Hitler blame on Germany’s problems.
Adolph Hitler was a charismatic figure with remarkable oratory skills that he was able to use to unify the German people under his leadership by appealing to their sense of grievance over the outcome of WWI and the resulting conditions in Germany in the intervening period as well as to their pride in their nation and its history.
http://www.hitler.org/speeches/02-01-33.html
Address the following in a case study analysis:
What factors, both internal and external, does Hitler blame Germany’s problems on?
In what ways does he appeal to the nationalism of the German people?
What actions does he suggest that portend the measures that Germany will take in the coming decade, resulting in WWII and the Holocaust?
As a German, not knowing the measures that Germany will take and suffering from the conditions Hitler describes, how would you respond to this speech?
Sample Solution
Hitler blame Germany`s problems
For Germany, Adolph Hitler was the “offspring,” the outstanding legacy, of World War 1, and no one doubts that. Hitler blames Germany`s problems on both internal and external problems. Some factors include: Wall Street Crash. In October 1929 the Wall Street Crash on the US stock exchange brought about a global economic depression. In Europe, Germany was worst affected because American banks called in all of their foreign loans at very short notice. These loans, agreed under the Dawes Plan in 1924, had been the basis for Weimar`s economic recovery from the disaster of hyperinflation. The loans funded German industry and helped to pay reparations. Without these loans German industry collapsed and a depression began. Another factor is The Versailles treaty after the WWI.
