Usually I thought I stood above such insults, and more often than not I actually made fun of the Nazis. I didn't take them serio
usly. I considered them funny little brown delinquents, more comic than dangerous. And that was a mistake too many of us made. Focusing mainly on their repulsive and obnoxious qualities, we failed to sense how dangerous the Nazis really were. What did the author mean when she stated, “we failed to sense how dangerous the Nazis really were”?
Write a paragraph in which you explain this statement.
ANSWER:
The author, like many in Germany, thought that Hitler was just saying things to gain popularity, and to get elected. They didn't realize that once he was in office, the Nazis would create anti-Semitic laws that would persecute Jews. Even though Hitler made his true feelings known about the Jewish people in his book, Mein Kampf, most people did not think that he would send Jewish people to ghettos or commit genocide.
The author of the comment, Dorothea Schloesser, was herself ½ Jewish in her ethnicity. She was also an entertainer (a singer), so she would be inclined to notice how dramatic Hitler was and how outlandish the whole Nazi movement at first seemed. But she and others in Germany were not thinking about how deadly serious this movement and its outcomes could be. Hitler and the Nazis led Germany into devastating global conflict (World War II) and carried out horrific atrocities against the Jewish people and others (the Holocaust).
In addition of the answer that was stated, also they failed to realize the audacity and ferocity of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler that started a new world war and large scale of exterminations for the dream future and living space. Also they failed to stop him in his genocides and large war crimes committed during the war.
The answer in this question is Southern and central China. In the year nineteenth century in China and East Asia it was mainly in Southern and central China. On the graphic that is included in the question the British sphere of influence in the 19th century in East Asia and China was mainly in southern and central China.
World War I was a war that differed from all others before it, in terms of scale, technology and scope. New technologies such as the tank and the use of chemical weapons were developed during this war, which led to the implementation of trenches as a way to avoid such methods. However, the use of trenches made it difficult for battles to be decisive, leading to a lengthening of the war and a stalemate that led to many casualties.
European societies were able to wage war on this scale because most of them were empires. They had colonies overseas that were very profitable, and protected from the war. This allowed countries to have a constant influx of wealth that allowed the fight to continue.
The impact on European society was massive. The war killed an entire generation of men in many areas of Europe. It also led to animosity between Germany and other countries. Finally, it also encouraged the development of a nihilistic and hedonistic youth during the 1920s.
The Treaty of Versailles that ended the war can be strongly linked to the beginning of World War II. Many scholars believe that the terms of the treaty were too harsh to Germany. This created resentment among the German people and government, as well as an economic crisis. These growing problems were used by the Nazi Party to encourage support for the Nazi regime.
