Hitler &

Nazi Germany

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ADOLPH Hitler

• Born in Austria April, 20 1889

• Failed secondary school & traveled to Vienna to become artist but was rejected

• Core of Hitler’s ideas– Racism (esp. anti-semitism)– Extreme nationalist

• Hitler served on Western Front in WWI (4 yrs)– used his frontline service to prove his authenticity and win

authority to speak for the German people

• 1919 joined German Workers Party – change to NSDAP - 1921 Hitler takes control AKA Nazi party – within 2 years 55,000 members – 15,000 militia AKA Storm troopers

• Beer Hall Putsch – Munich 1923– Hitler’s failed attempt to overthrow gov’t

• Mein Kampf “My Struggle” written by Hitler in prison– Extreme German nationalism, strong anti-

Semitism, Anti-communism, Social Darwinism

• Lebensraum – living space– Hitler’s justification for German expansion

• Rise of Nazism – After prision Nazi party grew to 800,000 members & largest in Reichstag

• Enabling Act – March 23, 1923– Gave govt power to ignore constitution for 4 years to

deal w/ country’s problems– Made Hitler a dictator

• Nazi control – all institution– Civil service purged of Jews & democrats– Concentration camps set up for opposition– Trade union dissolved– Only Nazi party allowed in govt

• Happens within 7 months

• 1934 – Hidenburg died – Hitler is sole ruler– Fuhrer – “Leader”

Aryan• Hitler’s ideal “pure” race (he was not one)

– Blonde hair, blue eyes, (man) strong, (woman) beautiful

– Goal – create 3rd Reich (Empire)

Maybe?

Creating totalitarian state

1. Economic policies2. Mass spectacles3. Organizations to further Nazi goals4. Terror

• Schutzstaffeln “Guard Squadron” SS– Orginally personal body guard– Led by Heinrich Himmler

• Terror – secret & criminal police, concentration camps, death squads…

• Ideology – further Aryan race

Economic policies• Public works & construction projects to put

ppl to work

• Big rearmament program (key to solving unemployment) •Do you think this was

built in Germany???

•Think again!!

•This is a Navy building in San Diego built in the 60s!!!

•They are in “talks” to have it remodeled.

Infamous quotes• "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!"

(One people, one empire, one leader!)

• "A violently active, intrepid, brutal youth - that is what I am after... I will have no intellectual

training. Knowledge is ruin for my young men."

• "Democracy, the deceitful theory that the Jew would insinuate - namely, that theory that all

men are created equal."Adolf Hitler

"Mein Kampf"

Treatment of jews

• Nuremberg Laws – excluded Jews from German citizenship– Forbade marriage btw German & Jew– Jews required to wear yellow Star of David

• Kristallnacht – November 9, 1938 – “Night of Shattered Glass”– Destruction of Jewish synagogues, businesses, homes, etc– 100 Jews killed– 30,000 Jewish males sent to concentration camps

• Jews – also barred from public transportation & public buildings

(schools, hospitals…)– Couldn’t own, manage, work in retail stores– Forced to clean up Kristallnacht debris– Encourage to leave Germany

Hitler’s Propaganda

• 1921 & 1922 – broadcast facilities built in US, EU, & Japan– Mass production of radios began

• 1939 – 40% of adults in industrialized nations saw 1 movie a week

• Hitler – saw mass media as a way to spread his ideas

• Joseph Goebbels – Nazi propaganda minister– Created film division in Propaganda

Ministry

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