Adolf Hitler's First Steps In Politics - The Foundation Of The Nazi Party I THE GREAT WAR 1919
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Like many former soldiers, lance corporal Adolf Hitler was disillusioned with the new German Republic after the Armistice in 1918. Like man of his country men he was also in dire need of a job. The Bavarian Army provided an opportunity and soon young Adolf Hitler found himself in the ranks of an obscure political party in Munich: The German Workers' Party.
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Fest, Joachim C.: Hitler. Eine Biographie, 1973.
Heiden, Konrad: Adolf Hitler: Das Zeitalter der Verantwortungslosigkeit. Ein Mann gegen Europa, 2016.
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AKA the origins of Godwins Law
Just got it! Thanks
@Dr ROLFCOPTER!
Socialism attracted not just the working class but all subjugated people
But if youre trying to further the NSDAP conspiracy theory that Jewish people were behind Bolshevism that's just silly considering the USSR government traded in many of the same anti-semitic conspiracy theories that the NSDAP did too
But Ive talked to N@z! sympathizers before and they prefer their own fantasies to reality
What is that tool at 22:31?
@Dr ROLFCOPTER!
Why is that your question in a video about the NSDAP? The group most known for their anti-Semitism?
Why didnt you ask it in a video about the Soviets?
This episode is going to get demonetized since RUclips hates people learning about history.
Carlos Medina
Eapecially since it makes the Democrats looks bad, even though they arent the same democrats.
@@Bell_Matt Uhmm no I'm referring to how RUclips demonetizes anything referring to war. Nothing to do with democrats,
“that sounds too much like us! quick, demonetize it!”
Those who turn blind eyes on history are bond to repeat it.
Bell Matthew 23:19. What part of “right wing alternative to the appeal of Marxism” did you not understand?
Unintentional side-lesson to this video: Don't worry if you're in your 30s and feel that you've missed your chance - it's coming :P
Found a political party! 😀
Well, guess I am going into politics then, LOL
"To lose everything is worth it, if you have held the world in your hands"
And don't worry if you're an artist down on your luck. :p
@@TheInundation Yeah, one could infiltrate and take over the party like the communists did with the Labour party. :)
@GazB85 You are being ironic right?
Actually the Labour party in all countries was founded by literal communists, but they had to tone it down to get people to vote for them. Now the crazy far left has begun to take over these parties again.
*Actual well-researched history*
RUclips: *hisses*
LMFAO! 😂 🤣 😅
Well-shilled more like
another bot
@poewhite Source?
@poewhite Dude, it's 1919. Russian civil war won't end till 1924, and Stalin's dictatorship won't be established for some time after. Your time scale is wrong, and you didn't provide sources, which suggests either dishonesty or ignorance.
We're all used to "local austrian madman rises to power, destroys half the world". But these early beginnings, these first steps, are quite fascinating.
franz josef was in power for decades when he ordered WWI started though :^)
Madman?
@@ForelliBoy
Conrad von Hötzendorf also played a major role in getting the Emperor to sign the declaration of war against Serbia.
The "house painter"...or "failed artist'"accusations turns more people sceptical than any death camp stats.
Madman is right. Psychopath is also accurate.
Now I realize why he became so popular. Every single German at the moment had either fought in the trenches or lost some relative in them, so it's not hard to guess how he managed to be taken seriously in such a visceral way. Because not only did he talk the talk; he had already established that he was a man that had walked the walk (or run the run in his case).
@Werner Pfeifenberger i completely agree but that doesn’t change his racial policies (which were very serious) and that he generally managed to do what he wanted only with violence and terror.
@Werner Pfeifenberger physical violence against communists before he could manage to ban their parties? Physical violence against enemies of the states those being racially undesirable, mentally ill people, politicians, or even ordinary criminals. So yes, he did use violence to keep his regime under control
@Werner Pfeifenberger indeed
@Werner Pfeifenberger Nah
@@siyacer No
Excellent presentation. Balanced. Factual. No complaints. Thank you.
