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The Rise to Power of Adolf Hitler
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THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
In November of 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated (died 1941).
German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Weimar (vy mahr).
It created a democratic government known as the Weimar Republic.
The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a chancellor, or prime minister, who worked in conjunction with a president, a cabinet and the Reichstag (parliament).
It gave women the vote and included a bill of rights.
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/history/bl_weimar_republic.htm
Trouble in the Weimar Republic
1. Versailles Treaty – harsh conditions blamed on the “November Criminals” of the Weimar
government
2. Many small parties – which paralyzed the political process,
making reform slow
3. Depression: unemployment, debt, and hyperinflation
Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg1847 - 1934
http://www.emersonkent.com/picture_archive/paul_von_hindenburg.htm
http://www.freezedriedsurvivalfood.com/2854/us-set-to-become-the-next-weimar-republic/
A GRAPH SHOWING HYPERINFLATION of the DEUTSCHMARK1918 to 1923
Year Month Marks needed to buyone US dollar
1919 April 12
December 47
1921 November 263
1922 July 493
August 1,000
October 3,000
December 7,000
1923 January 17,000
April 24,000
July 353,000
August 4,621,000
September 98,860,000
October 25,260,000,000
November 2,193,600,000,000
December 4,200,000,000,000
http://www.historyhome.co.uk/europe/weimar.htm
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rapte22p/classweb/interwarperiod/politicaldisorder.html
One of the first problems that the Weimar Republic faced was Hyperinflation. Money became so worthless that children could play with stacks of it. People's savings were wiped out causing widespread discontent and civil unrest.
CHILDREN PLAYING WITH STACKS OF WORTHLESS DEUTSCHMARKS.
THE NAZI PARTYNational Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Founded in 1919 as the German Workers Party
Veteran and malcontent, Adolf Hitler joined and quickly became a leader of the party
Brown Shirts (Storm Troopers) were used to terrorize and intimidate opponents
(much like Mussolini’s Black Shirts)
Were dissatisfied with the Weimar Government which they saw as weak and ineffective
http://encyc.org/NaziStormtrooper
http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/adolf_hitler.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Adolf_Hiter_Mein_Kampf.htm
BEER HALL PUTSCH – MUNICH 1923
Attempted overthrow of the government in Bavaria, GermanyHitler wanted this to be like Mussolini’s March on Rome, but it
failed miserablyHitler was arrested and sent to prison – it seemed as if his political
career was ended
Adolf Hitler in Landsberg prisonHitler's attempt to overthrow the
government in November 1923, the so-called Beer Hall Putsch, led
German authorities to try—unsuccessfully—to deport the Nazi leader to his native Austria. Hitler
served only a short sentence for high treason; after his release he was
prohibited from speaking at public gatherings in Bavaria until
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/archive/hitler-landsberg/
•While in prison, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”). It would later become the basic book of Nazi goals and ideology.
•Mein Kampf reflected Hitler’s obsessions—extreme nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism. Germans, he said, belonged to a superior “master race” of Aryans, or light-skinned Europeans, whose greatest enemies were the Jews. Hitler’s ideas were rooted in a long tradition of anti-Semitism. In the Middle Ages, Christians persecuted Jews because of their different beliefs. The rise of nationalism in the 1800s caused people to identify Jews as ethnic outsiders. Hitler viewed Jews not as members of a religion but as a separate race. (He defined a Jew as anyone with one Jewish grandparent.) Echoing a familiar right-wing theme, he blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on a conspiracy of Marxists, Jews, corrupt politicians, and business leaders.
•In his recipe for revival, Hitler urged Germans everywhere to unite into one great nation. Germany must expand, he said, to gain Lebensraum (lay buns rowm), or living space, for its people. Slavs and other inferior races must bow to Aryan needs. To achieve its greatness, Germany needed a strong leader, or Führer (fyoo rur). Hitler was determined to become that leader.
Adolf Hitler after thesuccessful election in1930.
http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/adolf_hitler.htm
The Nazi Party gradually gains more Seats in the Reichstag. Although not a majority, President von Hindenburg cannot ignore the Nazis or the “little corporal” as he calls Hitler.
January 30th of 1933: Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany. Paul Von Hindenburg tried to keep Hitler out of office. But Germany was tired of chaos, and opted for disaster in stead.
http://ivarfjeld.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/the-weimar-republic-back-in-europe/
http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/adolf_hitler.htm
REICHSTAG FIRE: February 27, 1933
This fire was orchestrated by Nazi Party members and blamed on the Communists. This helped solidify the power of the Nazis in the Government.
When Hindenburg died in 1934, Hitler assumed all the power in the
Government.
He preferred the title Der Führer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-480668/What-HAD-killed-Hitler.html
Hitler with two children who possess ideal Aryan characteristics
Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia, Plenipotentiary for the Implementation of the Four Year (economic) Plan, and designated successor to Hitler.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-goering.htm
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, chief of the German Police
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-himmler.htm
Nazi Deputy Rudolf Hess
http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/united-states-enacts-lend-lease-bill8.htm
The autobahn freeway system quickly became a symbol of Nazi Germany. Its construction was seen as a major element of Germany's economic resurgence under Hitler, and was compared with the projects of Roosevelt's New Deal.
http://www.german-architecture.info/GERMANY/TEN/TEN-NS.htm
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters/autobahn.jpg
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