Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Exploitation of the fears of Communism

Just a picture(not a source)
Source A(Hitler's Speech)-"But they hand down their own worst sentence, in that they themselves confess to the failure of their efforts by the type of propaganda they use today. Once it was their desire to govern Germany better in the future than in the past, and they are forced to observe that the only real product of their attempts at government is that Germany and the German Volk are still alive."

I can infer from Source A that Hitler was exploiting the citizen's fear of communism against the Communist Party of Germany. As during the Weimar Republic years, the Communist Party of Germany was the largest communist party in Europe and seen as the "leading party" of the communist movement outside the Soviet Union. And as the "leading party" had to use propaganda and failed to improve Germany, causing the citizens to be fearful of Communism as they had no helpful impact on their lives as the only helpful things they did were that the citizens weren't completely eliminated.

Source B(Hitler's Speech)- "And there is no such thing as a nation—and thus no such thing as nationalism—if the army of millions who work with their intellects are not joined by the army of millions who work with their fists, the army of millions of peasants. As long as Nationalism and Socialism march as separate ideas, they will be defeated by the united forces of their opponents. On that day when both ideas are molten into one, they will become invincible!"

I can infer from Source B that Hitler was promoting Nationalism and Socialism and convincing the citizens that Nationalism and Socialism was the right way to go rather than Communism. As the citizens already had fear of Communism in the Soviet Union that the state having ownership of the all the lands and assets of every single person. The citizens of Germany would be likely to support Hitler.

Source C(Hitler's Speech) "Thirteen years ago we National Socialists were mocked and derided—today our opponents’ laughter has turned to tears! A faithful community of people has arisen which will gradually overcome the prejudices of class madness and the arrogance of rank. A faithful community of people which is resolved to take up the fight for the preservation of our race, not because it is made up of Bavarians or Prussians or men from Württemberg or Saxony; not because they are Catholics or Protestants, workers or civil servants, bourgeois or salaried workers, etc., but because all of them are Germans."

I can infer that Hitler is trying to recruit the Germany citizens into joining the National Socialists Movement against the Communism so that they will have higher chances of winning and eliminating Communism and having the Nazi Party take over the governing of  Germany.

Citations: Source A,B,C-(http://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/appeal_to_the_nation.htm)




2 comments:

  1. No background information . They should have given a background information about the exploitation of the fears of communism . With the background information , I may understand better
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  2. No background information . They should have given a background information about the exploitation of the fears of communism . With the background information , I may understand better
    -angel group

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