Is the good of the state more important than the good of the individual?

Adolf Hitler’s ideas were based on racism and German nationalism.

Adolf Hitler entered politics by joining the German Workers’ Party in Munich.

Hitler took over the party, which was renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party or Nazi for short.

Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle) while in prison.

Hitler became chancellor and created a new government.

The Enabling Act was passed, allowing the government to ignore the constitution for four years while it issued laws to deal with the country’s problems.

The Nazi Party quickly brought all institutions under their control, purged the Jews from civil service jobs, and set up concentration camps.

When the president died in 1934, Hitler became the sole ruler of Germany.

Hitler dreamed of creating a purely Aryan state that would dominate the world.

used economic policies, mass demonstrations, organizations, and terror.

Heinrich Himmler directed the Schutzstaffeln, Protection Squadron commonly called SS, using terror and Nazi ideology to promote the Aryan master race.

public works projects to help with the high unemployment rates and end the Depression

women were seen as wives and mothers who would bear the children destined to see the success of the Aryan race.

– defined anyone with one Jewish grandparent as a Jew

– excluded Jews from German citizenship – stripped Jews of their civil rights – forbade marriages between German

citizens and Jews– forbade Jews from teaching in schools

and participating in the arts– required Jews to wear yellow Stars of

David and carry identification cards

On November 9, 1938, a more violent phase began with Kristallnacht. Nazis burned synagogues and Jewish businesses and sent 30,000 Jews to concentration camps.› Barred from public transportation and

public buildings› Prohibited from owning or working in any

retail ship› Encouraged to emigrate from Germany