austria april 20, 1889 did not finish secondary school went to vienna to be an artist “not...
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Hitler During WWI
Left Austria to serve in German army Served as a “runner”
Sent messages between trenches Stabbed in the Back Legacy
Hitler in Prison1923-1925
Mein Kampf-My Struggle Social Darwinian Theory of Struggle
and Supremacy Lebensraum (living space) Authoritarian Leadership
Nazi Ideology
Nationalism Strong Leader Anti-Communist, Anti-Semitic Contempt for Democracy Glorification of War Economic Self-Sufficiency Return Women to Household
Do you think Hitler was a good artist? Or was he, “not untalented?”
Do you think history would be different if Hitler had gotten into art school? How so?
Think, Pair, Share Activity
A New Plan for the Nazi Party
Must gain power legally Built up Party to 800,000 members
by 1929 Largest in Reichstag
The Nazis in Power
1930: President Hindenburg ruled by decree
1933: Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor
March 23, 1933: Enabling Act No Constitution for 4 years
The Nazis in Power Office of President abolished Personal oath of loyalty to Hitler Create an Aryan Race
The Nazis and Terror
The SS Hitler’s personal bodyguards Secret police forces Directed by Heinrich Himmler Eventually in charge of concentration
camps
Hitler and the Economy
Public Works Projects Massive rearmament Unemployment: 6 million down to 2.6
million Nazis took full credit for economic
improvements
The Nazis and Women
Stay at home and produce children Meant to be wives and mothers Medals for having children
Nuremburg Laws September 1935 Anti-Sematic Laws
No citizenship Curfews No intermarriage Yellow Star of David Classification of Jews
Kristallnacht: Night of Broken Glass
November 9, 1938 Burned synagogues and Jewish
businesses 100 killed 30,000 sent to concentration camps
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