HITLER'S RISE TO POWER

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HITLER'S RISE TO POWER
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GERMANY INTRODUCES WEIMAR REPUBLIC
KAISER WILLIAM II ABDICATES UNDER THREAT OF
REVOLUTION. - NEW LEADERS SIGN ARMISTICE AND
LATER TREATY OF VERSAILLES

• 1919, NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT DRAFTS CONSTITUTION
  IN WEIMAR
• CREATED DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT KNOWN AS THE WEIMAR
  REPUBLIC 1919-1933
• GOVERNMENT LED BY CHANCELLOR REICHSTAG
• BILL OF RIGHTS

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UNREST IN GERMANY
GERMANS OF ALL CLASSES BLAMED THE GOVERNMENT FOR
THE HATED VERSAILLES TREATY. MANY ACCUSED
MARXISTS AND JEWS FOR AN IMAGINARY CONSPIRACY TO
BETRAY GERMANY.
OUT OF CONTROL INFLATION RIDICULOUS REPARATIONS
PAYMENTS RECOVERY IS HELPED BY AMERICAN DAWES
PLAN STOPPED BY GREAT DEPRESSION GERMANY LOOKS TO
ENERGETIC LEADER NAMED ADOLF HITLER TO SAVE THEM
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HITLER AS A YOUTH
BORN IN AUSTRIA 1889 ONE OF FOUR WENT TO VIENNA
AT 18 TO GO TO ART SCHOOL DID NOT MAKE IT FAILED
TWICE LEARNED HIS ANTI-SEMITISM IN VIENNA WAS A
HEADQUARTERS RUNNER DURING WWI WOUNDED IN
1916 GASSED 1918 LEARNED ABOUT VIOLENCE AND HOW
TO USE IT
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HITLER FINDS A CALLING
DESPISES WEIMAR GOVT FIND HIS CALLING AS A
POLITICAN JOINS SMALL RIGHT WING GROUP CALLED
NAZI NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS HE WAS
MEMBER NUMBER 7 WITHIN A YEAR HE WAS THE LEADER
BY 1932 THERE WERE 17 MILLION NAZIS
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SUPPORT GROWS FOR NEW HITLER
FEB. 1920 2,000 PEOPLE LISTEN TO HITLER LAY OUT
HIS IDEAS OF NEW GERMANY INCLUDING EXPELING JEWS
HITLER READS THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF
ZION ANTI SEMITIC BOOK FULL OF LIES ALLOWS
HITLER TO BLAME JEWS FOR EVERYTHING
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IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED TRY AGAIN
1923 HITLER TRYS TO TAKE POWER BEER HALL
PUTSCH THIS SILLY COUP FAILS AND HITLER IS
JAILED HE WRITES MEIN KAMPF MAIN THEME WAS
SOCIAL DARWINISM FELT GERMAN PEOPLE WERE RACIALLY
SUPERIOR MASTER RACE OR ARYANS VIEWED JEWS AS A
SEPARATE RACE
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HITLER LOOKS TO SEIZE POWER LEGALLY
USING ANTI SEMTIISM AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
AS CATALYSTS HITLER AND THE NAZIS GAIN A LARGE
FOLLOWING 1930 ELECTIONS WINS 18 OF THE VOTE
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IN 1932 HITLER RUNS FOR PRESIDENT AND WINS 30 OF
THE VOTE FORCING A RUNOFF ELECTION. VON
HINDENBERG GAIN PRESIDENCY GIVES CHANCELLORSHIP
TO HITLER FOR HIS SUPPORT. HITLER IS APPOINTED IN
1933. SUCCEEDS HINDENBURG UPON HIS DEATH IN 1934.
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GERMAN DEMOCRACY SET ABLAZE
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HITLER PREPARES TO DOMINATE THE WORLD
CONSOLIDATES POWER AND TAKES POSITION AS
DICTATOR. ELIMINATES ALL CHALLENGERS BUILDS UP
INDUSTRY IN PREPARATION FOR WAR BY 1937 HITLER IS
READY TO IMPLEMENT HIS MASTER PLAN OUTLINES PLANS
FOR WORLD DOMINATION
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HITLER BLAMES THE JEWS FOR THE TROUBLES THAT ARE
IN GERMANY ANTI-SEMETIC POLICIES WIN WIDESPREAD
SUPPORT
Jews lose rights slowly but, surely Hitler
creates a nationalist fervor by excluding the Jews
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rights and freedoms
RANK THE FOLLOWING IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Own or use a public phone Date/marry whomever you
choose Own a radio, Nintendo, CD player Own a
pet Go to the movies Leave your house when ever
you choose
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TERROR BEGINS AT HOME
1934 JEWISH NEWSPAPERS BANNED CITIZENSHIP FOR
JEWS REVOKED MARRIAGES BETWEEN JEWS AND ARYANS
FORBIDDEN 1936- JEWS LOSE RIGHT TO VOTE 1937-JEWS
TRVEL RESTRICTED 1938 JEWS LOSE SEVERAL MORE
RIGHTS 1939 TURN RADIOS OVER TO THE POLICE
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TERROR CONTINUES
1940 LOSE PHONES IN HOMES ARE BEGIN TO GET TAKEN
INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY 1941 CANT LEAVE HOUSE
WITHOUT PERMISSION, NO PUBLIC PHONES
1942- NO NEWSPAPERS, DOGS, CATS, BIRDS, BIKE.
CANT PURCHASE MEAT,EGGS, MILK
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HITLER'S PLAN FOR UNIFICATION
HITLER WANTS TO BRING ALL PEOPLE OF GERMAN DECENT
TOGETHER GAIN LIVING SPACE FOR PEOPLE CONQUER
INFERIOR PEOPLE FIRST ON HITLERS LIST IS
AUSTRIA GETS AUSTRIAN NAZIS INTO KEY POSITIONS
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AUSTRIA IS FIRST TO GO
AUSTRIAN LEADER REFUSES TO GIVE POWER TO THE
NAZIS SO HITLER SENDS IN TROOPS DEMOCRACIES
AROUND THE WORLD DO NOTHING (APPEASEMENT) 1938
HITLER ANNEXES AUSTRIA GIVES HITLER INVINCIBLE
FEELING
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HITLER'S REACH EXPANDS
THE SUDENTENLAND IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS NEXT 3
MILLION GERMANS HITLER WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO
CHOOSE THERE FUTURE HITLER DEMANDS THE
SUDENTENLAND CONFERENCE IN MUNICH IN 1938 FRANCE
AND ENGLAND APPEASE GERMANY AGAIN.
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PEACE IN OUR TIME
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LET'S MAKE A DEAL
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE