Monday, January 30, 2012

Adolf Hitler, Proclamation to the German Nation, February 1, 1933

This passage is telling how Germany is in a ruin due to the economic downfall and illustrates Hitler's plan to rebuild the country. He outlines his points on how to regain a strong and powerful nation so that it resembles how it was before the Marxists took over fourteen years prior. This reading is his plea to the German nation to listen to him and his ideas.

"Within four years unemployment must be finally overcome. At the same time the conditions neccessary for revival in trade and commerce are provided." These two lines stood out to me because it would be nearly impossible to completely wipe out all unemployment altogether, let alone to do it in four years. Not only does Hitler plan to get rid of unemployment, but he is also wanting to reconstruct the trade and commerce sectors of Germany at the same time.

This brought to life the fact that Hitler was a very charismatic speaker. He was also able to make just about anything sound appealing and attainable. This is a new concept because most people, myself included, only ever think of Hitler as being the "bad guy" who killed the Jews and not as a politician.

This also corresponds to the Middle East and how they many countries in that region are attempting to reform themselves after changing governmental leaders. In this article Germany is changing from Marxism to Hitler's idea, and many countries in the Middle East are transitioning from dictatorships to a slightly more democratic system.

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