ANSWER QUESTIONCompare and contrast the personalities and polici.docx
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The document compares and contrasts the personalities and policies of Hitler and Stalin, focusing on how Hitler became a dictator in Germany amidst economic distress and public resentment towards the Versailles Treaty. It highlights the role of anti-Semitic rhetoric in consolidating power, suggesting that while Hitler promised change, his regime ultimately resorted to persecution of Jews. The contemporary account reflects a critical understanding of the factors leading to Hitler's rise, linking social discontent to the scapegoating of Jewish communities.
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ANSWER QUESTIONCompare and contrast the personalities and polici.docx
- 1. ANSWER QUESTION Compare and contrast the personalities and policies of Hitler and Stalin. How and why was Hitler able to become a dictator in Germany? Elaborate. ANSWER QUESTION The following statement is taken from a contemporary account of Germany in 1939: “…Though the Fuehrer’s anti-Semitic program furnished the National Socialist party in the first instance with a nucleus and rallying-cry, it was swept into office by two things with which the 'Jewish Problem' did not have the slightest connection. One the one side was economic distress and the revulsion against Versailles; on the other, chicanery and intrigue…Hitler and his party had promised the unhappy Germans a new heaven and a new earth, coupled with the persecution of the Jews. Unfortunately, a new heaven and earth cannot be manufactured to order. But a persecution of the Jews can…” How do you interpret this contemporary account of the persecution of people who are Jewish? Elaborate.