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.
Understanding Primary Sources of U.S. Law. In legal research vocabulary, the term âprimary sourcesâ refers to sources of the law itself. In other words, primary sources of law are the texts of enactments by governments containing rules that govern a jurisdiction. In sum, secondary sources of law (discussed above) are works about the law; primary sources are the law itself. Each branch of government, both at the federal and state level, produces law. Understanding the overall landscape of the legal sources is helpful before beginning research of one source or one area of law. The chart below is a simplified overview of the universe of federal law, listing the major types of law publications of each branch.