I havve two complaints. Kurt Eisner didn't flirt with the radical/far left, he was a full fledged part of it. And translating "Räterepublik" to soviet Republic gives it a clear russian vibe, even tho the "Council Republic" was systemical and institutional very distinct/different
Besides just giving your comment a thumbs-up in total agreement, I do feel I'd like to, from my side, add "enlightening": This video taught me a background to Hitler's political rise that I was unaware of for many a decade - despite having read many books and articles and seeing many documentaries and movies.
Also non-biased. He had everything he said in the middle of the sides. He did a great job with this video.
a documentaries like this makes me realize how movies like "Hitler:Rise of evil" are stupid and childish
They are propaganda films for the masses
It's been a long time since I've seen the film, what did you think was wrong with it?
@@hazzardalsohazzard2624 Hitler was portrayed so grotesque evil like he was from some cartoon or sketch
@@tr3buh When he started to beat the dog I rolled my eyes.
@@MrGarrett Ironically enough he was big on animal rights and turn vegetarian later on in life.
The word Nazi:*exists*
RUclips:Alakazam,your monetization is gone.
@Revisionist Maximalist Here you go 🍕
Then they should use the proper term; national socialist
AS IF THE CHANNEL/EPISODE WAS EVEN CONSIDER FOR MONETIZATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M SURE THIS CHANNEL IS ON A BLACK LIST
Cyrus No the full name is Die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbriterpartei.
Hello there chef may i have one pizza with pineapple please
*''And then, For no reason''*
Yea thats basically they teach it US public schools.
Dcane Demboyz
All of a sudden. 17 million vote for him
@Kramer Poker what?
@Kramer Poker It did fix their economy. Getting into a war with the rest of the world however tends to put a small wedge into things.
It's difficult to imagine the life of an average person in Germany in the turbulent and chaotic aftermath of the Great War. An almost absolute lack of stability and security. Great insight here into how and why Germany started down it's path.
this is especially true for the Metropolitan regions.
Had to be less turbulent and chaotic than during the war though.
@@moiseman during the war there was probably some sense of direction though. "Everything will be fine after we win, just a little more."
@Ted Kettle Not just Germany. It seems the whole Western world is on fire. It's just that not everyone is willing to notice it yet.
@@Koelebig Not just the Western world, literally the whole world.
And there's still people pretending not to notice, or outright refusing to act on combatting climate change.
That was what you meant, right? ;D
This is a really informative and accurate video. Been watching this channel since 2014; when WW1 ended (again) the future seemed uncertain without Indy's presence in the channel; but now I see that my faith in the continuing project onto WW2 wasn't misplaced.
I applaud you all for your excellent work! More to come!
Thanks for your support!
You got it Jesse!
Thank you for your really kind words! We do our best!
You guys really rock! I am now senior year of my BA in History, and your show was and still is really inspiring for me to go even more forward with my studies!
So we're going to get the World War II videos in 2039?
Jess, you are an artist. You are the first to actually pronounce words, names in all languages of the countries you mentioned in your video. Superb!
Take your ad revenue my friends.. you deserve it! I shall let these ads play out
I shall continue to skip them, regretting not buying RUclips Premium.
Do they still get money if I have RUclips Premium, or will it decrease?
Hitler's First War is also a great book to read about Hitler's WW1 experiences as well as his years after. Great video!
Love your channel
A study should be made of Hitler's speaking style. Hesse is said to have said when he first heard Hitler speak, he had no idea what he was talking about and couldn't remember a thing but that he was mesmerized for the entire speech.
@Janus Quirinus It was in a filmed interview with Hesse that saw some time ago.
I think this is the best historical accounting of this period that I have seen. It reveals issues that played a critical role in Hitler's rise, issues that for some reason, many other documentaries fail to include or discuss. Excellent.
Right, like pointing out that the man himself was a political flip-flopper, going wherever it seemed he had the best chance of being carried along with the tide to success. Secondly the fact that the National Socialist party was actually Socialist but opposed to Marxist and Leninist Socialism. He doesn't directly say it but he mentions it a few times.
