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The Rise to Power of Adolf Hitler

http://cojs.org/cojswiki/International_Response_to_Hitler's_Rise_to_Power_and_the_Holocaust

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http://cojs.org/cojswiki/International_Response_to_Hitler's_Rise_to_Power_and_the_Holocaust

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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

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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

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Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg1847 - 1934

http://www.emersonkent.com/picture_archive/paul_von_hindenburg.htm

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http://www.freezedriedsurvivalfood.com/2854/us-set-to-become-the-next-weimar-republic/

A GRAPH SHOWING HYPERINFLATION of the DEUTSCHMARK1918 to 1923

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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

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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.

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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

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http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/nazi_vote_graph.gif

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http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/adolf_hitler.htm

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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

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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/

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http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/mein_kampf_cover.jpg

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•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.

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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.

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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/

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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.

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When Hindenburg died in 1934, Hitler assumed all the power in the

Government.

He preferred the title Der Führer.

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http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/index.html

HITLER YOUTH

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-480668/What-HAD-killed-Hitler.html

Hitler with two children who possess ideal Aryan characteristics

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NAZI PARTY LEADERS

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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

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http://www.holocaust-education.dk/baggrund/krystalnatten.asp

Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister

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Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer-SS, chief of the German Police

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-himmler.htm

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Nazi Deputy Rudolf Hess

http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/united-states-enacts-lend-lease-bill8.htm

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PROPAGANDA

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http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/propaganda_family2.jpg

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Long Live Germany – 1930s

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters2.htm

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http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/posters/reichsbahn.jpg

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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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http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/hitler_aug14.jpg

Hitler in a crowd in August of 1914.

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Adolf Hitler (shown left-under x) during World War I with fellow German soldiers. The dog had the name Fuchsl and was actually Hitler's pet during the war until it was stolen from him. (Photo credit: U.S. National Archives)