It’s incredible that Hitler received such a light sentence after his failed putsch in 1923 and even more remarkable that he wasn’t deported immediately upon his release from prison. Obviously, the judges in Bavaria liked him very much.
Austria was only not part of Germany because it had its own empire and Prussia didn't want an internal rival. Without its empire, Austria was no less "German" than say Bavaria. It might have been ironic to have the biggest German nationalist being Austrian, but it wasn't hypocrisy because Hitler didn't want Austria to exist independently of Germany, he saw Austria as part of Germany..
I've always wondered how Hitler acquired German Citizenship. I thought it must have had something to do with his military service but also thought it awfully strange that he managed to hold such a prominent position in German life even if that was how he acquired it. Well this explains all that. It would seem his opponents didn't make much use of his delicate status. Congratulations on excellent work.
Thank you for the detailed information that filled in a lot of gaps. My mother and sister were both born in Braunschweig (1931, 1957) . I was born a few years later in the USA, but I spent many summers in the late 60's thru the mid 70's in Braunschweig at my grandmother's. There were indeed many stories from mom, grandmother and their extended family, and so as I child I heard many first-hand accounts of war, including the devastatingly thorough bombing of Braunschweig during the war. Large global events such as the rise of Hitler never occur in a vacuum. As you demonstrate in this video, it took many people, creating numerous loopholes and missteps for an opportunist like Hitler to pass through.
Thanks for commenting Jo - of course this should be no reflection on Braunschweig or German people today, however there are lessons from history which I would suggest might have some resemblance to certain areas of current events in the US today.
Interesting jo my mother was also born in braunschweig 1927 she met hitler in nussberg in 1933 there is a video of him visiting there in 1933 so i guess my mother was present .. I too visited many times from 1962 staying with my grandparents in querumersrrasse. Greetings from England.
I wouldn't compare the 2 historians, this guy goes further in depth on more narrow topics. Mark Felton is more of variety of intersting tid-bits, this more like TIK or something. So lucky to have all these brilliant historians
Faith could've intervened so many times and all the horrors of WW2 perhaps could've been avoided. It's so devastating to look back and see the trajectory of evil gaining power.
Thanks for the upload. I have studied WW2 all my life. Taught it too. My father was 82nd Airborne during the war. I have a book named, "Der Furher." Read it many times. Keep up your good work!
Lets face it Brexit has brought a huge amount of benefits. It has increased employment, increased tax revenue, encouraged new businesses - unfortunately none of those benefits are in the UK. The only Brexit benefits I can see are for pen pushers and bureaucrats whose work load has been increased enormously and the benefits those that are now unemployed because of Brexit are claiming.
Today, it would not be possible to obtain citizenship in this way. Conversions have done a lot of bad things in history. Tsarina Catherine - German, Napoleon - from a distant island Corsica, Stalin - Georgian, many minor but significant criminals - regime judges, prosecutors, especially Soviet ones. Hitler - an Austrian whose father slightly changed the spelling of the family name. Hitler was inauthentic through and through, unlike the determination of his followers. He was like Himmler's Golem. This already legendary monster was created by violence against the family by his father, school, rejection, underestimation as an artist and the experiences of World War I, and brought to the top by the party's exploitation: crisis, poverty, faith in the strength and primacy of the German nation. Himmler was Hitler's shadow, but he was the architect of the greatest evil, like a demon from the dark side of the force.
Sorry for that. I used computer generated speech but got so many complaints that I stopped although admittedly for this it would have been difficult to do as there are so many words in German.
Thanks for your channel and this video. I had always wondered how this happened. You should do a review of Peter Ross Range's book "The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power", of which I assume you are already aware. I recommend the following discussion with the author. He says there were nine times when the Nazi movement could have fallen apart. David North interviews Peter Ross Range, author of The Unfathomable Ascent ruclips.net/video/7xpCZ42caxo/видео.html
I don't know the book John and I had not counted the number of times the Nazi party nearly fell apart but if it had not been for Hitler then I am sure it would have done - and the first time was even before it was the Nazi party.
