Transcript Germany & Adolf Hitler

Germany & Adolf Hitler
February 27, 2013
After WWI
•
Germany has a democracy
•
But…Economic troubles (no $$$)
– Reparation (pay for WWI)
– Great Depression
•
Want REVENGE – and new gov’t to fix
problems
Anti-Democratic Parties
•
1.
National Socialist German Workers Party
(NAZI)
– Anti-communist/ anti-Semitic
All about promoting GERMANY
– NATIONALISM
2. Supreme Race – Aryan
– Destined to rule world
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Leader of the NAZI Party - Adolf Hitler (1921)
Adolf Hitler Bio
• Born in Austria
• Dropped out of high school at age
16
• Rejected TWICE from Academy of
Art school
• Lived on streets
• Painted post cards
• GREAT speaker
– Speeches against Jews in male
homeless shelters
• Moved to Munich right before WWI
– Joined German Army
– Won Iron Cross
After WWI…Hitler is angry/ bitter
• 1921: Head of NAZI Party
• 1923: Rebellion to overthrow gov’t
– ARRESTED
• Writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
– Explanations for problems of
Germany
– Blueprint of his hatreds & plans for
world domination
– Anti-Semetic/ Blames Jews for losing
WWI/ bad economy
• Unemployment
• Homelessness
• Hunger
RISE IN NAZI PARTY
Hitler continued…
March 4, 2013
• By 1933 – Nazi Party most powerful political
party
– President makes Hitler Chancellor
• 1935: Hitler combines roles of President/
Chancellor & declares self sole leader
– Called “Fuhrer” (the Leader)
– Ruled without Reichstag (Parliament)
• Hitler promises Germany will RISE AGAIN
Immediately goes against Versailles Treaty
1. Rearms military
2. Expands Germany (Sudetenland)
3. Rebuilds infrastructure (Roads/ highways, etc).
• ENDS DEPRESSION
– TIME “Man of the Year” (1938)
• Germans LOVE Hitler
– Jobs
– $$$
But…
• Brainwashed/ Propaganda
– Newspapers censored
• Controlled education
– Nazi Youth Group
• Terrify into Silence
– Secret Police
• No other political parties
• Jews sent to “work” camps
Hitler on war
“Victor will not be asked
afterwards whether he told the
truth or not…It is not RIGHT that
matters, but VICTORY”