Rise Of Fascism In The 1920's

World War I which started in 1914 and ended in 1918, was said to have been “the war to end all wars” and people believed that phrase, however the interwar years proved to be setting the stage for World War II. With immense social upheaval, the rise of fascism, which came in the shape of Nazism, communism and consumerism, the world was headed anywhere but a warless future. In the 1920’s a window of hope existed, where consumerism took reign and people were hopeful of a better future. However, that hope did not last long, because then in 1923 Europe experienced a decline in currency, and Germany took the hardest hit. Additionally, the Great Depression struck, leaving many people in poverty. Lastly, the Nazi Party and Hitler coming to power pushed the interwar years deeper into despair, which was exactly how those years proved to be: years of nothing but despair. In the start of the interwar years in 1920, people enjoyed the conveniences that technology brought into their lives, advances in medicine, and an economy that was generally prosperous . During that time of economic stability, consumerism took reign as people began to settle down with their returned soldiers, and trends came rolling. From clothes, furniture,

Slowly, with support for Nazism, fascism started rising and the major catalyst of fascism in Germany was none other than Hitler himself, who came into power in 1933. Nazism, confused as it was, was fundamentally an ideology built around race, while socialism was entirely different: built around class . Hitler’s main ideology was not socialism as he stated, but fascism which led to the Jewish holocaust since they were not of the Ayran race, which Hitler believed to be superior. The killing of six million Jews sent the interwar years further into despair and set the stage for World War