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Title: Hitler


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Hitlers Rise to Power
2
Causes for the Rise of Hitler
  • Germany felt stabbed in the back by the Treaty of
    Versailles
  • Postwar Instability in Germany in 1920s
  • Weimar Gov. ? Weak Democracy
  • Economic recovery, followed by Depression

Stacks of German Marks, which were practically
worthless due to super inflation
3
Lines would build up filled with people who
wanted to buy the few items left in stores
4
Consolidation of Power
  • 1920 Nazis declare their 20pt Nazi Manifesto
  • 1923 Nazis try to march on Berlin to seize
    Government, but fail
  • 1930 Great Depression hits Germany hard
  • 1932 Nazi movement had grown dramatically, gain
    power
  • in Gov.
  • 1932 Hitler appointed Chancellor b/c believed
    it would
  • make Government more republic
  • 1933 Hitler has come to power by legal measures

5
Consolidation of Power
  • 1933 - Fire in gov. building, 40 unemployment,
    Hitler uses these as an excuse for temporary
    power to control situation
  • 1933 Creates Enabling Act
  • - temporarily allows Hitler to suspend
    Constitutional Gov. and deviate from the
    Constitution
  • 1933 1949 ? end of Constitutional Gov.
  • June 30, 1934 Night of Long Knives
  • - Hitler eliminates political rivals ? jail,
    concentration camps, or murdered
  • - S.S. is created

6
Attractions of Nazism
  • Economic Recovery
  • 40 unemployment to 0 by 1933
  • Sense of National Rebirth
  • A New energy for Germany after their humiliation
    in WW1
  • Idea of New National Community
  • Feeling of new creation of New German Community
  • Class does not Matter, only that you are German

7
Nazism Beliefs
  • Social Darwinism
  • Idea of a Superior Aryan Race
  • 19th Century Anti-Semitism Based not on
    Religion, but on RACE ? Jews were inferior
  • In the past Jews could escape by conversion, but
    now there is no escape
  • Pan Germanism Unite all Germanic people under
    one Gov.
  • Emphasis on YOUTH, EMOTIONS, WILL
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