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Adolf Hitler
And
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889
He moved to Vienna as a young man where he lived in poverty
He was refused entry to art college
Hitler developed a hatred of the Jews while living in Vienna
When World War 1 broke out Hitler joined the German Army
He quickly rose to the rank of corporal.
He fought very bravely and won an Iron Cross First Class
Hitler was angry when Germany surrendered to the allies.
The Treaty of VersaillesMain Terms
War Guilt Clause
Germany had to pay reparations
Lost territory to France and Poland
Rhineland demilitarised
German army limited to 100,000 men. Not allowed an airforce
Hitler joined the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party.He soon became the leader.In 1923 the Nazi party tried to seize power with the “Munich Putsch”.
The coup failed. Hitler was arrested and imprisoned.
While in prison he set out his political ideas in his book “Mein Kampf”
Hitler’s Ideas The Treaty of Versailles was the cause of all of Germany’s problems.
Democracy weak. Totalitarian state needed Anti- Communist
Grossdeutschland
Lebensraum
Anti- Semitic
Economic Problems in GermanyHigh Unemployment
High Inflation (hyper-inflation)
Wall Street Crash, 1929
Unemployment rose to 6million
Hitler’s rise to power
SA (storm troopers) wore Brownshirts. Led by Ernst Rhom they were the Nazi private army.
Supporters
SS (Schutzstaffel)wore Blackshirts. Led by Heinrich Himmler they were elite soldiers and acted as Hitler’s bodyguards
Germans turned away from democracy and towards extreme parties such as the Nazis and the Communists
1928 Nazis had 13 seats1932 Nazis had 230 seats
SA and SS intimidated people
Promised to create employment and make Germany great.
Promised to tear up Treaty of Versailles
Blamed the Jews and the Communists for Germany’s problems
Used Propaganda very effectively
Long live Germany
Hinenberg called Hitler, so should you
The Eternal Jew
Hitler becomes a dictator January 1933 becomes Chancellor of Germany Reichstag building was burnt down. Hitler blamed and then banned the Communists Enabling Act (allows Hitler to rule by Decree)
The Gestapo (secret police)
The Nazi State
Night of the Long Knives
Propaganda, Joseph Gobbels, Censorship,
Mass Rallies, Youth Movements
The Nazi Ecomomy
Public Work Schemes (Building Motorways)
People employed in SS, Brownshirts, Gestapo,
Conscription introduced
Car Industry (Volkswagen)
Anti-Semitism (Hatred of Jews)
Nuremburg Laws
Krystallnacht
Concentration Camps
The Final Solution
Holocaust
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