No one would want to really want to view Hitler in a positive light after seeing the effects of the Third Reich, but politically and economically he did do some good. Germany was in a depression worse than America's, so he started from the absolute low point for the Germans. He brought them out of the depression and set up government organizations to take care of the people. Mercedes and BMW wouldn't be the companies they are today without German militarization during WWII. While he did do SOME good, it does not out weigh the bad. He only united the German people by turning them against everyone else. He terrorized races, people of different political groups, and people of different religions by throwing them into jail or worse concentration camps. Concentration camps don't outweigh luxury cars and government services.
This question made me laugh at first, but I assume you meant at the time and not the 90 years since then. AT THE TIME, no, I do not think he was the right choice. You know you are in deep trouble when you turn to a man that you know in the back of your mind is a little crazy. As people said in the documentary, they all did not believe everything he said completely. In fact, most people did not, but they were too afraid. They should have gotten external help for a revolution, but seeing how German attitude/nationalism was and their loss of World War One, this may have been difficult to conjure up. I agree with what Andrew has to say about Hitler causing eventual advancements in technology/military as well. I think a government based on Terror will eventually fall, its that simple. I honestly do not know why the idiots in the Reichstag passed Hitler's Enabling Act. They must have been really desperate and fearful of Hilter. In short, they should have chosen something better. Maybe a constitutional monarchy like England.
Personally I think that Hitler wanted to do good, but he went at it the completely wrong way. People can argue with this and say that what he did was for evil or negative purposes, but actually; people would not have followed and supported him so much if he did not have a good outcome in mind for his cruel actions. He convinced people that by getting rid of communists, Jews, and other kinds of people it would make Germany a better place. But to answer your question, he did do some good for Germany. Like Andrew said, he pulled Germany out of a horrible depression and brought luxury cars. Also Nazi's as a whole brought a good amount of advancement to Germany.. But the bad things he did were too significant that they definitely overpower the good things.
I agree with Molly. Hitler had some good ideas and wanted to help the people but he also had some really bad ideas and views that ruined his efforts towards "goodness." His judgment was obviously clouded by his biases (especially towards Jew) making him unable to really carry out his plans for improving the economy and making Germany a tight knit community (since he killed/exiled a majority of the community). In the end he created a war and killed so many people that, as Molly pointed out, the good things he did are definitely tainted and overpowered by the bad.
I agree with Andrew. Hilter did do some good to the German people. He tried to solve the unemployment, and he brought the country unity. But we could't deny he was a war criminal in the history. He persecuted a lot of Jews, artists, musicians, political enemies, etc. He used violence and force to maintain the peace. But the peace didn't last long, either. Hilter was ambitious; he started world war II. We can't blame him alone for the cause of world war II since the Varsailles Treaty was unfair and unjust after all. Yet he was absolutely the most radical one. Hiter's rule was definitely cruel and brutal; the German people did not have much freedom.
I believe that Hitler, like Molly, Payton, and Andrew said, had good intentions for the people of germany who were NOT communist, jewish, artists, musicians etc. Hitler tired to provide the remainder of the people with a great economic boost. He wanted to give the farmers higher prices for their produce, he wanted to supply sooooo many people with jobs, and for the middle class, he wanted to restore the profits of their small businesses. In the process, he also made some pretty cool cars! So overall, he had the intentions of helping the german people (not including german-jews,communists, artists etc.) regain profit and confidence after the Great Depression. However in doing all of this, he was trying to protect the German people from the "communist threat" and by "communist" he meant everybody else. In order to protect his precious german people, he exiled, starved and/or killed all of the other people. As a result, following what Payton and Molly had said, the bad that Hitler did to the majority of the population completely overpowered the good that he wanted to provide to his own people, which is why we associate Hitler as such a horrible dictator.
I agree with everything that has been said above. Hitler was a strong leader while the people of Germany were weak. Their defining national pride had just been destroyed along with their economy, etc. They needed a leader and when Hitler came around with a convincing argument and someone to blame, they were more than ready to follow him. He did in fact actually solve some of Germany's problems, specifically the economy, but at a great price. He instituted a feeling a terror and violence towards anyone not Aryan. He killed tons and tons of Jews, Communists, etc. in an attempt to make Germany 'pure.' In conclusion, as has been stated above, he did do some good things to help a select population of Germany, but overall the violence that he began overpowers this.
