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Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Take Out:
- HW!
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Today:
Intro: Nazi Germany
Homework: Finish Worksheet!
The Rise of Nazi Germany
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Quick Refresher...
What do we know about Germany in the 1910s and 1920s?
Quick Refresher...
1914 - 1918: lost in WWI
1919: Treaty of Versailles
- ...
gvt:
1924: Dawes Plan
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
The 1920s:
1924 - 1928: Golden Years of Germany
- help from Dawes Plan
- Weimar Republic successful
- people recovering from WWI
The 1920s:
1924 - 1928: Golden Years of Germany
- help from Dawes Plan
- Weimar Republic successful
- people recovering from WWI
all changes with the Great Depression
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
National Socialist German Worker's Party
= Nazism
- will become Germany's
brand of Fascism
- a small, radical group of the party will take over all of Germany
Adolf Hitler: will become dictator of Germany
Background Info:
- born in Austria
- failed art student
- lived in poverty in Vienna
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Adolf Hitler: will become dictator of Germany
Background Info:
- born in Austria
- failed art student
- lived in poverty in Vienna
- WWI gave him meaning & purpose
- was destroyed when Germany lost
November, 1923: Beer Hall Putsch
- Hitler & others try to copy Mussolini's March on Rome
- try to take over Germany from Munich
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
November, 1923: Beer Hall Putsch
- Hitler put on trial
-> guilty!
- jail for 9 months
- wrote Mein Kampf
- "my struggle"
After prison, Hitler has made a name for himself in the Nazi party.
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Hitler's Goals for Germany
1. bring back German greatness
Hitler's Goals for Germany
1. bring back German greatness
2. create a Volksgemeinschaft
- "community of people"
- racist ideas about "Aryan" race and
what a German community should be
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Hitler's Goals for Germany
1. bring back German greatness
2. create a Volksgemeinschaft
- "community of people"
3. lebensraum = living space
- conquer parts of Europe
Late 1920s & Early 1930s
- Nazi Party grows in power & strength
- and - Hitler becomes their leader
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
Late 1920s & Early 1930s
- Nazi Party grows in power & strength
- Joseph Goebbels
- Minister of
Propaganda
Late 1920s & Early 1930s
- Nazi Party grows in power & strength
- Heinrich Himmler
- Head of Nazi SS
- paramilitary unit
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
The Great Depression will hit Germany particularly hard, and many will be willing to
look at new ways of doing things.
Hitler, a new leader, will promise opportunity and greatness for the German people.
Parliamentary Elections - Reichstag
1928: 2.8%
1930: 18.3%
1932: 38%
% of votes WON by Nazi party
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1932: Presidential Election
vs.
President Paul von Hindenburg
1932: Hitler loses
Presidential election
to von Hindenburg
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
President Paul von Hindenburg
1932: Hitler loses
Presidential election
to von Hindenburg
- VH hated Hitler
President Paul von Hindenburg
1932: Hitler loses
Presidential election
to von Hindenburg
1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor
Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014
President Paul von Hindenburg
1932: Hitler loses
Presidential election
to von Hindenburg
1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor
- now legally part of government
