Western civilization: Emergence of the Modern World

Evaluation of the National Socialism Movement until 1945

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Evaluation of the National Socialism Movement until 1945

Germany 1921 , lower-class German , you have no job , almost no food , no shelter , no way of taking care of you family . You look around at the Germany where you were born and you see the material and mental devastations imposed by WWI sanctions . Terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles on Germany

included partitioning a certain amount of its own territory to a number of surrounding countries , being stripped of all of its overseas colonies , in particular in Africa , and restricting the size of its army in to prevent the Germans to initiate another conflict . The treaty was not accepted by the German people who were shocked by its terms they refused to consider that they were the only ones responsible for starting the war when it was the fault of Imperial Germany and its allies . During the time of the Weimar Republic , the life conditions in Germany after the treaty became harsh as the currency was devaluated . The allies permitted only low import levels of goods that most Germans could not even afford . After four years of war and famine , many German workers were exhausted , physically impaired and discouraged . Millions were disenchanted with capitalism and hoping for a new era . Hence , in 1933 , the Weimar Republic collapsed since the German people did not see any radical changes under their government . Hitler 's movement took advantage of the situation by accusing Weimar of having betrayed the German people . Hitler took power (Machtergreifung ) in 1933 . The Nazi party owed its huge increase to an influx of workers unemployed , despairing peasants , and middle-class people . On the ceremony of the opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on March 21 , 1933 the Nazi propaganda machine began its extraordinary influence on the minds of the German people . The emotional and grandiose show ' had the goal of linking Hitler 's government with Germany 's imperial past and portraying National Socialism as the nation 's future (Richard J . Evans 371 ) Some view the Nazi movement as a progress to modern Europe . However , others consider it in complete agreement with its development . Thus , an evaluation of the Nazi movement is needed in to define and identify its contribution through historical records of its ideas , successes , and failures , with an aim to determine whether its influence was truly significant in building a modern Europe . In addition , a of what is considered the true path towards a modern Europe is needed to draw a specific conclusion

In the first place , one needs to describe basic ideas and the member components of the Nazi party between 1920 and 1933 . The National Socialist Germans Worker 's Party was born in 1920 . Adolph Hitler became its leader and transformed the party into the most powerful entity to reckon with from 1920 until 1933 when...