The master's thesis focuses on analysis of selected Czechoslovakian party - controlled press a through it seeks to analyse attitude of Czechoslovakian political parties (belonging to to various ends of political spectrum) towards foreign and domestic policy of German government representatives and events that were taking place on the political scene of the Weimar Republic on the brink of its existence from January 1932 to Nazi seizure of power in the end of January 1933. Main emphasis of this thesis is on the analysis and interpretation of media reflection of political events taking place in Germany and political actions made by presidential cabinets headed by Heinrich Brüning, Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher in the time of crisis, when instability of Weimar political system become fully apparent - this crisis eventually led to the collapse of parliamentary democracy and the rise Nazism in the interwar Germany. The thesis also deals with the reflection of parliamentary and presidential elections. Three central newspapers of Czechoslovakian political parties were selected for the analysis - Právo lidu of leftist Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická, Venkov of rightist Republikánská strana zemědělského a malorolnického lidu and Lidové listy of centrist Československá strana...

<p>I min uppsats försöker jag ta reda på om man kan säga att Adolf Hitler uppfattade sig som en religiös ledare, sänd av Gud. Situationen i Tyskland, under sekelskiftet och framåt, var mycket svår för många grupper. Deras tidigare liv hade raserats efter första världskrigets nederlag och för många människor fanns inte längre någon tydlig ledare. Ledarna som fanns innan Hitler tog makten var svaga och folket behövde en stark ledare, ansågs det. Då inträder Hitler på den politiska arenan och ser sig själv som den starke, självklare ledaren och folket, det lättleda och svaga, trodde sig behöva honom som ledare. År 1921 blir han <em>Führer</em>,<strong><em> </em></strong>för NSDAP (Nationalsocialistiska tyska arbetarpartiet) med ambition att skapa det Tredje riket. Till folket säger han att de och han har fått ett uppdrag av Gud. Det folket måste inse är att judarna är deras största fiende enligt Hitler. Han hade studerat katolska kyrkan och imponerades både över makten och också den sammanhållande förmåga som kyrkan hade över människorna. Han beundrade även prakten. Här fann han underlag för sina egna idéer och många av kyrkans symboler gjordes till nazismens symboler. Att vara mot Hitler och nazismen var det samma som att vara mot Tyskland, sitt eget land påstods det. Många följde därför Adolf Hitler och därför kommer jag även att presentera hur han uppfattades av personer i hans närmaste omgivning.</p>

I min uppsats försöker jag ta reda på om man kan säga att Adolf Hitler uppfattade sig som en religiös ledare, sänd av Gud. Situationen i Tyskland, under sekelskiftet och framåt, var mycket svår för många grupper. Deras tidigare liv hade raserats efter första världskrigets nederlag och för många människor fanns inte längre någon tydlig ledare. Ledarna som fanns innan Hitler tog makten var svaga och folket behövde en stark ledare, ansågs det. Då inträder Hitler på den politiska arenan och ser sig själv som den starke, självklare ledaren och folket, det lättleda och svaga, trodde sig behöva honom som ledare. År 1921 blir han Führer, för NSDAP (Nationalsocialistiska tyska arbetarpartiet) med ambition att skapa det Tredje riket. Till folket säger han att de och han har fått ett uppdrag av Gud. Det folket måste inse är att judarna är deras största fiende enligt Hitler. Han hade studerat katolska kyrkan och imponerades både över makten och också den sammanhållande förmåga som kyrkan hade över människorna. Han beundrade även prakten. Här fann han underlag för sina egna idéer och många av kyrkans symboler gjordes till nazismens symboler. Att vara mot Hitler och nazismen var det samma som att vara mot Tyskland, sitt eget land påstods det. Många följde därför Adolf Hitler och därför kommer jag även att presentera hur han uppfattades av personer i hans närmaste omgivning.

