Kesse81
Banned
Very few people have had a greater impact on a state's founding and establishment than Otto von Bismarck had for the creation of modern Germany in 1871. In his capacity as Minister of Prussia, Bismarck managed with cunning and formidable political skills to gather all the small independent German states into one single kingdom, the German Empire.
From 1871 Bismarck was the political leader of continental Europe's strongest power that he the following 20 years steered hard but also skillfully and efficiently. He rejected most demands for democratization and liberalization and cracked down hard on both the Catholic Church and the nascent labor movement.
Would you say that he also sowed the seeds in the German people into the worship of the strong leader? He hated liberals, socialists, Jews, Catholics etc. all of which in his opinion was revolutionary and enemies of the monarchy. Is there a connecting thread from Bismarck to Hitler's regime?
From 1871 Bismarck was the political leader of continental Europe's strongest power that he the following 20 years steered hard but also skillfully and efficiently. He rejected most demands for democratization and liberalization and cracked down hard on both the Catholic Church and the nascent labor movement.
Would you say that he also sowed the seeds in the German people into the worship of the strong leader? He hated liberals, socialists, Jews, Catholics etc. all of which in his opinion was revolutionary and enemies of the monarchy. Is there a connecting thread from Bismarck to Hitler's regime?