Changing Perspectives Speech
Good morning teachers and students. When we aren’t able to change a situation, we are challenged to change our perspective.
A topic that I’m extremely passionate about, and an example of an entire country changing perspective, was during the time of Nazi-Germany and the rise and fall of the Third Reich.
In 1918, the whole of Germany was forced to change perspective. The world had just saddled Germany with the onus of responsibility for World War I. This subjected the country to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which included massive war repayment. Germany vehemently objected to these terms, although they had no say in the agreement of peace. Here came the first change in perspective for Germany. The actions forced upon the country prepared them for a generation warped by vengeful bitterness, something that was inexistent before the end of World War I. The feelings held by the people of Germany show that most of all, perspectives can be warped by hostility and failure taken badly.
After the First World War, there was permanent political crisis in Germany. As a result of the previous ineffective government, there were many people in the German public who wanted a return to dictatorship.
This was the perfect time for Adolph Hitler to find his voice, a voice that would soon prove to be cataclysmic to the future of Germany. How the entirety of Nazi-Germany accepted Hitler’s anti-Semitic views came down to personal perspective. Particularly in the nineteenth century, the German’s believed desperately in the idea of a sovereign and invincible power. How a dictatorial regime of such dimensions could come to power so quickly and with little or no resistance proved just how skewed the German public’s perspectives were. They were fanatical Nationalists.
During World War II and the reign of Hitler, Germany was subjected to anti-Semitist propaganda. This reinforced their...
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