W I S P Assignment 2 Germany

GermanyWISP Assignment 2

• Imperialism• Gaining more territories to increase

their power and wealth by seizing their raw material.

• As a result, the increasing competition and desire for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation that helped push the world to WW1.

Causes of World War 1

• Militarism • Germany has the most military backup

• Britain and France also increase their navies at this point of time.

• Because both parties wants to be the strongest, they go to war


• Nationalism • Slavic and Bosnia and Herzegovina

wants to be part of Serbia instead of Austria-Hungary

• Big countries (Germany) come into the role in the extension war in Europe

• This eventually led countries to prove their dominance and power


Assassination of

Prince Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Assassinated by Serbia Nationalist

• As a result, both Austria-Hungary and Serbia are going to war

• As Russia is in alliance with Serbia and Germany is in alliance with Austria-Hungary, both Russia and Germany are being implicated into the war as well


Political structure from 1920s to 1930s 1920 – 1923

• After the treaty of Versailles was signed, a new government was formed, named Weimar Government.

• Before 1920 was monarchy rule , now under Democracy rule

• Mainly Left and right wing form the government

• Left wing – made up of socialist and communist

• Right wing - made up of people who do not like democracy, which want Germany to be as strong as before the war.

• Both parties did not come together; They results in conflicts and warshttp://www.johndclare.net/Weimar3.htm

Political structure from 1920s to 1930s

http://www.johndclare.net/Weimar3.htm

1924 – 1929• Gustav Stresemann took over as

Chancellor

• Help solve Germany economy problems by establishing good relations with World War 1 enemies

• Economic assistance with USA revived Germany economy

Read more at http://www.johndclare.net/Weimar5.htm



• Therefore at that point of time extremist were difficult to garner support from the Germans

• Gustav Stressmann died in 1929

• Great depression start, Germany became chaotic again.


• Germany was being blamed for World War 1, as evident in the Treaty of Versailles (TOV), Clause 231

• Due to the devastating destruction cause by Germany in WW1, the allies have prejudices against Germany

• Hence TOV have the term of disarmament to prevent Germany to Rise up to power again

• http://www.johndclare.net/peace_treaties5.htm

How Prejudice and Discrimination leads to conflicts

• Hitler became the chancellor in January 1933

• Stops all newspaper from writing hostile things about Nazi and dismiss officials who opposed him

• Get rid of all other party by blaming or beating up his opponents and incidents such as Reichstag fire

How Hitler enable Nazi to rise in 1933

• The Enabling ACT– Prevent communist from entering

Reichstag therefore they could not have votes

– Persuading the center party to vote for the act by vague promises of things he would do for them in the future

– Using the votes of his allies the nationalist

How Hitler enable Nazi to rise in 1933

In the Germany public point of view, they prejudice the Jews with these factors that might/might not be true

• Jews had too much wealth and power• Jews were blamed for the high employment• Jews killed Jesus• Jews are arrogant

Reasons for Holocaust

http://www.johndclare.net/Nazi_Germany3_Holocaust.html

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Why_Do_People_Hate_The_Jews.htm




How Public was influenced to support Nazi



• Nazi economic policies gave full employment (work programmes/ Strength through Joy), prosperity and financial security

• Many observers stated that there seemed to be no poverty in Germany

• Job-discrimination against women was encouraged.

• Women doctors, teachers and civil servants were forced to give up their careers.

Economic factors

http://www.johndclare.net/Nazi_Germany3.htm


• The Nazi Party members were especially happy They got all the best houses, preferential treatment, good

jobs in the government and power over other people. This influence people to join Nazi.

• Most German young people were happy Nazi culture was very youth-oriented. Nazi provided exciting activities for young boys. Nazi treated young men and women as though they were

special, and told then they had knew more then their parents.

Social factors



However

• Jews, such as Anne Frank, whom the Germans systematically persecuted, were forced into walled ghettos, put into concentration camps, and used for medical experiments.

• Gypsies were treated almost as badly as the Jews85% of Germany’s gypsies were killed

• Black people were sterilized and killed

Social factors



However

• Mentally disabled babies and mentally ill patients were killed from 1939 to 1945

• Handicapped people and families with hereditary illness were sometimes sterilized. 300,000 men and women were sterilized from

1934 to 1945

• Beggars, homosexuals, prostitutes, alcoholics, pacifists, hooligans and criminals were also regarded as anti-social, and they were put in concentration camps.

Social factors



Therefore

• Unfair treatment and discrimination were being portrayed to anyone who is not of benefit and a threat to the Nazi

Social factors

Quit call over F1 Hitler jibe

• Even though holocaust has happened many years ago, people are still sensitive about it now.

• “NAZI row Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone should quit, Jewish leaders demanded yesterday.” (Daily Record, 2009)

Germany Today

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/08/2619628.htm?site=news


• “The World Jewish Congress were furious over a newspaper interview in which Ecclestone said Adolf Hitler “got things done” (Daily Record, 2009)

• He apologized the next day for praising Hitler

Germany Today



• Malaysia intends to push up the price of water. Otherwise, they have no intention to extend the contract

• One solution is, Singapore buy water from Indonesia at a higher rate. However, it will be similar to buying water from Malaysia

Singapore Before 2009

Partial Skit content taken from GIC database

• The contract for providing Singapore with water will expire in 2011

• Malaysia’s solution: Selling treated water

• This serves no purpose because Singapore itself is the creator of treated water, NEWater.

Singapore in 2009

• NEWater, will be used as a National tap to meet Singapore’s demand because of the expiry of the agreement

• At the same time, Al-Qaeda sees Chinese as their “next target”. This adds on to the Chinese’s worries.

• As a result, tension increases between Chinese and Muslims in Singapore.

Singapore in 2009

Similarities between Singapore and Germany

Germany Singapore

Discrimination against the Jews in terms of their wealth

Discrimination against the Muslims in terms of the recent Al-Qaeda statement and the water conflict

Conflicts arises because of treaties

Conflict arises because of the expiry in agreement

• Focus on developing NeWater

• A third party to solve the water issue. For example, ASEAN or UN.

• More dramas on Muslim cultures and their religion in Channel 8 or Channel U

Solutions

• Time consuming to develop NeWater

• A third party might not necessary solve the problem

Problems / Challenges

• To think of a storyline to capture every audience’s attention is extremely difficult

• Actors and actresses have to be educated and accept the Muslim race

Problems / Challenges

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References

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