No one would want to really want to view Hitler in a positive light after seeing the effects of the Third Reich, but politically and economically he did do some good. Germany was in a depression worse than America's, so he started from the absolute low point for the Germans. He brought them out of the depression and set up government organizations to take care of the people. Mercedes and BMW wouldn't be the companies they are today without German militarization during WWII. While he did do SOME good, it does not out weigh the bad. He only united the German people by turning them against everyone else. He terrorized races, people of different political groups, and people of different religions by throwing them into jail or worse concentration camps. Concentration camps don't outweigh luxury cars and government services.
ReplyDeleteThis question made me laugh at first, but I assume you meant at the time and not the 90 years since then. AT THE TIME, no, I do not think he was the right choice. You know you are in deep trouble when you turn to a man that you know in the back of your mind is a little crazy. As people said in the documentary, they all did not believe everything he said completely. In fact, most people did not, but they were too afraid. They should have gotten external help for a revolution, but seeing how German attitude/nationalism was and their loss of World War One, this may have been difficult to conjure up. I agree with what Andrew has to say about Hitler causing eventual advancements in technology/military as well. I think a government based on Terror will eventually fall, its that simple. I honestly do not know why the idiots in the Reichstag passed Hitler's Enabling Act. They must have been really desperate and fearful of Hilter. In short, they should have chosen something better. Maybe a constitutional monarchy like England.
ReplyDeletePersonally I think that Hitler wanted to do good, but he went at it the completely wrong way. People can argue with this and say that what he did was for evil or negative purposes, but actually; people would not have followed and supported him so much if he did not have a good outcome in mind for his cruel actions. He convinced people that by getting rid of communists, Jews, and other kinds of people it would make Germany a better place. But to answer your question, he did do some good for Germany. Like Andrew said, he pulled Germany out of a horrible depression and brought luxury cars. Also Nazi's as a whole brought a good amount of advancement to Germany.. But the bad things he did were too significant that they definitely overpower the good things.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Molly. Hitler had some good ideas and wanted to help the people but he also had some really bad ideas and views that ruined his efforts towards "goodness." His judgment was obviously clouded by his biases (especially towards Jew) making him unable to really carry out his plans for improving the economy and making Germany a tight knit community (since he killed/exiled a majority of the community). In the end he created a war and killed so many people that, as Molly pointed out, the good things he did are definitely tainted and overpowered by the bad.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrew. Hilter did do some good to the German people. He tried to solve the unemployment, and he brought the country unity. But we could't deny he was a war criminal in the history. He persecuted a lot of Jews, artists, musicians, political enemies, etc. He used violence and force to maintain the peace. But the peace didn't last long, either. Hilter was ambitious; he started world war II. We can't blame him alone for the cause of world war II since the Varsailles Treaty was unfair and unjust after all. Yet he was absolutely the most radical one. Hiter's rule was definitely cruel and brutal; the German people did not have much freedom.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Hitler, like Molly, Payton, and Andrew said, had good intentions for the people of germany who were NOT communist, jewish, artists, musicians etc. Hitler tired to provide the remainder of the people with a great economic boost. He wanted to give the farmers higher prices for their produce, he wanted to supply sooooo many people with jobs, and for the middle class, he wanted to restore the profits of their small businesses. In the process, he also made some pretty cool cars! So overall, he had the intentions of helping the german people (not including german-jews,communists, artists etc.) regain profit and confidence after the Great Depression. However in doing all of this, he was trying to protect the German people from the "communist threat" and by "communist" he meant everybody else. In order to protect his precious german people, he exiled, starved and/or killed all of the other people. As a result, following what Payton and Molly had said, the bad that Hitler did to the majority of the population completely overpowered the good that he wanted to provide to his own people, which is why we associate Hitler as such a horrible dictator.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that has been said above. Hitler was a strong leader while the people of Germany were weak. Their defining national pride had just been destroyed along with their economy, etc. They needed a leader and when Hitler came around with a convincing argument and someone to blame, they were more than ready to follow him. He did in fact actually solve some of Germany's problems, specifically the economy, but at a great price. He instituted a feeling a terror and violence towards anyone not Aryan. He killed tons and tons of Jews, Communists, etc. in an attempt to make Germany 'pure.' In conclusion, as has been stated above, he did do some good things to help a select population of Germany, but overall the violence that he began overpowers this.
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