Essays on German Public

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel came into power in 2005 for the first time in a hotly contested elections. She was later re elected in 2009 to serve a second term. Markel has largely succeeded in improving German ties with many Nations including the United States. However, it her policies within the European Union that has served more to define her leadership style. Angela Merkel has battled to balance the German support for a stronger Europe with age old traditional allegiance and commitment to NATO. Angela Markel has continued to advocate EU integration in various areas such as Climatic Change policies. However, ...

In his book, Fascism, Richard Griffiths discusses how this word is an over-used term in its modern sense, specifically discussing how it relates to the ideas of: “authoritarianism, to ‘control freakery’” and how it can also “imply violence, extremism or racism; or the term can be applied to the political Right in general.” Griffiths adds that these and a “wide range of other attributes, however, made up ‘fascism’.” (Griffiths 1) Following World War One, the rise of fascism intensified in Germany, specifically, due to their nationalistic pride. When Hitler rose to be chairman of the Nazi party in 1921, Germany ...

Abstract

This essay will focus on what were the causes of the rise of fascism in Germany and how big a role Adolf Hitler played in proceedings. I will address various theories concerned with how fascism became such a massive problem in Germany in post-World War One Europe whilst also assessing whether the movement would have been as prevalent without the assistance of Adolf Hitler.

Could fascism have succeeded without him?

The term ‘fascism’ has long since been synonymous with Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler. The dark, horrendous events of World War Two seeped out across Europe and are now an infamous part of the history books. Fascism ...