Hitler was a member of the Nazi Party, originally known as the a Germany Workers Party. This party did not support the post WW1 government (The Weimar Republic). Somewhere in the begin of the 1930's president Paul von Hindenburg announced Hitler to be chancellor. Chancellor is a title given to a person that has multiple positions in the government. because this role came with such power Hitler was able to force authority
During the first year of the Weimar Republics existence the group faced many challenges. For instance, political extremists and hyperinflation. At the beginning the republic had a very unstable political views. Depending on the leader they would be extremely left wing or could go extremely right wing. This constant changing caused problems. Hyperinflation was part due to Germany trying to pay the large reparations from WW1. When they stopped the ability to change currency to gold. Later on causing many issues.
Mussolini created a fascist party over time making him the leader. Using his secret police force he destroyed political enemies and forced people into following him. Rallying support behind him due to his secret police he ended up being in a one party dictatorship. The movie Life is Beautiful was a great movie. The way it added humour to a horrible situation, by the farther trying to protect his son. Keep him sheltered so he never knew what was truly happening at the camp until his son escaped and grew up. However, it also showed how the Jewish people were mistreated throughout those times: forced to leave everything, starved and worked to the ground. Watching it was shocking. All in all, I believed it was a good movie to start of this section of History it showed you the reality with a sense of humour added to lighten the topic.
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