"World War II Political Leaders." History.com
Nazi SOCIALISM: The Silent Killer
"After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first." "Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace." |
"Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless." "Did you stop to think how [Hitler] is achieving these miracles? He is escalating the war industry. He is building barracks. Can't you see where it will all end?" |
Since the 17th century, there was a lot of chaos in Germany, and Hitler wanted to change that. He wanted to do so by uniting everyone under one belief system: Nazism. Since Hitler believed that everyone should hold the same beliefs, he banned and burned a lot of outside books and radio broadcasts that went against the beliefs of the Nazis. Hans and Sophie Scholl, two siblings who helped to start the White Rose Resistance Group, saw all of this and wanted to gain back their individual freedom. Their family believed that Hitler's antisemitic, tyrannical ways were wrong. Their family often read books that denounced Nazism, and the children wouldn't participate well in classes that dealt with a lot of propaganda. This is what caused them to form the White Rose. |