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

After World War II some people from all over Europe started to say that the destruction of the European Jews never happened. This article is written to compare the argument the Holocaust deniers are using against science document. The materials that have been used for this comparison are the books “Dog verkligen 6 miljoner? Sanning till sist” and ”En tom säck kan inte stå” which are the Holocaust deniers material. From the other side I have been using the Swedish states internet side Forum för levande historia, the site of Världens historia and the documentary of Auschwitz from BBC. The arguments will be studied from post fact theory specters, were I will compare the facts from the two sides and put them together. I will do that by look how the arguments from the two sides are built. I have also made questions that I have been asking by email the two sides. The Holocaust denier’s sides are the Swedish party called Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen (Nordic resistance movement) and the other side is Forum för levande historia (Forum of living history). The result that this study will show are when you put all the arguments from the Holocaust deniers together, their argument will not be as strong as when they are by them self.

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This thesis examines the career of Baldur von Schirach, who headed the National Socialist Students' Union from 1928 to 1931 and the Hitler Youth from 1931 until 1940.

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This thesis examines the National Socialists' ultimate designs for Germany's youth, conveniently organized within the Hitlerjugend. Prevailing scholarship portrays the Hitler Youth as a place for ideological indoctrination and activities akin to the modern Boy Scouts. Furthermore, it often implies that the Hitler Youth was paramilitary but always lacks support for this claim. These claims are not incorrect, but in regard to the paramilitary nature of the organization, they do not delve nearly deeply enough. The National Socialists ultimately desired to consolidate their control over the nation and to prepare the nation for a future war. Therefore, they needed to simultaneously indoctrinate German youth, securing the future existence of National Socialism but also ensuring that German youth carry out their orders and defend Germany, and train the youth in premilitary skills, deliberately attempting to increase the quality of the Wehrmacht and furnish it with a massive, trained reserve in case of war. This paper relies on published training manuals, translated propaganda, memoirs of former Hitler Youth members and secondary literature to examine the form and extent of the ideological indoctrination and premilitary training--which included the general Hitler Youth, special Hitler Youth subdivisions, military preparedness camps akin to boot camp, and elaborate war games which tested the youths' military knowledge. This thesis clearly demonstrates that the National Socialists desired to train the youth in skills that assisted them later in the Wehrmacht and reveals the process implemented by the National Socialists to instill these abilities in Germany's impressionable youth.

After a general overview of the persecution of Gypsies (Roma) during World War II, this thesis focuses on the situation of Gypsies on the territory of Serbia and Croatia. The two republics are chosen because of their unique structures during the years 1941 to 1945. Both republics had puppet regimes set up by Germany; however, Croatia was an ally to Germany and strove to mirror the Third Reich in all its policies. The regime's head, Ante Pavelic, was known as one of the most brutal and merciless men on the territory of Yugoslavia, and with him Croatian paramilitary forces committed great atrocities in concentration camps established in Croatia. Serbia was divided up among Germany and its allies, and its racial policies varied depending on the occupying forces. In Croatia, all Gypsies were annihilated, but in Serbia many survived because of the protection provided by local peasantry and occupying forces from Hungary, Bulgaria or Italy. The thesis points at four main findings: (1) the negligence toward the Gypsies' plight and persecution; (2) the fact that, according to Nazi definitions, the persecution of Gypsies was based on their race rather than their style of living; (3) the fact that there were multiple concentration camps throughout the territory of Yugoslavia, with the most brutal camp at Jasenovac in Croatia; and (4) the fact that the Holocaust was far more than a Jewish phenomenon. Examining the two regions and highlighting them, the thesis proves that the fate of Gypsies in German-occupied territories of Yugoslavia was the same as the fate of Jews, that they were persecuted under superficial excuses, but with racial sentiments as the primary motivation. This new material, along with little known facts, documents, and stories show how marginalized Gypsies have been since the end of the war, and how little scholarly attention has been paid to their suffering. These new and some unpublished materials also help depict the brutality of Jasenovac, the Auschwitz of the Balkans, and prove that the atrocities during World War II were not committed only by German soldiers, but that they reached their peak among people of other nationalities as well. Finally, the thesis claims that Gypsies deserve to be placed in the study of the Holocaust along side of Jews, and to receive the rights and remembrance that Jews have been afforded.