Gah! Concentration Camps
04-01-2004, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Eyxom' date='Apr 1 2004, 05:54 PM
The Russian armies treated German citizens, raping women for instance, just as bad as the German's treated the Jews.
wasnt it like 15 million or something insane like that?!
04-01-2004, 07:22 PM
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Hitler was really, really bad. I mean, look at how ******' close he came to taking over the entire ******' world. Japan had ******* China and most of the pacific rim and Germany had Europe!!!
04-02-2004, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by rfreeman27' date='Mar 31 2004, 10:13 PM
Not exactly.
You can thank the Versailles treaty for that. Basically, the treaty left the country completely destroyed. The citizens were starving, poor, there was no economy, hyperinflation, and a weak government.
Hitler basically created an enemy for the German people. When people have a common enemy it unites them. It gives them a purpose. Hitler’s enemy was the Jews, and the socialists, etc.
Hitler gained power at first by making Speeches in Beer Halls. His Beer Hall putsch (where he basically tried to create an uprising) failed, and Hitler was thrown in jail. Hitler wrote Mien Kamph (my struggle) which was a "autobiography" of his life. It was nothing more then a piece of German propaganda. Many Germans read it and gobbled everything up. It pointed the blame for the county’s problems at all of Hitler’s enemies. When he got out of jail, he continued his **** power drive. The Kaiser of Germany appointed him chansler of Germany to keep him in check. As soon as the Kaiser died, Hitler appointed himself Kaiser.
Meanwhile Hitler’s SA took out all of his enemies in Germany.
The **** party's power gained quickly in the German parliament. They went from having 2 seats to holding almost majority.
The ****’s overwhelming influence in the parliament allowed Hitler to centralize his power. Eventually all the power was given directly to Hitler, and Germany was basically a police state with Hitler at the helm.
Hitler was a genius leader and super powerful speaker.
You can thank the Versailles treaty for that. Basically, the treaty left the country completely destroyed. The citizens were starving, poor, there was no economy, hyperinflation, and a weak government.
Hitler basically created an enemy for the German people. When people have a common enemy it unites them. It gives them a purpose. Hitler’s enemy was the Jews, and the socialists, etc.
Hitler gained power at first by making Speeches in Beer Halls. His Beer Hall putsch (where he basically tried to create an uprising) failed, and Hitler was thrown in jail. Hitler wrote Mien Kamph (my struggle) which was a "autobiography" of his life. It was nothing more then a piece of German propaganda. Many Germans read it and gobbled everything up. It pointed the blame for the county’s problems at all of Hitler’s enemies. When he got out of jail, he continued his **** power drive. The Kaiser of Germany appointed him chansler of Germany to keep him in check. As soon as the Kaiser died, Hitler appointed himself Kaiser.
Meanwhile Hitler’s SA took out all of his enemies in Germany.
The **** party's power gained quickly in the German parliament. They went from having 2 seats to holding almost majority.
The ****’s overwhelming influence in the parliament allowed Hitler to centralize his power. Eventually all the power was given directly to Hitler, and Germany was basically a police state with Hitler at the helm.
Hitler was a genius leader and super powerful speaker.
One of the things that people tend to miss with Hitler is that he was a brilliant speaker and knew how to use words to entice people or say things in such a way that whatever it is seems like a great idea.
All we hear is an angry man yelling in an angry sounding language.
If you've ever encountered someone who is really really good at that sort of thing you know what I mean. IE the sales person who makes you feel like you've known him all your life in about 10 min?