@@HistoryonRUclips One common theme in the historiography and common mythology is that the rise of fascism in German was inevitable. I have seen Stalinist apologist state this while they avoid any discussion of the policies of the KPD. A good topic for a video would be the sharp drop in the NSDAP vote between July 1932 and November 1932 (see below). I can't see that you have a video on this. I'm just starting to work through your catalogue. QUOTE ... In his very brief review of the political events that preceded Hitler’s appointment as chancellor in January 1933, Goldhagen points out that the Nazis received almost fourteen million votes in the election of July 1932, 37.4 percent of the voters. The number is placed in italics, in order to emphasize the overwhelming character of pro-Nazi sentiment. Goldhagen does not give the vote for the Social Democratic Party and Communist Party. In fact, the SPD received 7.95 million (21.6 percent) and the KPD received 5.2 million (14.6 percent). That is, the combined vote of the two socialist parties in Germany was nearly 13.2 million, or 36.2 percent. In other words, the political life of Germany was polarized between socialist revolution and fascist counterrevolution. The next election, in November 1932, which Goldhagen does not mention, saw the vote of the Nazis fall dramatically by two million. Their total vote was 11.73 million (33.1 percent). The SPD vote fell to 7.24 million (20.4 percent), while that of the KPD rose to 5.98 million (16.9 percent). The combined vote of the two socialist parties was now a half million more than that of the fascists. In percentage terms, the combined SPD-KPD vote was 37.3 percent. The Myth of “Ordinary Germans”: A Review of Daniel Goldhagen’s Hitler’s Willing Executioners www.wsws.org/en/special/library/russian-revolution-unfinished-twentieth-century/15.html
At that time, ethnic Germans were often more rabid Anti Semites and more German than Germans. In Hitler's he claimed he formed his world view in multicultural Vienna. As we have seen he enjoyed God like status with Anschluss. Until conscription and aerial bombardment.
Just looking at how States both pre and post wwii makes it obvious that the strange interpretation of citizenship we use in The US is ridiculous and detrimental to our Republic. Birthright citizenship to the children of women who enter our country illegally specifically for the purpose of gaining citizenship for their children while avoiding in a felonious way our naturalization laws, is obviously not what was intended. No other country allows their country to be grafted so blatantly by people who by their illegal entry are obviously not good candidates for citizenship anywhere. Their poor quality is even more obvious when their country of origin refuses to take them back!
It’s incredible that Hitler received such a light sentence after his failed putsch in 1923 and even more remarkable that he wasn’t deported immediately upon his release from prison. Obviously, the judges in Bavaria liked him very much.
At least one did.
His defence was very cunning. Basically he & they appealed to the revenge mentality after losing WW1
If he wasn't a German citizen in 1923, how did get convicted of treason? Surely that charge would only apply to citizens?
Really good point Maddy, I looked this one up and don't feel I can explain it in a few words - a future video is called for!
@@HistoryonRUclips Thanks mate
This should be exciting! Can't wait!
I hope it won't be a disappointment Gwendoline.
LOVED IT! I'm definitely rewatching again! 👍👍👍
The rabidly nationalistic German wasn't really a German. I've always enjoyed this hypocrisy.
Yes, quite!
Austria was only not part of Germany because it had its own empire and Prussia didn't want an internal rival. Without its empire, Austria was no less "German" than say Bavaria. It might have been ironic to have the biggest German nationalist being Austrian, but it wasn't hypocrisy because Hitler didn't want Austria to exist independently of Germany, he saw Austria as part of Germany..
Not really hypocrisy. The "GrossDeutschland" movement goes back a long time.
I've always wondered how Hitler acquired German Citizenship. I thought it must have had something to do with his military service but also thought it awfully strange that he managed to hold such a prominent position in German life even if that was how he acquired it. Well this explains all that. It would seem his opponents didn't make much use of his delicate status.
