Adolf Hitler

And

Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889

He moved to Vienna as a young man where he lived in poverty

He was refused entry to art college

Hitler developed a hatred of the Jews while living in Vienna

When World War 1 broke out Hitler joined the German Army

He quickly rose to the rank of corporal.

He fought very bravely and won an Iron Cross First Class

Hitler was angry when Germany surrendered to the allies.

The Treaty of VersaillesMain Terms

War Guilt Clause

Germany had to pay reparations

Lost territory to France and Poland

Rhineland demilitarised

German army limited to 100,000 men. Not allowed an airforce

Hitler joined the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party.He soon became the leader.In 1923 the Nazi party tried to seize power with the “Munich Putsch”.

The coup failed. Hitler was arrested and imprisoned.

While in prison he set out his political ideas in his book “Mein Kampf”

Hitler’s Ideas The Treaty of Versailles was the cause of all of Germany’s problems.

Democracy weak. Totalitarian state needed Anti- Communist

Grossdeutschland

Lebensraum

Anti- Semitic

Economic Problems in GermanyHigh Unemployment

High Inflation (hyper-inflation)

Wall Street Crash, 1929

Unemployment rose to 6million

Hitler’s rise to power

SA (storm troopers) wore Brownshirts. Led by Ernst Rhom they were the Nazi private army.

Supporters

SS (Schutzstaffel)wore Blackshirts. Led by Heinrich Himmler they were elite soldiers and acted as Hitler’s bodyguards

Germans turned away from democracy and towards extreme parties such as the Nazis and the Communists

1928 Nazis had 13 seats1932 Nazis had 230 seats

SA and SS intimidated people

Promised to create employment and make Germany great.

Promised to tear up Treaty of Versailles

Blamed the Jews and the Communists for Germany’s problems

Used Propaganda very effectively

Long live Germany

Hinenberg called Hitler, so should you

The Eternal Jew

Hitler becomes a dictator January 1933 becomes Chancellor of Germany Reichstag building was burnt down. Hitler blamed and then banned the Communists Enabling Act (allows Hitler to rule by Decree)

The Gestapo (secret police)

The Nazi State

Night of the Long Knives

Propaganda, Joseph Gobbels, Censorship,

Mass Rallies, Youth Movements

The Nazi Ecomomy

Public Work Schemes (Building Motorways)

People employed in SS, Brownshirts, Gestapo,

Conscription introduced

Car Industry (Volkswagen)

Anti-Semitism (Hatred of Jews)

Nuremburg Laws

Krystallnacht

Concentration Camps

The Final Solution

Holocaust