HIST 1500Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nazi Propaganda, Bolsheviks, Racial Hygiene
Document Summary
The nazi credo: birth, growth, expansion, decline, death, acceptable to use violence against unacceptable populations, government had the right to withhold rights to those who were not true germans. Hitler"s personal, emotional life: obsessed with health, vegetarian, non-smoked, rarely drank, sexually inhibited, emotionally cold with few friends. Hitler"s awakening: wwi: 1913: moves to germany and signs up for the bavarian army, went and fought when war broke out, dispatch runner, at headquarters, won iron cross, 1st and 2nd class. Germany"s loss of wwi: a shock to hitler and germans, hitler was in the hospital and heard about revolutions. Wwi and germany: loss of war created. The versailles treaty: these conditions gave hitler and the nazis to gain power. Hitler as informant: army asked if he would work as an informant, would go to meetings where they thought parties were a joke, looking for parties they could align with.