Congratulations on excellent work.
Thanks Frank!
Good video 👍
Thank you for the detailed information that filled in a lot of gaps. My mother and sister were both born in Braunschweig (1931, 1957) . I was born a few years later in the USA, but I spent many summers in the late 60's thru the mid 70's in Braunschweig at my grandmother's. There were indeed many stories from mom, grandmother and their extended family, and so as I child I heard many first-hand accounts of war, including the devastatingly thorough bombing of Braunschweig during the war. Large global events such as the rise of Hitler never occur in a vacuum. As you demonstrate in this video, it took many people, creating numerous loopholes and missteps for an opportunist like Hitler to pass through.
Thanks for commenting Jo - of course this should be no reflection on Braunschweig or German people today, however there are lessons from history which I would suggest might have some resemblance to certain areas of current events in the US today.
Interesting jo my mother was also born in braunschweig 1927 she met hitler in nussberg in 1933 there is a video of him visiting there in 1933 so i guess my mother was present .. I too visited many times from 1962 staying with my grandparents in querumersrrasse. Greetings from England.
This is definitely the most interesting WW2 channel on RUclips, even more detailed information than Mark Felton provides in his videos.
Thanks Badger, but I don't think I am as good as Mark.
He Compliments Mark Feltons Videos nicely.
I wouldn't compare the 2 historians, this guy goes further in depth on more narrow topics. Mark Felton is more of variety of intersting tid-bits, this more like TIK or something. So lucky to have all these brilliant historians
once again a great video and a great historial piece, Thanks Alan
Thanks Kevi!
If only Austrian government accepted him back ...
They did not want him back.
Thank you very much for your time and effort. I really appreciate.
Thanks for watching Elias!
The graft here is hardly earth shaking.
Maybe not compared to Covid contracts or how a former US President abused his role but it is graft none the same.
Faith could've intervened so many times and all the horrors of WW2 perhaps could've been avoided. It's so devastating to look back and see the trajectory of evil gaining power.
I should have done a video on the political intriguing that led to Hitler coming to power - however I will do it!
GREAT , AS ALWAYS.
-SENIOR EMERITUS
PROFESSOR BJNG.
Thank you!
Thank you again, Alan, for this very well researched and interesting subject.
I am very glad you liked it Nei! I just published another video!
Excellent-Research
Thanks Michael although mainly thanks to the archives of Lower Saxony for being on line!
In Colorado, last century, a rich kid moved back to run for US Senate. He rented/bought a place just in time. Is this way different?
I have often wondered how Hitler came to hold german citizenship This was very interesting Thanks 👍
Thanks Dave!
Thanks for the upload. I have studied WW2 all my life. Taught it too. My father was 82nd Airborne during the war. I have a book named, "Der Furher." Read it many times. Keep up your good work!
Thanks for watching Jay!
It's like in "The Sopranos". AH got himself a sweet 'No Show' construction job $$$ 😏
That is precisely what it was.
A great example of exceptionalism, sadly all too discernible in current politics in the UK, USA, and sadly elsewhere.
And false entitlement too.
His relationship expired. 😂
1:53 , I wonder what type car he is getting in to .
Great benefit - Was it like Brexit???
Lets face it Brexit has brought a huge amount of benefits. It has increased employment, increased tax revenue, encouraged new businesses - unfortunately none of those benefits are in the UK. The only Brexit benefits I can see are for pen pushers and bureaucrats whose work load has been increased enormously and the benefits those that are now unemployed because of Brexit are claiming.
I have in my collection a large hand-painted document from a town granted Hitler Citizenship in the town
Love this channel.
Thanks David. That is really nice to read and motivates me!
very interesting
Barvaria?
Today, it would not be possible to obtain citizenship in this way.
Conversions have done a lot of bad things in history.
