Hitler and Germany before the WW2? - Historum

Cav · May 6th, 2012, 09:31 PM

How was Germany before Hitler became primer minister and what did he do?
In economy, unemployment, security, education, etc? As far as I know he was a great leader and made great things for Germany (besides what the WW2 caused of course). Do you have statistics on Germany before and after Hitler took charge?

**avon** · May 6th, 2012, 11:41 PM

Cav, is this for homework?

Cav · May 7th, 2012, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by avon

Cav, is this for homework?

no hahaha i dont have history classes im curious
Actually I haven't had a history class for 6 or 7 years. And I'm in final exams right now.
I got curious about this because here in Mexico the elections are coming, yesterday the first debate took place and like I said before I have understood that Hitler was very beneficial for Germany (besides WW2).

**beorna** · May 7th, 2012, 05:11 AM

what statistics do you mean e.g?

Cav · May 7th, 2012, 05:14 AM

Well statistics about anything, unemployment, economy, security, technology, whatever you know

Karlo · May 7th, 2012, 06:02 AM

First of all, when it comes to economy of the Third Reich, it is not Hitler who made Germany an industrial superpower, but his minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank Hjalmar Schacht, that man was a genius. As for the statistic, in January of 1932 there were 6,041,900 unemployed adults in Germany, seven years later in January of 1939 there were only 301,800 unemployed, and that figure dropped to 33,900 in August of the same year(you have to take in to the count both the demographic changes and the vast number of Germans employed in the Wehrmacht).

MinoanGoddess · May 7th, 2012, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cav

How was Germany before Hitler became primer minister and what did he do?
In economy, unemployment, security, education, etc? As far as I know he was a great leader and made great things for Germany (besides what the WW2 caused of course). Do you have statistics on Germany before and after Hitler took charge?

I don't believe any tyrant is a great leader for any country. You should visit the countries that suffered under his wrath. In Greece during the resistance he burned villages with innocent civilians. The Greek villagers during Nazi occupation had no food to eat and had to steal a loaf of bread. Is this the leadership of a great leader. His principles were always the same before WWII and during WWII. The Nazis had intent since early 1920 to start their campaign of anti-semitism and anti anyone not of German origin. A great leader does not only lead in economics but should lead pro advancement of civilization.

**Nemowork** · May 7th, 2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Karlo

First of all, when it comes to economy of the Third Reich, it is not Hitler who made Germany an industrial superpower, but his minister of economics and president of the Reichsbank Hjalmar Schacht, that man was a genius. As for the statistic, in January of 1932 there were 6,041,900 unemployed adults in Germany, seven years later in January of 1939 there were only 301,800 unemployed, and that figure dropped to 33,900 in August of the same year(you have to take in to the count both the demographic changes and the vast number of Germans employed in the Wehrmacht).

And the fact that if you were in a concentration camp you were listed as 'working for the state', people on state projects like guarding all the other people in the concentration camps, it all adds up!

Cav · May 7th, 2012, 02:42 PM

I thought I made it clear enough... but apparently i didn't. I don't need information on what the WW2 caused on human rights, lives, etc. We all know what war causes...
I mean statistics from Germany before Hitler and after Hitler, but before the war. Putting in in years it would be 1930 or 32 to 1939.

**irishcrusader95** · May 7th, 2012, 02:51 PM

the country economically was in a very bad state especially once the wall street crash stopped american investments. it can be argued that the nazies might not have come to power had it not been for the wall street crash as people tend to turn to the far right when there economy is in shambles because it just seems to promise more. the war reparations and other articles of the versaille treaty caused a lot of anger among germans and saw a lot of hope in the nazies who promised to abolish it. the economy definitely did pick up on hitler taking power yet this was mostly to do with rearnament and the imposition of conscription which was the main sponge in lowering unemployment.