hitler
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Hitler &
Nazi Germany
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•Re v ie w of the Weimar Republic
•Pre v ie w information about Hitler
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
We will never forget!
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