JS-3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Article 231 Of The Treaty Of Versailles, Social Darwinism, Anti-Communism

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Jewish Studies
• Course: JS-3100
• Professor: Smith Helmut

Document Summary

The rise of national socialism: world war i, a war unlike any previous war in respect to: Casualties (lost generation of young men: a war fought because a number of powers, infused with the concept of social. Darwinism sought expansion: new concept that the nation-state is not simply a place to live, but also a place to sacrifice for. The socialists call for an election leading to the creation of the. Important because they have just fought a war. National socialist support rises as a result: from 1930-1932 (pre-hitler) the chancellor effectively running the government (and other branches essentially not playing an effective role) The chancellor argued that for germany to get out of the depression, everybody needed to "tighten their belt" The real solution would have been to jumpstart the economy with infrastructure programs (hitler does this when he comes to power: the impact of the war, article 231 (the war guilt clause) in the treaty of versailles.