Rise of Hitler Document Analysis

1. Document #4 is a primary source as it is taken from Mein Kampf written by Adolf

Hitler, which is his firsthand account of what occurred/ his biography of his life.
2. Document #1 may be an unreliable source of information as it does not have much of
a backstory to who wrote it, and where they got their information from, meaning that
there is not enough information on the Leaflet handed out to describe it as a primary
source.
3. Document #3 is closely related to document #2 as they both describe/display what
Hitler wants Germany to become and achieve under his reign as a fascist leader. AN
example of this is regaining the land that the Germans lost in WWI, and the
abolishment of the Treaty of Versailles.
4. Document #6 shows that unemployment rates rose between the years 1928-1932,
while document #8 shows the election results from 1919-1933. By comparing these
results we can see that as the number of Nazi leaders increases in the parliament, the
number of unemployed citizens in Germany raises. It appears that as more radical
parties take power the unemployment rates raise yearly.
5. Document #5 explains that the people that viewed or listened to Hitler during one of
his rallies became entranced with the words he was speaking with such a clear
conciseness and unexplainable logic; it was in this way Hitler gained the support of
the people by using his overpowering conciseness, logic and enthusiasm to capture
the hearts and minds of the German citizens.
6. Hitler was able to gain immense support in his attempts to gain power in Germany
through his tactics and plans. Firstly one of the ways Hitler gained popularity was the
fact that he was able to find someone to put the blame on, the Jewish population. A
lot of Germans had already hated Jews, so Hitler blamed the Jews for losing World
War 1and the economy failure, so he promised to get rid of them. He also had a gifted
talent of delivering inspiring speeches saying how great Germany was, which gave
the Germans a feeling of pride and dignity. Some evidence that Hitler gave
motivational speeches is in document #5, where it states that he spoke with an
inexorable logic and clear conciseness. The final piece to his popularity was the
massive public rallies he organized, where he conveyed his ideals using powerful
gestures, hand signals, music and propaganda to entrance the population.