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Carbaret: The Rise Of Nazism In Germany

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The rise of Nazism in Germany began in 1924 when the Nazi party gained seats in the Reichstag and Hitler’s reign ended in 1945 as did the war. There have been several films produced that represent the various perceptions and concepts of historical events that occurred while the Nazis were in power. The Lion King, Cabaret (tomorrow belongs to me), Sophie Scholl, Schindlers’ List, and Downfall all demonstrate diverse aspects of Nazism. The Lion King displayed all characteristics of Hitler’s rise to power using manipulation and other tactics for the Nazi party upsurge to an empire. Cabaret draws the attention towards Hitler’s youth to attain future generations for what Hitler had visioned to be an everlasting empire. Sophie Scholl portrays the peak of Nazism in Germany conveying that civilians had no freedom of speech and had to follow strict Nazi policies. Schindlers’ List exposes the brutal mortality of the holocaust, plotting the extremism of Hitler’s hatred towards Jews. Downfall expresses Hitler’s radical political views and his unpredictably dangerous mental state days before committing suicide in his bunker.

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This represents Hitler’s manipulation and propaganda used on the German youth. “Gather together to greet the storm” illustrates the power of the Nazi youth as a whole, but alone they are nothing. Hitler believed having young generations following Nazism was important as they were easier to convince and were the next generation of what Hitler believed to be a perpetual reign. “But somewhere glory awaits unseen” symbolises Hitler’s extreme beliefs of concurring world domination and being the superior race. Throughout the song young generations begin to stand and then towards the end middle aged generations join doing the ‘Heil Hitler’ salute. However, an elderly man had stayed down knowing it’s nonsense and sees through the propaganda and

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