HITLER and the RISE of NAZI Germany

?? What you should know ??

1. From where was Hitler born?

2. Name the party led by Adolf Hitler? What were their goals?

3. Explain how Hitler was able to achieve power by 1933.

The Birth of Evil• Born 20 April 1889. • Died 30 April 1945.• Adolf Hitler was

born in • Braunau am Inn.

• Present day Austria.• The fourth child of

six.

Soldier and Leader• Fought for Germany on

WWI frontlines.– Came home defeated,

angered with Weimar Republic.

• Joined small group of right-wing extremists.– 1920, Hitler is leader of this

political group.– National Socialist German

Workers Party• The NAZI Party

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Seeking to control Germany• Organized his

supporters into fighting squads, referred to as “Storm Troopers.”

• Willing to use force/intimidation.

– Hitler as a spy against the Weimar Republic.

Mein Kampf ---- “My Struggle”• Written by Hitler in 1923.• Basics of Nazi objectives

and ideology.• German’s belonged to a

“Master Race” or Aryans.– Light-skinned, blue eyes.

• One enemy was Jewish people.

• Germany had not lost WWI, but was betrayed by others.

Political Future• After leaving Landsberg

Prison, Adolf Hitler decides to become the ruler of Germany legally.

• Uses Great Depression as a weapon.– Gains support of veterans and

lower-middle class.– 1 million followers.– Uses speeches to present his

ideas.

Hitler in a Munich beer hall planning “the Putsch”.

Beer Hall Putsch

Beer Hall Putsch

Political Takeover • Beer Hall Putsch – 1923• Table-thumping speeches,

highlighted by anti-Semitic remarks, create jobs, and defy Versailles by rearming Germany.

• Nazi’s and Communists win majority of seats in German Reichstag. (lower house)– Opponents thought they could

control Hitler….so he is “elected” Chancellor in 1933.

• Grave Mistake….Adolf Hitler will soon control Germany.

Hitler’s Rise to Power• President Paul von

Hindenburg.– Opponent in 1932

Presidential elections.

• Will die in 1933, leaving the door open for Hitler.

• 2/27/1933 – Reichstag set on fire.– Communists Blamed

The Social Policies of Hitler• Suspends Civil Rights• Destroys Communist and

Socialist Parties– Decrees that all other political

parties are illegal. Only one-party allowed in Germany.

• “Swastika” adopted on German Flag.

• Totalitarian Dictator• “The Fuhrer” demands

obedience.

The Fuhrer – “Leader” Absolute Control of Germany

The Third Reich• Established a new German empire

– The Third Reich.– 1st Holy Roman Empire– 2nd 1871 under Bismarck

• Seeks to expand military.• Public Works projects.

– Build Roads, housing, conservation.• Uses fear, intimidation, violence to

instill control.– Unfaithful Nazi’s/citizens killed.– Censorship/book burning.– Hitler Youth

Totalitarian State: A political system based on absolute power of a single party or dictator.

Campaign against Jewish peoples• By 1935, Nazi policies

established hatred and discrimination against Judaists. – Could not marry non-Jews, attend a

German school, practice medicine/law….ect.

• Many German Judaists fled. (Albert Einstein)

• November 9, 1938 – Kristallnach– “Night of Broken Glass”– Cause: Jewish boy wounded a

German diplomat in Paris.– Hitler would then move Judaists

into concentration camps.

?? What you should know ??

1. From where was Hitler born?

2. Name the party led by Adolph Hitler? What were their goals?

3. Explain how Hitler was able to achieve power by 1933.

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