as politicians whose policies would’ve been put across very convincingly. Having grown up in the sort of society which openly supported anti-Semitism, Hitler didn’t know any different and may have even thought that holding such views was something to be proud of considering that his role models also had a similar view. Therefore, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed from his exposure to politics whilst he was young.
In conclusion, Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed before he came Chancellor in 1933 mainly because of his time spent on indoctrination courses. However, his time in Austria and the political figures he admired provided the beginning of his opinions. But Hitler’s time in the army made him more sure about his anti-Semitic views.
Adolf Hitler is one of the key figures in the history of anti-Semitism. He was born in Austria on the 20th April 1889, to an affectionate mother and a violent father. He spent his life living as a failed artist, a bohemian and a soldier, before seeking a career in politics. Much of Hitler’s past can help to explain why his anti-Semitism developed before his appointment as German Chancellor in 1933, and specific factors are clear in the explanation of his political views.
ReplyDeleteThe most important contribution to the development of Hitler’s anti-Semitism was the end of the First World War and the signing of Armistice. Hitler joined the Bavarian army three days after the outbreak of war, proudly representing Germany on the Western Front. The panic of the declaration of war meant that there were no checks on his Austrian nationality. Hitler was patriotic to Germany, and fought until 1918, when he was caught in a poison gas attack. It was during his stay in hospital that he learned of the signing of the Armistice terms by the Weimar government, and he was furious. Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat on the Weimar government, which at the time mainly consisted of Jewish politicians. He believed that these politicians had made Germany weak and felt betrayed by his country. The ‘stab-in-the-back’ theory seemed appropriate for him to project, and he used Jews as a scapegoat for the German defeat. With many Jews in high positions in the Weimar government, Hitler naturally blamed them for signing the Treaty of Versailles, which was predicted to cripple Germany. The end of the First World War was definitely the largest contributing factor to Hitler’s anti-Semitic views before 1933, as it resulted in his hatred for Jewish people in high political positions, due to their involvement in the crippling of Germany.
Another of the key factors in the development of Hitler’s anti-Semitism was his rejected application to the Viennese Academy of Art, and his time in Vienna after his mother’s death. Hitler applied to the Academy first in 1907, and then a few years later, only to be turned away on the grounds that his paintings were not good enough. He struggled to sell his artwork and lived a bohemian existence in Vienna, only scraping a living. This led to his hatred for the bourgeois convention and the rules and regulations of the government. As many Jews were in prominent positions in politics, such as Kurt Eisner and Walther Rathenau, this hatred naturally led to blaming Jewish people for his lack of success. His idols were opera singers such as Wagner, who was openly anti-Semitic. This influence of a publicly anti-Semitic figure may have inspired Hitler’s views. His bohemian existence with poor income also caused a huge feeling of jealously for the wealthy Jewish businessmen and financers that dominated business and banking. This superiority of Jews angered Hitler, and naturally sparked an anti-Semitic attitude. His failure as an artist, leading to his hatred of the government, and the influence of his idols clearly contributed to the development of his anti-Semitism before 1933.
It is without doubt that Hitler’s anti-Semitism developed mainly from his hatred for the Weimar government and the fact that it signed the Armistice terms at the end of the First World War. Hitler was directly involved in the war and felt as though Germany had been ‘stabbed in the back’ by the predominantly Jewish Weimar government. Hitler’s direct involvement in the First World War meant that he was hugely affected, especially as he was patriotic to Germany. Whilst his failure as an artist came before his enrolment in the Bavarian army, this only triggered his hatred for Jews who were in a better economic situation than him, and those who ran the Academy of Art. It was the German defeat that drew out his most hateful anti-Semitic feelings.
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Explain why Hitler's anti-Semitism developed before
ReplyDeletehe became Chancellor in 1933. (12 marks)
Hitler’s anti Semitist developed before he became chancellor in 1933 for a number of different reasons. One reason was that the German people were looking for a strong government as they have just come out of the cold war. The loss of the cold war meant that there were no jobs and that many of the German people were starting to become depressed because of the huge scale of unemployment. The German people and also Hitler started to blame the Jews for all of the problems and this was because they were the ones who were managing to make lots of money. Many of the German people started to envy and become jealous of their success.
As a child Hitler had a huge passion in art. He applied for an art college, however his work was rejected twice and this made Hitler very angry and upset. This also helped to make Hitler become very bitter towards the government and also envy those who managed to get into the art college. This rejection also meant that a lot of jealousy was created towards the Jews. He was jealous of the Jews because they seemed a lot more successful than Hitler was as they were making a lot of money and doing well in their lives in comparison to Hitler himself.
This made Hitler feel disappointed and very angry about how unfairly he was being treated in comparison to people such as the Jews who were much better off than himself. Also Hitler had started to read things such as anti -sematic leaflets. This would have had a huge impact on Hitler and the way that he would have viewed both his life and the people around him. Hitler was very easily influenced by things that he read and this is one of the main reasons why hitters anti -Semitism started to develop.
