The Treaty of Versailles in the mind of the Germans stabbed them in the back, especially the guilt clause that made them take blame for the First World War. Hitler capaitalized on these sentiments and used them to rally the German people.
Secondary Sources are materials that digest, analyze, evaluate and interpret information contained within primary sources or other secondary sources. Examples. 1  Autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, emails, oral histories.  Letters, correspondences, eyewitnesses.
Primary sources help students relate in a personal way to events of the past and promote a deeper understanding of history as a series of human events. Because primary sources are snippets of history, they encourage students to seek additional evidence through research.