The Rise of National Socialism The rise of National Socialism in Germany resulted in World War II and the Holocaust. The signing of the Treaty of Versisad in 1919 proclaimed that over 10 million were killed in the first World War and Germany must take the blame and pay for all the damage. This meeting set up three goals: Repayment from Germany for all the damage occurred (12-13 billion dollars), to ensure the Germany would never be able to pose this kind of threat again, and to make sure this situation could never happen anywhere ever again. To help accomplish these three tasks they put into action a League of Nations to watch all countries and make sure this could never happen again. Germany’s economy was crushed from the strain of this agreement and when they finally started doing better in the 20’s the U.S. stock market crashed knocking Germany’s economy even farther back. This left Germany open for a strong leader to take control. The Germans needed something and someone to believe in again. Adolf Hitler was a great orator and the perfect man for the job. He was an early member of the Nazi party. Hitler was imprisoned for treason and while in prison he wrote. He wrote about the problems the Germans faced. Someone needed to take the blame and the Germans were tired of it always being them. Hitler convinced the people it was the Jews faults. He classified them as “stingy” and “rich” he wrote that the Jews ratted out the Germans. In 1933 the National Socialist German Workers Party elected Hitler chancellor. In the next year things become worse and worse for the Jews. Laws were passed stating non- Arrieans could not hold government jobs, Jews were expelled from schools, and mass book burnings of Jewish books took place. All this was done in an attempt to get the Jews to leave Germany and purify or perfect the country. By the end of 1933, 37,000 Jews had fled the country. On August 2, 1934 the ...
