Naziism: The Rise Of Germany After World War I

ntroduction After the end of World War I, Germany was in a terrible place economically and spiritually. Due to the terrible state of the country, the rise of Naziism was easier than it would have been if the country was whole and prosperous at the time. Through the use of previous ideologies combined with their new ideas for Germany, the Nazi Party was able to inspire hope for the future of Germany and give the beaten down German people a future to work towards. The essence of Naziism was a progressive ideology and a key factor in the recover of Germany after the devastating effects of WWI. Through Naziism, Germany was able to recover economically and have reinstated the pride of their nation.

Origins of Nazism There were many ideologies

In the works by Fichte he called for Germany to try and free itself from the French who were occupying their country (Fichte, 1922). Similar to the Nazi ideas Fichte explained that the Germans should purify their nation by taking French words from their language (Fichte, 1922). Within these speeches and the Völkisch movement there were ideas of materialism being wrong and striving for individualism (Fichte, 1922). Similar to the Nazis ideology, the movement starting with Fichte also denounced foreign people and advocated the superiority of the ethnic German people (Fichte, 1922). The movement also claimed that the cultures which were cosmopolitan including Jewish culture, were wrong and part of the problem (Fichte, 1922). The Nazis decided they would continue from these earlier beliefs and try to create a German Nation State that was unified (Gregor,

However, Hitler as well as the rest of the Nazi Party leaders claimed that Naziism was not right or left wing politically speaking (Mason, 1995). It was also claimed that Nazism was not simply for any class of German people (Mason, 1995). When the Nazi Party was attempting to rise to power, the opposition used the socialist aspect of Nazism as an the uncertainty of economic recovery as arguments against the party (McDonough, 2003). Although those opposed to Nazism made these claims, Nazism did help to the economic status of German, which before it was instated was in complete ruin. The Nazi Party consisted of both conservative and radical faction. For example Heinrich Himmler was a conservative Nazi where Joseph Goebbels was a radical and adamantly against capitalism and saw it as being run by the Jews, which was a view shared by Hitler himself (Mason,