HUMN 2201 Lecture 6: Origins of History's Ultimate Villain, Nazism
20 Jul 2016
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Men do make their own history but under given and imposed conditions = in. Individual agency can only exist within history in relations to larger forces. The reunification of germany represented the reestablishment of the german empire. Saw germany as the true/pure cultural country: hitler was a severe narcissist, where nothing mattered except him, myth of the wondering jew: jews are a cursed people, cursed by god to wonder the world forever. They are christ killers: hitler was a passionate anticentism, sigmond freud: jewish, left germany during wwii, einstein: jewish, had to leave during wwii. Adolescent: went to vienna, very multicultural city, goes to operas a lot, gets money from his aunt monthly. Believed it was the system and others faults for his failures and unsuccessfulness: comunnism is very popular during this period, democracy was seen as violating german rights. Anti-semitism: the protocals of the elders of zion"s: a book explaining why jews were being persecuted.
