Hitler began his rise to power when he joined the Nazi party, one of the many parties vying for power. His first big movement was the Beer Hall Putsch, a coup d'etat that Hitler tried to organize in a beer hall, giving a speech to about 3,000 men one night, and most of them failing to show up the next day for the storming of Government offices. Hitler was thrown in jail with a general who was with him at the rally. After 18 months in prison, he was released and began using the ideas of Mussolini to bully the opposing parties in Germany, and influence the people's vote in his favor. The biggest turning point was when the Reichstag burned down; Hitler blamed a man nearby, and used him as an example of why people should vote for his party, as he was the only one who could protect them. Eventually he passes the enabling act, which allows Hitler to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag, which was only allowed due to his brownshirts bullying the Reichstag in the first place. Finally, President Hindenburg gives Hitler the Chancellorship, and dies a month later. Hitler had just performed the Night of the Long Knives, where he killed anyone too powerful in his own party. Hitler won the vote for the presidency after Hindenburg dies with %99.5 of the vote. This is how Hitler gained ultimate power in Germany, and eventually Austria.
The Weirmar Republic was the democratic government implemented in Germany after WW1, and it faced two major challenges in their duration in the government: The first challenge was set by the left with Spartakist uprising, in 1919. Karl Liebknicht and Rosa Luxemborg were the two ringleaders, and turned their followers into a socialist party that was put down by the Freikorps, the psuedo-military of the people. The second was the Kapp Putsch, in 1920, a right-wing push. It was a coup d'etat by wolfgang Kapp, and the military force of Germany marched on Berlin to stop them. The workers of Germany went on strike in order to stave off the military, and it worked.
Benito Mussolini was the facist ruler of Italy during the time I very much liked the tone of this movie. It showed the holocaust in a much different light than I was used to. I found the tone very fun and happy, the comedy parts were hilarious and I liked how "out there" Guido was. I also enjoyed how they showed the horrors of the concentration camps, almost from a child's perspective, and didn't focus too much of the negative, and tried to show the hope that was inherent in all the Jewish people of the time. I particularly liked how they didn't focus on the death of the protagonist, and instead killed him off and finished the plot promptly and efficiently. The fun of the movie was very well contrasted with the drama, and that made the movie stand out in my eyes.
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