By the 1930's, countries around the globe had experienced the Great Depression. The concept of the "invisible hand" was ill-fated to solve the economic troubles of most nations and it was left to the governments to decide how to solve the economic problem. While Franklin Roosevelt was not about to give into the communist or fascist party systems a chance in America, there was an effective but destructive system at work in another country--Germany. Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist Party (also known as the Nazis) managed to improve the German economy, while "crushing democracy."
Hitler led a twelve year reign of terror that would shake the world to the present day, he used this terror to strike fear into the people of Germany to follow him or suffer dramatic consequences. He believed in a fascist system, that of racial purity, and would blame impurities for the ailments of the nation. Hitler singled out the Jewish community, as well as Gypsies, homosexuals, the chronically ill, and mentally or physically disabled and labeled them as pollutants of Aryan blood. Tens of thousands of innocent lives were lost due to Hitler's fascist beliefs. The Nazis worked to help promote a cult following of Hitler. That the leader was portrayed as an embodiment of the "will and destiny" of the German people who would essentially lead them to the "preeminence in the world they so richly deserved." These ideals won the trust of the German people and would leave little room for them to question Hitler's actions.
How did Hitler shape the economy to improve and what were the effects of his methods on a societal level?
How is fascism and socialism relevant or irrelevant to each other?
Why did the people of Germany put their faith and trust into Hitler's methods even though he was tyrannical throughout most of his time as leader of Germany?
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