Adolf Hitler Propaganda

To kill many people, one must have a great weapon. For Hitler, his greatest weapon was propaganda. (Gottfried,19) After World War I, Germany was in deep depression due to the Versatile Treaty terms, the weak coalition governments and political crisis. During a vulnerable time for Germany, Hitler noticed that the Jews controlled much of Germany’s commerce and trade and that most of the Jews were well off while the Germans were barely surviving. Playing this information to his advantage, Hitler blamed the depression on the Jews. Hitler said that the Jews were rich and manipulative, and many of them were rich because a large proportion of the Jews were prominent actors, lawyers, and doctors, which turned the population against them. Though Hitler

He didn’t always want to be involved in politics. In fact, Hitler dreamed of being an artist as a child, he even ran away to Italy to be an artist. After a failed attempt and Hitler joined the army. In 1920, Hitler became inspired and joined a political party. (Wepman, 9-22) He brought forth a new agenda, emphasizing nationalism, the unification of Germany, encourage patriotic pride and revoking the Treaty of Versatile. The democratic post-World War I Weimar Republic was identified as a weak coalition government and political crisis. Opposing the decrepit government, the Nazi party offered strong leadership and national rebirth. During the 1930s, Hitler exploited the widespread and discontent in Germany to attract political support by offering the Jews as scapegoats for all their problems. Not long after the Nazi party flourished, there was a power struggle in the Nazi party between Rohm and Hitler. Rohm was eliminated. The last obstacle was demolished after President Hindenburg died in August 1934, Hitler issued an election and was declared head of State and Supreme commander of the armed forces. (Rice,

Though there was no real evidence that the Jews had a role in selling Germany out to the enemies causing them to lose the war, the population did support the treaty and gained benefits from it. The Versatile Treaty stripped Germany of all her colonies, 20% of her territories, it cost her about 5 billion dollars worth and restricted her military almost taking away all her military power. From 1929 onwards about a decade after World War I, the worldwide economic depression provoked hyperinflation, social unrest and mass unemployment. Adding to the worldwide depression, Germany lost massive quantities of land and colonies because of the treaty, which caused the German economy to plummet even more. (World War I,