Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. ... The Rise of the Third Reich With the end of the First World War Germany was left in shambles both physically and economically. ... Once in power Hitler quickly began to restore the economy and the military in order to strengthen and legitimize his power. ... During this time from 1933-1938 Germany poured massive amounts of money into the industrial war preparation economy. ... This would lead to the involvement of most nations on the planet in this war, which would prove...

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Indeed, these countries were ruled by a single mass party controlling the economy, the media and the arms of a state controlled through terror and a fixed ideology ; which, according to Carl Friedrich (a political thinker), define the features of a totalitarian state. ...

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German nationalism, stirred up after World War 1, was an important part of Nazi policy. ... After WW1 Germany was left with huge reparation debts, which heavily burdened the German economy. ... Germans had little experience and interest in a republic, but they felt a passionate desire to pay the Allies back and make Germany the "greatest nation" in the world again. ... They sought the reunion of all German people, purification of the German race, taking over of the German economy and abolishment of the Treaty of Versailles. ...

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As a result, the map of the world had been reshaped. ... At the end of World War One, Germany had many problems. ... Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). ... He blamed the Jews for the evils of the world and accused them of corrupting everything of ethical and national value. ... Hitler was now on his way to world domination. ...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. ... Hitler did have a foreign policy program that he laid down, however sickening it was, in 1925 with the writing of Mein Kampf.(4) In this book Hitler de...

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The governments were more often in a state of disarray than not, the populace was disillusioned and scared, and the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 saw the economy crumble before the population's eyes. ... The treaty required Germany to pay the Allies reparations for the damage incurred during World War I. ... Such exorbitant reparations had a disturbing effect on the economy, and the Germans once again looked for a scapegoat to blame for their diminished economic situation. ... The rate of inflation was staggering, and the economy was ruined. ...

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Its life spanned only twelve years and three months, which was brief, yet sustained enough for the most savage turmoil the world had ever known. ... The Nazi Party and Hitler had been able to consolidate power in Germany largely owing to the Great Depression resulting in the breakdown of the German economy and unemployment in the masses. ... Hitler stated, "I have the gift of reducing all problems to their simplest forms" , and he proved that in his economic "miracle" with the transformation of the German economy. ...

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This fanatical political system was to gain popularity in the Old German Empire that was defeated in World War One and later by the great world economic depression. ... The Weimar Republic was the political system that replaced the old imperial German Government after world War One. ... The treaty forced the Germans to take responsibility for starting World War one. ... This was a paralysing blow to Germany's economy. ... The French wanted reparations for damage in World War 1 and wanted Germany also to be stripped of wealth. ...

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Introduction The genesis of World War One was controversial and was shrouded on confusion. ... Many new political pressures arose during the rise of the New Social Movements and the level of comfort that the world had gotten used to by living under the old world order would be drastically changed by new social reformatory ideas with radical and lively leaders steering them into the 21st century. World War One is not often seen to most people as a battle between democracy and autocracy. ... In 1918, thousands of Italian soldiers were returning from the front lines of World War One, Mussolini...

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At the close of World War II, the Allied Powers (The United States of America, England, France, and The Soviet Union) were faced with the dilemma of how to deal with the vanquished Axis military and political regime which had committed horrific crimes in its pursuit of world dominance. ... It is a shame, however, that the model for dispensing world justice was as imperfect as the Nuremberg Trials were. ... The era of mass media dispersion of information had come into its own during World War II. ... For the first time, the graphic and honest evidence of genocide shocked the western world. .....

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. ... Britain wanted increase their colonial power all over the world. ... This greatly upset them and this led to Mussolinis rise to power, and may have pushed the Italians into joining the Second World War on the side of the Axis.(4) The Treaty of Versailles was absolutely devestating for Germany in regard to their borders. ... These demand crushed the German economy, and many experts predicted it could even mean the starvation of the German people. ...

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The question of can music be political has been greatly debated over the past century, however, the works that have been debated the most are those from nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for there links with the social "cleansing" at the time in both societies. "We are paupers. There is no paper. Th...

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