The nazi rise to power, Gwyn

WARFARE June 2 2017 / Issue 10 / Volume 2 / $1.99

The Nazi Rise to Power Issue  1933-1945

Gwyn Mcmakin: Block C

Read about: Hitler and his "perfect world" Book Burnings Destroying art Featuring: Mein Kampf Hitler Youth

NAZI RISE TO POWER 1933-1945

FROM 1933 TO 1945 HUGE FIRES MADE ENTIRELY OF BOOKS, ART, AND MUSIC LIT UP EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE IN NAZI GERMANY. THE NAZI RISE TO POWER IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS A HARD TIME AND THE NAZI'S DESTROYED KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE THEY WANTED EVERYONE THE SAME AND DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR POWER, THEY BURNED ART, MUSIC, AND BOOKS, AND PEOPLE WANTED TO RISE UP AGAINST IT. THE NAZI’S DESTROYED ANYTHING THAT DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HITLER AND HIS PERFECT WORLD.

Perfect World The Nazi’s came to power in 1933, six years before the war even started, and began creating their idea of a “perfect world”. The perfect world consisted of a Christian-only society that looked similar, with qualities such as blonde hair and blue eyes.

According to the article What Were Hitler’s Ideas, “He also wanted to rid Germany of the mentally and physically disabled, because they were seen as imperfect and also a drain on the resources of the ‘master race’.” Hitler created the ‘master race’ by using Hitler Youth to train young men to fight for him and because of this, university's all across Germany started burning books.

Book Burning

Timeline From 1933 to 1945

Nazi’s started bonfires in every town, the townspeople would be forced to burn any books they had that were not approved by Hitler. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says “... university students in college towns across Germany burned thousands of books they considered to be ‘unGerman,’ heralding an era of state censorship and cultural control.

Students threw books pillaged mostly from public and university libraries onto bonfires with great ceremony, band-playing, and so-called ‘fire oaths.’ The students sought to purify German literature of ‘foreign,’ especially Jewish, and other immoral influences.” Any books, art, or music that a Jew owned was taken and thrown into the hot fire. Only Germany’s rich families were allowed to keep their knowledge, but most people in Germany wanted to keep their possessions.

Destroying Art In the years after the war, the Allies tried to find all the stolen art that the Nazi’s had hidden. In the article “Recovering Stolen Art from the Holocaust”, it says “In the decades following the Holocaust, a concerted international effort was undertaken to identify Nazi plunder that still remains unaccounted for with the aim of ultimately returning the items to the rightful owners or their families.” Many families hid their belongings in basements or caves to keep them safe. Most of the work has been found, though archeologists are still looking for hidden pieces.

1933- Nazi's come to power and start discriminating Jews.

1939- World War 2 starts.

1940- Nazi's take over smaller countries.

1941- Nazi's invade Soviet Union.

1941- Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

1942-1943- The Royal British Air Force bombs Germany, being the first to bring the fight to them and the war starts to turn around.

1944- Over 150,000 soldiers landed in France to fight back the Nazi's and they freed France.

1945- Soviet Union is freed and helps fight back against the Nazi's.

1945- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

1945- World War 2 ended resulting in over 55 million deaths.

A book burning in Germany

Map of Nazi rise to power

Can't take it away Even though Hitler tried to take away individuality and free will, humanity cannot be made the same. In fact, Hitler had the opposite effect on the world than the one that he wanted. After World War 2, there was an explosion of modern art proving that you can not take creativity away, even if you destroy it.

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf Mein Kampf is a book written by Hitler. It could be found in every home in Germany because that was the requirement. In the book, Hitler divides humans into categories based on appearance, establishing higher and lower orders, or types of humans.

Hitler Youth uniform

Hitler Youth

Hitler Youth was like a training academy for young men. At the age of ten, children go to Hitler Youth to finish the last four years of their education.

From the 1920’s to the early 1940’s, millions of young people were won over to Nazism in school.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Nazi flag

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

"Book Burning." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

"What Were Hitler's Ideas?" The Holocaust Explained. N.p., n.d.

Web. 02 June 2017.

"Holocaust Restitution: Recovering Stolen Art." Recovering Stolen Art from the Holocaust. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

"Holocaust Restitution: Recovering Stolen Art." Recovering Stolen Art from the Holocaust. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

"Indoctrinating Youth." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

The History Place - Rise of Hitler: Hitler's Book "Mein Kampf". N.p., n.d. Web. 02 June 2017.

A town in Germany after the British Royal Air Force bombed Germany