HIST 345B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Major Trauma, Social Democracy, Dawes Plan
13 Jul 2017
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The rise of the nazis and the impact of racial politics. Reading: -two points: arguing to show the intention of nazi leaders who sought to eliminate the jews. Intentionalism: shoah was the intention of murderous anti-semites. Final solution was avowed goal of hitler and henchmen. Structuralism: doesn"t deny anti-semitic quality of nationals socialist regime but argues that policy more improvised and tied to broader agenda for racial war and promotion of ethnic national community. Treaty of versailles humiliation that was associated with democracy. showed that german community across europe had to be divided. Military leaders also tried to overrun the government. Mein kampt. blamed it all on the jews. everyday misfortunes were cast on the jews, under a conspiracy that they"re bringing down the economy and everything from the elders of the hebrew worship. Us loans had helped germany recover economically in 1920s. Eg dawes plan of 1924 and young plan of 1929.
