They discussed the idea of the master race, and created a mythology of German heroism that encouraged loyalty to the group and glorified death for the country. ... Heroes such as those, inspired Germans including Hitler, to think of themselves as larger than life and capable of bringing great glory to Germany through both life and death (Thomas, Landry, Bruch, Richard Wagner on the Web). ... Hitler was not the origin of this prejudice. ... Money was literally not worth the paper it was printed on. ... Hitler gave the German people a reason to be proud again. ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

Historians are quoted as saying that although World War I was not inevitable; World War II was due to the unresolved tension between nations. ... Hitler promised the people of Germany a better life in which they would be proud to call themselves German. ... A fascist government does not tolerate any questioning of the government, if caught doing so would be punishable by law.8 On April 7, the first anti-Jewish law removed all "non-Aryans" from any and all government jobs. ... He ordered the SA leaders, including Ferdinand von Bredow, Georg von Detten, Karl Ernst, Hans Hayn, Edmund H...

• Word Count: 2418
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His ideas on how a nation should be were instantly made into law and anyone who opposed would be sentenced to death. ... Throughout many battles and wars, Hitler managed to create a proud and strong Germany, making clear in would have never happened without his brilliant tactics as a "Fuhrer". ... When it came to Hitler's physical appearance, he did not seem to be the typical powerful ruler. ... Not surprisingly, Hitler also held an extreme fascination of death. Many of his major political and military decisions were based on his fear of death becoming closer. ...

• Word Count: 2192
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

When the Second Great War broke out in 1939, Hitler had fulfilled many of his promises while setting the world on a course of death and destruction. Germany was a country built upon its proud military history. ... At the Paris Peace Conference, in which Germany did not receive an invitation, Georges Clemenceau of France hammered out a plan that would punish Germany for its actions. ... Inflation continued and many families could not afford the simple necessities to live (Beck, et. al 802). ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

President Woodrow Wilson emphasized the fact that he did not want to enter the war. ... The French felt that they were not receiving their full portion of the reparations, as did the British. ... This German political cartoon compares Germany's future to a death sentence, as it shows Wilson, Clemenceau, and Lloyd George carrying out the execution. ... The once proud German army was to be reduced to 100,000 men, and they were not to have an air force or navy. ... Not only did they have their own war debts, but now they bore the burden of the Allied debts as well. ...

• Word Count: 2359
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The majority of youth could not respond to these policies and actions as their opinions did not count and if their opinions were voiced they were quickly and often harshly suppressed. ... (With this decree, Hitler violated his Concordat with the Vatican not to absorb Catholic youth groups.) 2. ... In the final months of the war even younger members were urged to join the peoples militia and eventually called to the frontline. 1945 saw the deaths of tens of thousand Hitler Youth as they died hopelessly in a final attempt to stem the advance of the Soviet and Allied forces into Germany. ......

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School