Nazism

NIHILISM IN GERMANY

Nazism

“Triumph of the Will” is a German film made by Leni Riefenstahl in 1934. It is a propaganda film that portrays the way Adolf Hitler presents himself to the outside world. It shows how the Nazi party was attended by Nazi to support their politics. This film was commission by Hitler, he use the mass media in a way to influence people...  Like many politicians today, the Nazis want the public to have a good impression of them. They made promises to the people to bring them freedom and better livelihood. Made As a result, many German decides corporate and represent the Nazi leader.  The film depicts their devotion, faithfulness and loyalty to their leader.

On arriving to Germany, the people seem to love Hitler; they all heil Hitler, they welcome him on the street, from their homes.  People seem to be organized, always in order in which people are devotes and Hitler appears to be for the people. Stern depiction of neatly lined up party members and German soldiers are in union. Scenes inter cut with political speeches by political members and Hitler. The film is boring and seems unrealistic with the repeated marching of solders and speeches. The majority of the speeches are about enemy, threats, and how the people need to bond together and eliminate threats. One main point of Nazi doctrine is to recreate the former German prestige of the German people. Another point is the doctrine of anti-Semitism which the Nazi avoid to mention in their film. This indicates that the Nazis are covering or hiding their true self.

The documentary film entitled “Night and Fog” written by Jean Cayrol is a three part film that shows some very disturbing scene. The action of the Nazis is crime against humanity. This documentary reflects the horror of how the people were treated in camps. They were packed in trains locked from the outside and shipped off to concentration camps. It is disturbing to see those naked human beings standing as a skeleton and other scenes with dead bodies all packed on each other.

This is interesting, the strategy that Hitler uses to get in office many politicians have and are using that strategy today. There are several examples in which politicians’ promises to deliver solution to certain conditions in society. Some approach politics with false pretence or intent. Although the Nazi regime was seems stern and severe, some of its counter parts reflect or relates to today’s society As stated in the passage, we have people who manipulate through the mass media the way  the Nazi did. Nations are constantly at war; our government does keep the population under surveillance and detain individuals without trial. Just as the German use the Jews as scapegoat as a way to direct attention from other problems, there are people that does the same.

(1)  Some major reasons that led to the rise of the Nazi German involve political, economical and cultural factors. The Weimar Republic political system makes it easier for the Nazi to gain power. German had a voting system in which seats are allocated in parliament according to the percentage of vote capture and multiple political parties compete against each other. In addition the Great Depression contributes to the rise of the Nazi, it creates economic crisis such as inflation and unemployment that the Nazi capitalized on.

(2)  Nazi resolve conflicts between workers and owners by portraying themselves as a non-communist alternative for the working classes; they promise to resolve the struggles between business and labor. This was an attractive model for business because it gives a charismatic authority to support their interest.

(3)  The significance of the phrase “Arbeit Macht Frei” (work makes one free) is to influence the workers as they were in concentration camps to work endlessly with the intent to be free. It seems like a false promise that those workers, who worked tiresomely, would be released; they worked self-sacrificing.

(4)  State capitalism is when large industrial monopolies maintain control over production through the power of the state. This is where the power motive takes priority over the profit motive. The state exercise control by it ability to control financing, price of raw materials, the wage paid to workers and setting production goals. It relates to Nazi German in that the Nazi disregard ethical principles and purses their aim. German uses every resource to take over all factories and industrial component. They use slave labor to construct road and factories.

 A psychological cause of anti-Semitism in German society was the unconscious projection of human needs for boundaries, identity, leader and self. The German was threatened by the Jews, therefore this lead to murderous group violence and even genocide.