Paper 2 Historiography
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Intentionalist Historians
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Karl Bracher, Klaus Hildebrand, believed Hitler did what he did no purpose.
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Structuralist Historians
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Martin Borszat and Hans Mommsen, believed the situation was unintentional and resulted from Hitler's neglect.
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Propaganda Historian
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Propaganda was according to the historian David Welch, more successful in reinforcing than in countering existing attitudes.
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SS Historian
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Bernd Wegner, 'It was no longer a question of whether the SS units would be allowed to share in military conquests in the years to come; the disputes now concerned only their assignment, size and organization.'
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Cumulative Radicalism Historian
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Broszat, Structuralist, Hitler created a 'confusing system of empires'.
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Hitler was Weak Historians
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Mommsen, Kershaw, the Third Reich was not a powerful totalitarian. The formation of policy and decisions about its implementation were such a matter of guesswork, as ministers and officials sought to work towards the Fuhrer.
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Hitler was Powerful Historians
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Bracher, Hugh Trevor-Roper, intentionalist historians, believed that the internal rivalries generated a degree of effectiveness, reinforcing Hitler's position and power. Hitler was able to take the praise for effective policies and blame others for ineffective ones, making himself a strong leader.
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40% of German production part of cartels in 1933, 70% in 1937
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Richard Grunberger
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'Schacht's creation of credit, in a country that had little liquid capital and almost no financial reserves was the work of a genius.'
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William Shirer
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Argue that there was no coherent Nazi economic policy, most policies were not thought through.
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Kershaw and Overy
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German economy had reached a crisis point by 1938 and that this was so serious that it drove it to war. Conflict between guns and butter important
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Mason
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The decision to go to war caused, rather than was caused by, an economic crisis. He did not plan for a long war.
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Overy
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Hitler was unable to keep up rearmament because he needed to keep up consumer production.
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Taylor
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Germany could have done blitzkreig but not an entire, long war.
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Klein
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Economic destruction was the product of Hitler's personal obsession.
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Mommsen
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Analysis for Aims and Policies
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His ideology wavered a lot, for example he encouraged women to stay home but simultaneously had them work.
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Domestic Policies Analysis
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Policies wavered a lot, for example he encouraged women to stay home but simultaneously had them work. Also had children join Hitler Youth away from their mothers while he wanted families to stay together. Very disorganized economic policy, he was a very disinterested leader.
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Foreign Policy Analysis
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He had a strong and aggressive foreign policy but it was somewhat last minute, he was not preparing for war.