Hitler was an Authoritarian Dictator, yes, but his Socialist party was Authoritarian, too, in the way that all socialism (big s or small) eventually becomes. Many don't (or refuse to) understand that just because Fascism and Communism appear at different ends of the Economic political spectrum, doesn't mean they actually were at opposite ends of Authoritarianism.
I like how you focused on the fact that he was uneducated and had no skills and thus no life prospects. For a lot of such people a war gives them purpose and advancement, and losing that also becomes difficult since in a normal society the skills they learn in wartime and gave them value in that context is gone. No wonder so many of them sought to recapture that.
How come so many people liked this statement of the bleeding obvious.
@@rogerpattube common sense isn't all that common anymore.
Comes to explain why many veterans don't adapt to civilian life afterwards.
I mean he had potential to be an artist but he gave up the first time he got rejected from art school. Imagine if he got accepted. There might never have even been a second World War.
The DAP party program: *Gets written*
Goebbels: Bro, you just posted cringe.
Nice
RUclips: Hippity Hoppity say goodbye to you monetization.
it almost rhymes
@@TheGreatWar thanks I try sometimes
Then they will get donations.
@@Aivottaja
Blood donations?
@@TheGreatWar is it worth watching the ads?
I can't believe RUclips let you say the name of a certain German political figure.
I can’t believe how divisive Angela Merkel is! XD
(Yes, yes, I know who you actually mean.)
darter9000 24 minutes too late with the same joke....
Me?
Which one
From homeless to the most powerful man on the planet, the mans story is incredible
Easy on the admiration son, maniac had insane political beliefs and started a war of aggression that destroyed his own country, never mind the rest of Europe
@@johnhenry4844 i don't think he was admiring him just in awe at how shocking his rise to power was like most people, it really is like something out of a movie
@@johnhenry4844 you don't have to agree with the war or the death camps, but you have to respect how Hitler came from a nobody to the most powerful figure of the time. Even to this day and to the end of time people will know his name.
@@johnhenry4844 Ok, and?
F*** Hitler you goof he's maggot food like he should be.
Say more about the adoption of the Swastika, why and how did they get it - it being a global symbol of many different cultures around the planet.
Gzpo British war bonds from WW1 featured a fylfot, an ancient India symbol representing peace and goodwill, on them and 273 Squadron of the RAF had this symbol on its squadron badge, which still hasn't been authorised and the only squadron that never got its badge authorised. This squadron was stood up in August 1939 (IIRC) in whatnis now Sri Lanka and served with distinction against the Japanese.
Was looking for someone to comment this. I too would love to know how and why they took this symbol and also the 2 runes sowulo and othala (all 3 being more than 1000 years old ).
@@spfbaits it's a symbol used all over the world though and in countless cultures
@Furor Teutonicus thank you, that was very insightful. My Indian friends, however, say the word is of Sanskrit origin.
@Furor Teutonicus No surprize there...also look at Isle of White flag.
I must say. Absolutely amazing video. Good speaker. Interesting material and perfect length. One of the channels best videos to date. Keep it up.
Thanks!
I clicked right away after reading the title in order to watch before youtube did its thing.
You said that Hitler didn't have any working class background, but in Mein Kampf he talks in extent about him working on various construction jobs and starving during his time in Vienna, what are the sources that prove it wrong?
Guy has to demonize Adolf as much as possible, its the standard nowadays
Mein Kampf is not what you would call a reliable source.
@@PatricioVUnter it is a reliable source. It’s one of the most quoted books
@@nateamstutz2 the Bible is also quoted pretty often. So is the lord of the rings. That does not make them reliable factual sources. Do yourself a favour and get an education.
@@PatricioVUnter the reason why I said it’s a reliable source is because we can look back and see the things he did and why he believed it. It’s a quoted source because people think see and believe it’s a reliable source it’s a historical source same goes for the Bible.
December 1919...Exactly 100 years ago...Anniversary reboot incoming.
