Hitlers first attempt or rising to power started in 1923 with the Munich/Beer Hall Putsch. This was an attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr, and failed in the end with the arrest of both him, and General Ludendorff. Hitler soon became the leader of the German workers party, and changed the name to National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI). Hitler and his party used similar tactics to Mussolini, with the creation of the Blackshirts, who were led by Ernest Rohm, and induced fear in people with violence. Hitlers party first only gets 12 seats in 1928, but by 1932 had 230 out of 647 seats, making it the largest party. After being elected, Hitler and his party outlawed all other political parties. President Hindenburg does not elect Hitler as Chancellor at this time, but does so when he fell to 198 seats. Hitler soon created the Shutzstaffel, who murder internal challengers. After Hindenburg dies, an election is held, and Hitler wins with 99.9% of the votes. After being elected, Hitler had all the power in Germany.
The Weirmar Republic was the Government formed after WWI in Germany, and in the beginning of their existence, they faced many challenges. One of the biggest problems was Hyper inflation. This was due to the need to pay war reparations, unemployment, and workers refusing to work in the Ruhr areas. On top of this, the people were unhappy that they followed the Treaty of Versailles. Mussolini took many steps in order to gain power in Italy. He used violence and intimidation with the Blackshirts. He also used religion and made deals with the Pope. This deal gave the church control over religious education in schools, the right for the Pope to rule his own state known as the Vatican, and recognition of Catholic as the state religion. Mussolini got recognized as the legitimate leader by the church.
Life is Beautiful, is an Italian film about a Jewish man during WW2, and his attempt to hide the horrors of the Holocaust from his son using his humor. The story begins with the main character Guido Orifice moving from his old life to work with his uncle. He soon falls in love with a woman named Dora, and tries many times to get her attention before she gets engaged with a rich man. They soon fall in love, and she leaves her fiance to be with Guido. Shortly after they get married, and have a boy named Joshua. After a few years WW2 begins and Guido, his Uncle, and Joshua are are all captured by the Germans, and taken on a train to a concentration camp. When they arrive, Joshua has many questions, and his dad uses his humor to hide the horrors of the camp, and tells Joshua that it is a game. Guido would tell Joshua that whoever gets 1000 points first in the game, will win a tank. His efforts in making sure Joshua did not know what was happening were very selfless, even up to his death he made Joshua laugh. In the end, Guido made the ultimate sacrifice for his family, and Joshua, and Dora were saved when the US army came.
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