Why+the+German+people+supported+Hitler

=  Why Did the German People Support Adolph Hitler? = Page developed by: JP-OS, EL-OS, and PG-OS

**Why is this important to U.S history?**
===I think that the Germans followed Adolf Hitler because he made it sounds like that the Jews caused all their problems. He found a group of people to place their problems on. If they robbed a bank then Hitler blamed it on the Jews. I think Hitler was a very messed up person and I really have no idea why anyone would want to follow him.(EL-OS) ===


===I think this question is important to U.S. history because Adolf Hitler had to have the support he got from the Germans to inflict the destruction on the U.S. and so many other countries, and if he didn't have that support, the destruction may not have taken place. Therefore it is reasonable to acquire the knowledge of why the Germans supported him. It is important to history because it made a big difference on populations of people we've had since then, and the population of people believing in different religions. I chose this question because I thought it would be interesting and I thought I could explain the answer to the issue pretty well. I think it is important to learn about this topic because without World War II much pain and damage Hitler inflicted could have been prevented and without the power Germans gave Hitler, he wouldn't have been able to inflict that damage and pain. (PG-OS) ===  I think that the Germans followed Adolf Hitler because he seemed like he had good intentions for his people, meaning he would get rid of anything that gave them problems. Unfortunately, Hitler made it seem like the Jews caused every problem in the world. If the Germans did not follow Hitler, he would have never accomplished all the horror with the Jews. The Germans had to follow and support Hitler for him to create the destruction on so many countries. I think Hitler was a little messed up in the head to think it was right to kill people because they were the problem, when in reality they did nothing. Without all that Hitler had done, I don't think all of the people who have a different race or religion would get the respect they deserve. These actions by the Germans, I think, did lead the U.S to give every race and religion the respect they really did deserve. (JP-OS)  

   I think the Germans followed Hitler for many reason. Hitler had built his Nazi empire on teenage boys. These teenagers were trained to follow [|Hitler’s beliefs.] He thought that teenage boys were strong and would believe anything they were taught. Along with the teenagers, Hitler trained many stronger older men for army.

He believed that the Jews caused all Germany’s problems. [|With a strong army behind him, Hitler wanted world domination.] He wanted to expand the Aryan race. He thought it was the best and perfect race and the Jews were the worst. He wanted the world to be ruled by the Aryan people. Hitler’s follows were Aryan and the Nazis. The Germans followed Hitler because he was promising what they wanted. Germany had become a country with no military and had taken the blame for the World War I and had to pay back all the war debts, their economy was failing. Hitler promised to take them out of their economic depression and he kept his promise and made Germany a much better country. Hitler was very intelligent and even though he was crazy, he was very clever and smart.

He also made the German people feel important. He told them that they would so be back on top and the world would respect them once again. Everyone in Germany was glad to hear this and Hitler promised to make it happen. But then some people were hesitant to Hitler. He used threats to make them follow him. Still some people believed him but by that time almost all of Germany loved him. (EL-OS) 

<span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(14, 108, 39); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(14, 108, 39);">The Germans had different opinions and views on following Hitler. Hitler told the people what they wanted to hear to make them follow him. Not all people immediately followed him though, and in those cases <span class="wiki_link_ext">Hitler would use intimidation, threats, and sometimes murder to get their support. [|He mainly wanted to rule the world], and would do anything to get that power.

<span style="color: rgb(14, 108, 39);"><span style="color: rgb(14, 108, 39);">Lots of people would say that Hitler’s eyes were above all powerful and fierce, and that he was always focused and ready. Hitler was also ahead of others and had high-tech devices and the latest technology. The German economy was failing because of World War I. Hitler had promised to bring it back to a flourishing, well managed, better economy. He kept his promise, and helped Germany recover into a powerhouse country. This was what the Germans wanted and needed. Hitler built his army on older, stronger men and teenage boys. He thought that they would follow <span class="wiki_link_ext">his beliefs and fight for him. He planned to teach the boys how to "believe" and thought they would be one of his strongest weapons.

The Germans felt important and respected when Hitler came into picture. He told them told that <span style="color: rgb(14, 108, 39);">they would soon be on top again with all the changes they would make, even if those changes were good for themselves and horrible for others. (JP-OS)

<span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proceeding Adolf Hitler's rise America's Great Depression hit, which affected Germany as much as it did America. It left much of the German population without money and without a way to make money; many were unemployed. They didn't like their poor quality of life. They needed help getting out of their terrible financial state, which borrowing money from the U.S. had gotten them in. When America needed the loan to be paid off so she could arise from her terrible financial state, Germany had to lay-off people from their jobs because businesses were suffering, which did not help their economy. Also amongst this financial mess, opposing political groups fought against each other in the streets releasing mass chaos.

When the German people were laid off, they responded the same way Americans did. They looked for <span class="wiki_link_ext">a strong leader. Hitler seemed to know they were [|vulnerable] to hope and he appealed to each group's interests when he gave his speeches, so that he may gain political power, enough to carry out his plan of [|ruling the world.] I think when he told them what they wanted to hear, that he would make Germany proud again and would bring them out of their economic state and [|troubles], they thought he was the strong leader they were looking for. To every group of the German population, farmers, unemployed workers, and middle class citizens, Hitler promised to make their lives better by making up the money people lost during the Great Depression, creating more jobs, and terminating the communist threat. This was one way he gained support.

The German citizens also wanted a reason for their distress. They wanted someone to [|blame]. Hitler knew this, and he knew that he might be able to get their support by giving them that reason and that someone to blame. He found the people to blame: mainly those of the Jewish religion, but how he [|defined a Jew] didn't necessarily mean they were Jews. When he told the German people the Jews were the culprit of their troubles, it made them feel significant, rather than inferior and Hitler convinced them that the Jews were the inferior ones. This was another way he gained the German citizens' support.

Also much of his support came from other government officials, because many of them, like Hitler, believed in [|anti-Semitism.] Through them he could control much of the German population, because those officials enforced the law that Hitler established. These German officials had the power to and carried out the cruel tactics of intimidation and threats. Then, if that didn't work, they <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|arrested, tortured, imprisoned, and often executed] them <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. German officials were a group of people that did support Hitler, and enforced cruel laws Hitler put in place.

<span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(14, 108, 39); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I think the German people supported Hitler because He told them he would make Germany proud again. He said he would bring them out of their current economic state. He manipulated them into thinking the way he did by appealing to their likings. He told them that the Jews were the reason for their troubles, which made them feel valuable, bolstering their corroboration that he was the strong leader they were looking for.

__ Sources Used __ [] <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">(PG-OS) [] [|www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize/audio/history/pdf/hitlers_rise_to_power.pdf] [] <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: rgb(14, 108, 39);"> [] (JP-OS)