HST 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mein Kampf, Lebensraum, Economic Collapse
2 Mar 2015
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Week 8 lecture hst 540 - hitler"s rise. Mein kampf - never explicitly calls for war, or genocide; only talks of old war. Germans would not be willing to go to a second world war when mein kampf was written in the. Written while hitler is in prison after attempted coup. Goes to jail for treason, other charges, due to corrupted judicial system at time. Judges agree with some of his ideology, served softer sentence; gets 5, and serves 2. 5 years. Book becomes widely distributed in many languages; speaks of general german sentiment at end of first world war, he speaks to many demographics. Talks heavily of the treaty of versailles; which put many restrictions on germany"s economy. Most germans thought this was unfair because they didn"t start the first world war. Weimar republic, germany 1918-1933: notorious for corruption, inadequacy, most german people feel let down by the weimar.
