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Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

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Intro: Nazi Germany

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The Rise of Nazi Germany


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



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


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


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


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.


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




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




- Joseph Goebbels

- Minister of

Propaganda



- Heinrich Himmler

- Head of Nazi SS

- paramilitary unit


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


1932: Presidential Election

vs.

President Paul von Hindenburg

1932: Hitler loses

Presidential election

to von Hindenburg



1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

- VH hated Hitler


1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor



1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor

- now legally part of government

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Rise of Nazi Germany May 27, 2014€¦ · = Nazism - will become Germany's brand of Fascism - a small, radical group of the party will take over all of Germany Adolf Hitler: will