Tsarina Catherine - German, Napoleon - from a distant island Corsica, Stalin - Georgian, many minor but significant criminals - regime judges, prosecutors, especially Soviet ones. Hitler - an Austrian whose father slightly changed the spelling of the family name.
Hitler was inauthentic through and through, unlike the determination of his followers. He was like Himmler's Golem.
This already legendary monster was created by violence against the family by his father, school, rejection, underestimation as an artist and the experiences of World War I, and brought to the top by the party's exploitation: crisis, poverty, faith in the strength and primacy of the German nation.
Himmler was Hitler's shadow, but he was the architect of the greatest evil, like a demon from the dark side of the force.
Good history, but story telling need improvement. I have to repeat many times to get some details understand
Sorry for that. I used computer generated speech but got so many complaints that I stopped although admittedly for this it would have been difficult to do as there are so many words in German.
Thanks for your channel and this video. I had always wondered how this happened.
You should do a review of Peter Ross Range's book "The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power", of which I assume you are already aware.
I recommend the following discussion with the author. He says there were nine times when the Nazi movement could have fallen apart.
David North interviews Peter Ross Range, author of The Unfathomable Ascent
ruclips.net/video/7xpCZ42caxo/видео.html
I don't know the book John and I had not counted the number of times the Nazi party nearly fell apart but if it had not been for Hitler then I am sure it would have done - and the first time was even before it was the Nazi party.
@@HistoryonRUclips One common theme in the historiography and common mythology is that the rise of fascism in German was inevitable. I have seen Stalinist apologist state this while they avoid any discussion of the policies of the KPD.
A good topic for a video would be the sharp drop in the NSDAP vote between July 1932 and November 1932 (see below). I can't see that you have a video on this. I'm just starting to work through your catalogue.
QUOTE
... In his very brief review of the political events that preceded Hitler’s appointment as chancellor in January 1933, Goldhagen points out that the Nazis received almost fourteen million votes in the election of July 1932, 37.4 percent of the voters. The number is placed in italics, in order to emphasize the overwhelming character of pro-Nazi sentiment.
Goldhagen does not give the vote for the Social Democratic Party and Communist Party. In fact, the SPD received 7.95 million (21.6 percent) and the KPD received 5.2 million (14.6 percent). That is, the combined vote of the two socialist parties in Germany was nearly 13.2 million, or 36.2 percent. In other words, the political life of Germany was polarized between socialist revolution and fascist counterrevolution.
The next election, in November 1932, which Goldhagen does not mention, saw the vote of the Nazis fall dramatically by two million. Their total vote was 11.73 million (33.1 percent). The SPD vote fell to 7.24 million (20.4 percent), while that of the KPD rose to 5.98 million (16.9 percent). The combined vote of the two socialist parties was now a half million more than that of the fascists. In percentage terms, the combined SPD-KPD vote was 37.3 percent.
The Myth of “Ordinary Germans”: A Review of Daniel Goldhagen’s Hitler’s Willing Executioners
www.wsws.org/en/special/library/russian-revolution-unfinished-twentieth-century/15.html
At that time, ethnic Germans were often more rabid Anti Semites and more German than Germans.
In Hitler's he claimed he formed his world view in multicultural Vienna.
As we have seen he enjoyed God like status with Anschluss. Until conscription and aerial bombardment.
Just looking at how States both pre and post wwii makes it obvious that the strange interpretation of citizenship we use in The US is ridiculous and detrimental to our Republic. Birthright citizenship to the children of women who enter our country illegally specifically for the purpose of gaining citizenship for their children while avoiding in a felonious way our naturalization laws, is obviously not what was intended. No other country allows their country to be grafted so blatantly by people who by their illegal entry are obviously not good candidates for citizenship anywhere. Their poor quality is even more obvious when their country of origin refuses to take them back!
You'll have to amend the constitution to change that as the 14th Amendment in regards to citizenship is quite clear.
I am a fan of National Socialism, once this ideology is no longer suppressed it will replace liberal democracy and communism around the globe
Putin is doing his best to make this happen.