HIST 1500Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: January 30, Heinrich Himmler, Maria Schicklgruber
9 Mar 2018
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January 30th, 1933: hitler was appointed chancellor of germany by pres. Torch lit parade (joseph gobbles was propaganda guy) Hitler: one man who changed the world, in terrible ways. Doing history a disservice by calling hitler crazy or the devil. Himmler) helped hitler and nazism to succeed in germany. Don"t say they were brainwashed because that takes away from each individuals choices to follow the dictatorship. Hitler cult - idea of glorious leader, strong, con dent leader who rules without obstruction and is responsible only to the people. Racial ideas - that germany is being attacked by non-germans who will destroy it (jews) Economic promises to workers for full recovery and equality of workers and middle class. The life of a people is like an organism: birth growth expansion decline death. The people will either rise and dominate the world or they will be enslaved destroyed in a clash of civilizations. The people determine the values of the nation.
