Discuss the Aims and Impact of Economic Domestic Policies of one Twentieth-Century Authoritarian Leader

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Last but not least, from the core of Nazi ideology, Hitler’s racial policy shaped Germany at the time, in every aspect of the country’s economics. Starting from jobs, healthcare and politics. Hitler emphasized persistently that white, blue eyed, blonde haired Germans were the master race, far superior than anything else. Only people who were fit for this category where given the privileges of the nation. A complete racial hierarchy was created, with dark skinned people being the bottom of the food chain and beneath them came the “non people” who were the Gypsies and the Jews. “The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil

assumes the living shape of the Jew”. This quote was taken from a speech that he gave, that illustrates to what extent he had hatred for Jews He instilled this hatred towards these minority race groups and especially Jews to the entire population through his state-wide propaganda and rigged education system. People were made to hate and vandalise the Jewish and their possessions. Through the use of propaganda, Hitler blamed the Jews for:

1. Germany's defeat in 1918

2. The inflation of 1923

3. The economic collapse of 1929-1932

The people were convinced to look down upon the jews. Germans were made to keep the race “pure” by only marrying other Aryans. This was one of the ways hitler justified to and motivated his people to join in the war to claim lands of inferior races such as the Slavs to the east.

Nazi’s economic policies aimed at ensuring Germany’s full employment, although it had a very military outlook. “Initially, under Schacht during 1934-37 there were Increased armament spendings, public investments. Unemployment declined to 1.7 million by 1935. There were still problems in inflation and the balance of payments. Schacht introduced The New Plan in 1934 to deal with problems: the government controlled all spheres of economy, even imports had to be approved. It did not help much in the long-term. Industrial production increased 49.5% by 1935. In the short run, there were quite a few successes created through these policies. But in the long run, the economy went towards a downtown due to the unsustainable measures Hitler took to carry out these policies.

Hitler’s domestic policies were a big part of his recipe to dominate and conquer every nation he could step on. With a strong ideological and theoretical driving force, and structured policies, he was successful in many ways to impose his ideology and increase his following within the nation. Even with such a high depth of ideological influence, the policies he kept in place were inefficient and unsustainable. They were strong policies but not policies which a country can grow from over the years. Because of such deficits in his programs, eventually, the Nazi empire, collapsed from the inside.

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