Leadership

Here I am going to write about my favorite leader. My favorite leader is Adobe hitler because he developed his country very much. He was the very talented speaker. He inspired many of Germans from his speeches.

Adolph Hitler is seen by many as a socialist with great wickedness that scarred the world forever however; Hitler was one of the most influential leaders of all time with great intelligence and charisma despite his unstable childhood and insecurity. His strong personality, leadership, affection for his people and stubborn willpower brought Germany out of a depression in 5 years, reduced the unemployment rates to a shocking 100% over the course of 6 years, and modernized the infrastructure of his country both economically and militarily. His charisma, dedication, personality, leadership and eloquence make him one of the most dynamic leaders in Europe. Hitler’s ability to cause the people to move towards a common goal made him one of the leader.

The love for his fellow Germans also makes Hitler a man of authority and admiration (Goli). Before Hitler governed Germany, the unemployment rate was at 15.3 percent, which was a shocking 4 million of the population based on information obtained from the National Census of Germany. However, when he governed German due to the love he had for his fellow Germans, he instigated policies that worked in the interest of the people though some these policies took away selected freedoms from employers. His government banned the introduction of some labor-saving machinery in order to retain jobs with manual labor. Employers were also required to get government permission before laying workers, what an outstanding policy. Also the government gave contracts to companies that relied heavily on manual labor which explains Germans extensive road way system. When this all seemed insufficient to help the people, he went on further to form a Voluntary Labor Service (VLS) and the Voluntary Youth Service (VYS), an idea quite similar to the Civilian Conservation Corps by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States. As if these policies were not enough, Hitler went on to institute measures that helped the female work force, which most presidents or rulers had never done at his time. As a result of Hitler’s all round policies he dropped what was once an unemployment rate at 15.3 percent to less than a 3 percent.

The only way Hitler could posses control was if he gained trust from the Germans. Germany was in the middle of a depression. That was the perfect opportunity for Hitler to take advantage of the nation. “Nazis claimed they saved Germany from the depression, especially reducing unemployment rates” (Wright). When Nazis told the nation that they liberated the country from experiencing more pain from the depression and embarrassment, Germany was easier to manipulate. Since Germany lost World War One, they were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles and pay ridiculous amounts of money for damages. The country was very deprived because of debts and also a world depression. He used the depression and suffering of the Germans as a way for them to have confidence in his racist ideas. Once they had faith that Hitler was able to have the country obey him without question. He needed an outlet to express his xenophobic views.

The most effective way to control your nation is controlling mass media. The two most important forms of propaganda were the radio and the press. Both were successfully controlled by the Nazis. “When the Nazis first came into power, one of their first duties was to replace all radio and press employees with ones that believed in Nazi ideology” (Duke). The important decision was made in order for Germany to understand the message. Hitler’s obvious message was conformity. He believed that the Aryans were the pure race, and they should think very similarly. The problems with conformity were the Jews. Since Hitler detested them, he needed an immediate way to exterminate them. Hitler used many strategies to hold them responsible for Germany’s financial situation. With replacing many of the media staff workers Hitler showed the significance of the Nazi ideology and consequence of not following it. “One of the strongest points of the Nazi ideology was that they were utterly opposed to social and economic equality towards women.” (Darity) Media workers and feminists who had different opinions on how the country should be run did not have a voice anymore. With the media now being very one-sided it created turmoil between Jews and Aryans. The success of the Nazis controlling media was a significant component to the suffering the Jews encountered during the Holocaust.

Increasing propaganda posters and radio advertisements changed German perspective on Jews. Once seen as contributing members of society, turned into enemies of Germany. Hitler forced Germans to view his anti-Semitic philosophy. He used Jews as a scapegoat as the reason to why Germany was in distress. By using propaganda he vilified Jews and made Germany believe Jews were to blame for all the stressful issues they was faced with. “Although anti-Semitic views existed in the past, Hitler used nationalism as inspiration to betray Jews” (Cook). Not only did the Nazis use propaganda, they used pieces of art, literature, music, and cinema. When dictating which art pieces could be displayed to the public, he understood that the citizens paid attention to any form of media and would be influenced by discriminatory art. Besides controlling media, the Nazis were controlling culture as well. They banned over 20,000 books during the ‘burning of the books’ to promote German values. “All ‘degenerate’ art was destroyed. Books that were destroyed included liberal, left-wing, pacifist or Jewish elements” (Todd, 210). Aryans were becoming very accustomed to being the privileged few.

Hitler’s reign proved to be very successful while he was in power because his many accomplishments. The techniques Hitler used which included manipulation of world leaders and controlling youth and media were evidence that he was a substantial leader. By looking at how he gained power and maintained it for many years, one would see he clearly instilled fear in his country. Although his scheme may have been unethical, Hitler changed the perspective on a whole race. He gained the trust of the whole nation and they were willing to sacrifice their innocent children and betray neighbours. He skillfully persuaded his country to follow him blindly into war. Although Germany lost World War Two, and millions of deaths were documented from all of the countries involved in the war, Hitler will be recorded in history not only for his immoral actions but also for his ability to gain and maintain power while his people followed adoringly. And he loved his wife until he died.