Hitler started to realise how unfair the world was and he started to become jealous of the Jews. This was because the Jews had good jobs and also they were starting to earn a lot of money, and this meant that they were able to become rich and powerful whilst people like Hitler were being left behind. This would have helped Hitler write his book “mein Kamp” which means my struggle. This book was heavily influenced by people such as the Jews.
The book talked about Hitler wanting to exterminate the Jewish population but the public never took Hitler’s ideas and views seriously.
he didn't make it as an artist so felt bitter towards the government and was jealous of the Jewish success. By writing his book it meant that a lot of sympathy was created for Hitler and this was because it made a lot of other people think about their lives and they started to draw comparisons. Hitler’s book also helped change the opinions of many German people. As things started to go wrong in the German people’s lives they would blame it on the Jews because they were successful and could afford to pay for nice things, and for some German people this was the opposite.
Hitler also loved being in world war one. He enjoyed being a soldier and the experience that he gained from it. However when he had found out that Germany had lost this made him become even bitterer towards the Jews, and this also meant that other German people had the same opinion as Hitler and eventually all the blame was eventually placed upon the Jews. Hitler needed a scapegoat to blame the failure on, and this meant that he was able to blame the Jews.
To conclude Hitler anti -Semitism developed for a number of reasons. The main reason that it developed was because Hitler was very easily influenced and this meant that his opinions and views on the Jewish people started to change and this was based on what Hitler had read and also what he had saw. Hitler didn’t like the Jews because he was jealous of their success and how well they were doing in their lives and this was a very different story compared to Hitler.
Hitlers anti-semitism developed before he became chancellor in 1933 for a number of reason. Hitlers personal life was a mixture of events that influenced him to have a bad opinion and hate the Jewish people. His finding of other peoples theories of anti-semitism meant that when he linked them all together he had what he thought of as evidence for eliminating the Jewish people. Hitler spend some of his life in the army, this would have given in plenty of drive and right wing ideas.
ReplyDeleteA fundamental part of Hitlers developing anti-semitism came from his personal experiences. Hitler grew up in Austria which was an openly anti-Semitic country. So from an early age he would have seen and read anti-semitic materials. He also learn what it was like to be rejected when he didn't get into Venusian Art Academy, this would have given him that drive to succeed and to keep going. This also gave him a hatred for rules and regulations, and for events that didn't go the way he wanted them too. So when the Germany lost the war this would have felt like a second rejection for Hitler as he didn't have a job, so then out of him hating rules and things not going to plan came the idea of the jews 'stabbing Germany in the back'. Therefore a fundamental reason that Hitler became anti-semitic was because of where he was brought up and also events in his life that taught him to hate.
Hitler was living in a very anti-semitic country, so key people's writing's such as Houston Stewart Chamberlain and De Gobineau were at his disposal. De Gobineau wrote and essay called 'The Inequality of the Human Race'. In it he discuss that races are physically and psychologically different. That all the high cultures in the world were the work of Aryan races. This fits in with Hitlers idea about Aryans being superior and Jews being inferior. This would have given him evidence to say that someone else has the same opinion as me, which made it easier for him to turn people away from the Jewish people. Houston Stewart Chamberlain also wrote a book called ' The foundations of the Nineteenth Century.' In it he claims that jews were a degenerate evil race, conspiring to attain world domination and threatening German greatness. These two ideas linked together explain the same idea, but to people of different class, this book to Hitler would have made him more determined to eliminate the Jewish people as they were threatening German greatness. Hitlers readings are not as important as his personal life and how he grew up to his developing anti-semitism. His personal life would have force anti-semitism into and made him feel so much hatred towards the Jews that any other information would have just built on it.
Hitlers time in the idea forced right winged ideas on him. As part of his army training, Hitler had to go on indoctrination courses which fed him right winged ideas. During the course he was told very right winged ideas in order to get rid of any communist ideas he had. This is where Hitler received ideas about Germany's supremacy from the influential speakers that were chosen to talk to him. This was a very important time for Hitler, as he was very patriotic and wanted to serve his country so anything said by the army to Hitler was absolutely right and were going to make Germany great. This event was important in developing Hitlers right wing ideas and turning Germany into a dictatorship. However, The army were not anti-semitic then as many soldiers fighting for Germany were Jewish.
In conclusion, Hitlers anti-semitism developed before he came to power because he grew
Jessica Daulton
up in a very anti-semitic country. Almost from birth her knew nothing but treating Jewish people differently. Key individuals writings added and fuelled his reasons for being anti-semitic and gave him ideas for dealing with the 'Jewish problem' in Germany. Then finally, his time in the army influenced his ideas of turning Germany away from communism and giving him someone to blame after Germanys defeat.