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The Rise of Hitler
and Nazism
Today’s Standard
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian
governments after World War I.
Essential Question
How did Hitler and Nazi’s gain power in
Germany during the 1930’s?
Weimar Republic Rise and Fall
• Weak democratic gov’t in
Germany led by a chancellor
(prime minister)
• faced weak leadership and
severe inflation
•
People blamed the Weimar
Republic for the hated
Treaty of Versailles.
• U.S. Depression cause
German economy to collapse
 30% unemployed
Grave of Weimar republic
Hitler in his mid to late 30’s
Hitler & the Nazis
• Nat’l Socialist German Worker’s Party,
known as Nazis  German brand of
fascism
• 1919 Hitler joined Nazi’s
– Main goal is to overthrow Treaty of
Versailles
– He is chosen as der Führer (leader) of
Nazis
• Hitler organizes supporters into
“storm troopers” to fight against
political enemies
Hitler’s Rise to Power
• Nazis try to seize powerin the Beer
Hall Puscht  Hitler jailed
• Mein Kampf (My Struggle) 
becomes blueprint for Nazis
– Aryans = master race
– Blamed all countries problems on
Jews
– Get Germany more Lebensraum
(living space)
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
• Germans look for strong leader
By 1932, Nazis largest
political party
• 1933 Hitler named chancellor 
Within 1 year he is dictator of
Germany
• Creates totalitarian state
– Suspended civil rights
– Disbanded all political parties
– Executed disloyal Nazis
• Night of Long Knives -June 30 July 2, 1934
– Hitler's Purge – 85 confirmed
executions
Germany becomes a Totalitarian state
• SS (elite military unit) &
Gestapo (secret police)
terrorize, arrest, & kill
A warrant disc identified an operative as
Gestapo without revealing personal identity.
• Propaganda,
indoctrination, &
censorship
• Controlled all areas of
German life
Insignia pins worn on SS commissioned and
non-commissioned officers’ hats
• Enemies arrested or
killed
Nazi Propaganda
Campaign against the Jews
• Hatred of Jews (antiSemitism)
• Nuremburg Laws- laws
deprive Jews of rights
including:
– German citizenship;
– marrying non-Jews;
1935 chart from Nazi
Germany used to explain
the Nuremberg Laws
– attending or teaching at German
schools;
– practicing law or medicine;
– publishing books
Kristallnacht
Violence against Jews -(Kristallnacht) “Night of Broken
Glass” November 7, 1938
November 1938. Jews arrested during Kristallnacht
line up for roll call at the Buchenwald
concentration camp
Kristallnacht
267 Synagogues burned or
destroyed
Jewish Cemeteries
Desecrated by Nazis
Nazi Ideology
• Nazis indoctrinated young
people with messages of
racism, loyalty, and destroying
enemies w/o mercy
• Women were encouraged to
have “pure blooded Aryan
children”
Adolf Hitler with a member of a Nazi
youth organization
• Nazis denounced Art, Jazz,
and Religion
Hitler w/ child