Is being a leader that creates jobs, instills pride, and in the end rebuilds a community worth brutally and violently fighting for? Aldof Hitler thought so. So, by killing nearly six million Jews, and creating a bad reputation for Germany all over the globe, he achieved this. Hitler showed us almost unnecessarily that by doing these three things, there can be a lot of consequences. But, he also showed us that if a leader can add these as additional goals, than that is what you would want to aim for. We just have to live with the hope that other leaders do not have the same ways of thinking like Hitler did.
Hitler fought violently, and this led to creating jobs. He achieved this to great lengths. In the course of World War 2, Hitler had close to 12.5 million people working for him, and even more supporting him. World War 2 started in the midst of a financial problem for Germany. The economy was going down, and had no hope of coming back up anytime soon. The country of Germany was in a time where it was cheaper for them to burn their own savings (money) to keep themselves warm, than to buy firewood. Hitler provided Germany with jobs when they most needed it, and who wouldn't say no to that? If Hitler had approached this with a more humane motive, this could have been respectable.
Hitler was very proud of his German bloodline, and wanted to ensure that after the humiliation of the Versailles Treaty and World War 1, his fellow Germans felt the same way. When a group of people are going through extremely hard times, it is easiest to look for someone to blame it on, and, Hitler chose the Jews. Desperate for an explanation to their troubles, people looked to Hitler. He wanted to raise his country up, to show them that they could proudly show the German flag again. Being patriotic is definitely not a crime, but in trying to create pride in Germany, he went overboard.
Hitler was proud of his German roots, and fought to the extreme for them. He constantly brought forward the message of unity in his country. Any leader that does this is usually on the right track. He claimed to always be fighting for the benefits of Germany, and that everything he did was for the his people. Hitler attempted to rebuild this crumbling nation, and in doing this, he rebuilt his community.
Because he fought for these things, people respected Hitler. And with the power these supporters gave him, he abused it. Sos, is it really worth fighting for to create jobs, instill pride and in the end rebuild your community even if there is no short of six million murders along the way? Hitler thought so, and he fought for his beliefs till the very end. These three things that Hitler somewhat accomplished highlights that because Hitler fought for the right things violently, we can learn from these unfortunate events, and make sure that we are not fighting for these things in the same way.
**Germany as a country is talked about in a whole here, but during World War 2, there were large amounts of Germans that aided the Jews. Some more famous names are Corrie ten Boom, Oskar Shindler, and Irena Sendler.
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ReplyDeleteWow this is a very good post Zarina, I love how you talked about Hitlers dreams and how they turned ugly. I do agree that Hitler did the rite thing at first I mean talk about how hard it must have been on every German citizen. Also it was good how you did state why people would want to vote for Hitler, If I was there at the time I would have myself. I really like how in the last paragraph that you state people who helped the victims in the Holocaust. And last I like how you give some sources of these heros.
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