Treaty of Versailles the Nazi Term Paper

" Indeed, Hitler's is speech on September 19, 1939, at Danzig, Germany - eighteen days after German tanks had attacked inside Poland, basically starting WWII - was emotionally-charged rhetoric based on the Treaty and also on Hitler's hatred of Jews.

The world...sheds tears when Germany expels a Polish Jew who only a few decades ago came to Germany," Hitler shouted. But the world "...remained dumb and deaf toward the misery of those who, numbering not thousands but millions, were forced to leave their home country on account of Versailles." The Germany of 1918 was "kept by England," Hitler went on, and now England confuses the "present German nation" with the "misled and blinded nation" of 1918, due of course to the Treaty of Versailles.

The Nazi dictator ended his speech with a series of threats against England. He assured his audience there would be no "second Versailles." The first Treaty of Versailles, Hitler fumed, "...was intended to exterminate 20,000,000 Germans." Where he got that number is not important, but the impact of him ranting about the terrible treatment the Germans received from the Treaty was enough to keep the German people well stirred up.

CONCLUSION: Hitler did what all politicians do, and that is make promises.But he captured the loyalty of millions of Germans by delivering on his promises. Indeed, to the unemployed workers, Hitler promised jobs; to farmers, he promised "a market for their goods" (AVC-CLIO). He painted a picture "of a revived and strong Germany and played on the spirit of nationalism." Every problem the Germans faced Hitler blamed on Versailles, and on the allies that pushed the Treaty through. Hitler greatly expanded German's military power and put people to work in production of tanks, airplanes, and weapons. By 1936, the German army had occupied the Rhineland (which had been taken away as a result of the Treaty), and by 1938, Hitler "annexed Austria to Germany." From there, he took Poland, France, Norway, Holland, and more. But would he have become dictator without the Treaty of Versailles as a tool to get people emotionally stirred up? We'll never know. But the Treaty certainly was an ace in his deck.

Works Cited

ABC-CLIO. "World History: Modern: The Rise of Fascism in Europe."

Cort, Jim. "The Rise of Adolph Hitler and National Socialism." Learning Through History.

Hitler, Adolph. "Danzig - Speech of September 19, 1939." Essential Speeches. (2003).

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