Well done Jesse, you are doing great.
Thanks!
I was watching ur great war special episodes then you uploaded when I was done with the shell shock episode and I will be sure to enjoy this one too. Thank you for this amazing series
How is life in the Netherlands for you?
Ayyyy an actual monetized video! I'm happy for you guys.
Does anybody really think that Hitler guy will amount to anything? 😉😉😉🤔🤔🤔
He's "just an upstart corporal". What's the worst he can do? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Que foreboding music.....
who? oh, painter guy, meh.
He’s attractive to the German electorate: socialist without the Bolshevism, economic nincompoop, antisemitic, likes war. He’ll go far, maybe all the way to the top.
He tried to conquer too many countries
This is a great episode, but I need brain bleach to get that picture of Goering in shorts out of my head.
Thank you, the channel and the sponser for delivering this impotant historical episode.
I love how you explain the exceptionally complex and intricate nature of the DAP. Even my colleagues at the university have trouble with labels as either a “Deeply left” or “Deeply right” party. I think the reason they have so much trouble is because of their flawed attempts to label it in the first place. As you said, the competing political beliefs were controversial (and not unilateral) in 1919. Now we try to group it in our contemporary lens and we end up ourselves conflicted. I think the purpose of history is to attempt to uncover these many complexities and to accept when we don’t necessarily have just one answer.
@@hdauven8434 Even with that, You can have Left and right Statists, so it's not that descriptive...
State run economy is left.
@@makingapoint Nope
@@Trojan_ True, the the who left versus right is far less important and quite useless. The important classification is individualist versus statist/collectivist.
@@PanzerDave No, the most essential debate in the world today is between Nationalism and Globalism.
Superbly researched and presented historical content! And it certainly doesn't hurt when the presenter himself reads and speaks fluent German. Most eager to see more of this fine reportage!
@The Great War you guys got the best guest you could get, idon’t think there is another one at this level. great job!
I once did a project on Anton Drexler, a very boring man
Im bored just reading your comment
Same
Why was he so boring??
@@sforza209 Because he bored him...
@@sforza209 Drexler freely admitted he was dull and boring. He fully endorsed finding someone "exiting," someone who had the ability to speak and influence crowds. When he met Hitler he knew had found his man. He called Hitler the "messiah."
Excellent. Thank you for this fantastic video. Am reading Fest's biography of Hitler now (the best in my view), and have read Rise and Fall, Evan's Coming and Power, and Volcker's Hitler. You and your team have put together a detailed, thorough, and compelling presentation, wonderfully presented by you, Jesse. Thank you for this great video, especially the time spent on identifying and including art/posters, photos, and incisively chosen and notated quotes from the various actors. Thank you!
When you pay attention to what you are saying and put it all together it takes more than once to listen and completely understand that it only took him a year to become an influential politician just after he was released from the hospital!!!
1919 to 1920 a century ago and we are still talking about him and how he changed the world!
A man on a mission
Im glad i stumbled upon this video. A lot of my questions were answered, yet it spurred more questions about a vast variety of topics. Thank you for leading me into the pursuit of knowledge and history.
Cheers from Texas(USA)
I did not know that Hitler had stayed in the Army after the war. A lot of information that I did not know about this time line. I have enjoyed each of your series and learn alot of new stuff.
That reason how hitler got square mustache because he need cut the mustache to wear gas mask
Fantastic research on an important part of the post war political mess in Germany.
This video is gonna get demonetized faster than the invasion of Poland
So, it's four months later-did it?
Very informative. As a history buff this is really great. Thank you for this great presentation
An Excellent description giving an insight and detail that can only otherwise be attained by reading a whole encyclopedia. Well done and thanks
We got 20 years to go boys until the sequel. Who’s waiting?
Check out the channel world war 2
@@nikoscarrotkiller1947 world war II 2: Heilectric Boogaloo
Oh, great. at the current rate, Mr Hitler will be played by a black woman.
This channel is fire!! Congrats for the vids. Great Work.
