Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Nazism

Introduction:
                       The term Nazism is derived from its full name "National Socialist" from which it is abbreviated in its German form. thus Na from National and Zi from Socialism. Hitler was the man who gave German Nationalism a new life, which they had lost in 1918. so, he brought that system of Nazism which he filled a new spirit in the German nation and brought Germany in political scenario once again.
Before knowing the structure of Nazi party one must know how did the Nazi party came into power.
After the defeat of Germany in WW1 she surrendered on 11th Nov. 1918. The Kaiser escaped to Holland. a provisional government under Ebert was established, who was a mild socialist.(FEB. 1919). Ebert became the first president of the republic. A democratic national assembly was elected which framed the constitution known as the Wiemar constitution of 1919. But the republican govt. was not a successful govt. With the passage of time problems emerged and no one was happy with the Wiemar republic. the communist uprising in Ruhr and Munich, was suppressed by govt. The Wiemar constitution lasted until 1933 when it was destroyed by Hitler. during its short life it was extremely unstable, except for the period from the end of 1923 to the end of 1929. when Streasmann was the leading politician (FM of Germany). in 1924 under the Dawes Plan, USA provided huge loans to Germany and it seemed to be recovering from her defeat, enjoying an industrial boom, but when Wall street crashed in OCT. 1929, Germany had some disastrous effects, producing unemployment. The government was unable to cope with the situation and by the end of 1932, the Wiemar Republic seemed on the verge of collapse.
Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist had been carrying out a great propaganda campaign blaming the government for all the ills of Germany and setting out Nazi solution to the problem. In January 1933 President Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor and soon afterwards Hitler saw to it that Democratic ceased to exit; the Wiemar Republic was at an end, and from then until April 1945, Hitler was the dictator of Germany.

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