Muche better sponsor ad, actually something that can be tied to the episode/ history.
Amazing video, thanks so much for this background.
"The Reds scream at us as reactionaries, and to the reactionaries we are Bolsheviks." Radical Centrism strikes again! XD
Yes and enriched with rabid anti-semitism ( in this case ).
Always a matter of perspective. For extreme right wingers, even conservatives are leftists and for Communists even Socialists are reactionaries.
And for the Capitalist high society they all are pawns to pitch against each other to keep them busy. ;)
@L Teufel4 🙄
@@ringowunderlich2241 Or maybe just crazy people who they send spooks to deal with.
The Evangelicals and Christians protect Israel from sheer stupidity and the upper stratum of our Government believes they can control it. I don’t agree with the DAP’s antisemitism, but they had some poignant points.
Thank you, thank you for a balanced view of the character and historical moment! Truly great.
15:23 so this is how democracy dies...
Watch Denis wise "AH the greatest story never told."
It has been debunked many times
BLUE DOG He asked England for peace many, many, many times, but the zioshill Churchill owed money to the central banking owners and they wanted the formation of Israel, and funded both sides of the war. Churchill refused every attempt by hitler to avoid war with England, because he was ordered to. A little research goes a long way.
Prometheus can you please give an example of this massacre ?
Very interesting video. The main thing I got out of it is one reason why Hitler later ignored last chunks of his party's original program.
great series, i see no political bias or propaganda which is very rare for the history of the victors...def one of the better series ive seen
One of the two best videos I ever seen to cover this
Nice, easy to understand commentary.
I’ve listened and read other explanations of Hitler’s rise and respect and appreciate your presentation, well done 👍
Thanks for the post.
Ace content. Excellent, objective reporting of historical fact. Wonderfully well researched.
One factual correction, the Versailles treaty was signed the 28th of June, not in May as stated in the video!
Excellent work. Thanks for the video. Your set is terrific!
Thanks for the hard work putting together another GREAT HISTORY VIDEO. I love the very objective manner the information is presented and the attention to detail. Unfortunately you'll probably get blacklisted for the Christmas joke at the end (which was hilarious in my opinion). Keep the GREAT WORK!
Excellent episode and very well researched
Very well done episode. Thank you.
Exceptional! Thank you for your substantial effort!
Thanks!
Excellent Episode Indeed and Have A Merry Christmas! :-)
Channel: *posts historical, educational and factual content*
RUclips: *demonetizing death stare*
Very interesting story on this subject, thank you.
Great episode! Very comprehensive.
A fair and factual discussion of the early rise of the mustache man, without the annoying spooky music and hysterical narration which typically accompanies these types of videos. I've watched a few of your other videos, and I haven't detected an obvious bias or desire to pander to certain audiences. You might have earned yourself a Patreon subscriber because detailed and honest historical work needs to be done, even though I think books are the best way to study history.
I love people finding ways around RUclips's demonetization, even if it is just other sponsors. Keep it up history youtubers. Do not go quietly.
Extraordinary excellence.
Impressive!
Greatly indebted for all the knowledge packed in!
Gratitude from Pakistan
I've been looking for a channel like this for some time now. I absolutely love your videos, they are fantastic. Thanks for sharing your work with everyone!
Excellent lesson! Keep up the go work. I see some parallels in the past with today. We all can learn from history..unfortunately MANY politicians & people dont want to learn from the errors of the past. Peace.
This is a very insightful/informative program of the genesis of how and why Hitler transformed from a military person to what he eventually became!
I like how Göbbels gets the privilege of having his quote read in german
Great video! I really enjoyed your video.
This video is definitely getting demonetised 😂
We think there is a good chance it will. So far it isn't. Nonetheless we thought this topic should be explored thoroughly and without holding back.
Storm that trench anyway Great War
:D. Tally Ho!
@@TheGreatWar gotta respect that
Ellis Jay Farrow You seem pleased by the prospect. Why?
@@TheGreatWar love you guys! don't stop the history. the world must know!
I would like to see some subtitles since I'm better at understanding english by reading than listening to . As always great content, but I guess some of this historias will start to change the history since youtube is a censor now, for brain users. Cheers from Portugal, keep going 👍
Filósofo Lusófono Turn the subtitles on in the app. Press the 3 dots on top right and then press captions. I also turn down the speed because of the names, places, date and info goes past too fast.
Fantastic presentation. If history classes were this intriguing I'd be a student of history instead.
How is it i learn more from this 20 minute video than 4 years of high school history classes?
This really is one of your top episodes! Kudos!
Thanks Konstantinos!
*which enraged his father, who punished him severely*
'The people need wholesome Chungus to punish them severely...'
What he used to do before the Great War was live out of hostel dormitories in Vienna, which was his concept of initially going out into the world, upon leaving home in the Austro-Bavarian region, having rejected his dad's idea of being a border tariff collector, although he did have ideas of becoming something somewhere along the line, and canvas painting was the more immediate project in that regard. So he'd take his eisel and paints and canvasses into city squares, amongst pigeons and traffic, and all that, and do portraits of buildings. On other days he'd spend the entire day in libraries and museums poring intensely over literature and exhibits whilst wearing fedoras and long jackets and with longish hair.
19:02 Dankeschön for including excerpts from literature. Very well researched.
Excellent content and presentation!
Great content. Thanks, Jesse and Flo. Liked and shared. Was subscribed from the first episode.
We appreciate that, William!
And what about me? xD
@@Schnabelfreak The unsung hero behind the camera!
Thanks, Toni!
@@WildBillCox13 ^^
Excellent overview.
Excellent video. Thanks!
We live in an age where history is illegal.
No we don't, you come across as an alarmist like so many others nowadays.
@@thedude2131 lol, people are LITTERALLY going to jail for speaking of historical events. -- they call it, "Hate Speech"
Thats why you were able to view this video and comment on it?
Private platforms have the right to control their content, as frustrating as it can be at times. Dont confuse 'illegal' with 'not encouraged on a specific privately owned platform'
Morty Sanchez
You completely misunderstood me, i never meant illegal as in prohibited. Though there are many historical videos on RUclips that have been taken down or demonetized.
What i meant was there are points in history, if you happen to bring them up, in many parts of the world you’ll get jailed or completely shut down by msm.
Morty ~ stop with the private enterprise garbage. RUclips is a abusive monopoly. They should be broken up or made to allow free speech.
Your a great teacher.
Kurt Eisner: "Well, that Peoples' Rebellion didn't go quite as planned..."
Outstanding video!
Very insitefull, thoroughly enjoyed watching. Thanks.
Glad I caught this early because there is no way this was going to appear in my feeds.
I was recommended this video
me watching this for school. 1 second into the video "thanks to our sponsor" love it Xd
Thanks for the factual approach!
Hi Mr Alexander,
Thanks for the summary of the rise the third Reich. As a student of history, I appreciate your effort. I was wondering what you thought of Richard Evans’ “The Coming of the Third Reich?” I find it to be an excellent study of that time period. Unfortunately, part 1 has been removed from RUclips. I hope your contribution doesn’t face the same demise.
Historiography on Hitler, especially about 1919, still is following his own self-depiction to an unbelievable degree, only in recent years has some of that been picked apart by archive research, most notably by Othmar Plöckinger. Hitler neither went to the DAP out of his own decision nor because the Army Intelligence wanted to have an eye on the party (they were already involved in it), no, the Army Intelligence most likely sent Hitler to the DAP, and more soldiers along with him, to boost the party's numbers. The dramatic exchange at the first meeting probably didn't happen. When Hitler developed his contribution to the party program late in 1919, he was his regiment's librarian and had ample time to study all the völkisch and antisemitic literature the army had stashed.
@@stevekaczynski3793 but I wouldn't expect this motivation here in this program which is why I'm a little disappointed about the depiction
Why does this video seem so relevant now.
Well done on video 👍