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Adolf HitlerNazi Party
Human Rights ViolationsThe Third Reich
Coach Smith
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In Germany, the leaders of the WeimarRepublic were blamed for signing the
Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.
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Under the treaty, Germany was forcedto pay huge reparations to Britain andFrance. The reparation payments ledto a soaring inflation rate in Germanyin the early 1920s. In 1930, the Great
Depression spread to Germany.
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More than one-third of Germans losttheir jobs. The Weimar governmentcould not cope with this catastrophe.
People turned to more radical solutions.
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Adolf Hitler was theleader of the Nazi
Party. He publishedhis main ideas in his
book, Mein Kampf. Inhis book, Hitler blamedGermany’s problemson the leaders of the
Weimar Republic. Heurged Germans to
abandon democracy.
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Hitler believedthat Germans
were a superior“Aryan” race.He planned to
wipe outSlavic peopleslike the Polesto make roomfor Germansin Eastern
Europe.
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Hitler called the Jews an “evil race”
that should bedestroyed for
causing Germany’sdefeat in thewar. He saw
Communism as a Jewish plot to
control the world.
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Unable to cope with the Great Depression,Germany’s President appointed Hitleras chief minister in 1933. Hitler actedquickly to secure complete control of
Germany by setting the Parliament on fireand blaming the Communists.
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The German Parliament then agreed to Hitler’s request for emergency laws givinghim absolute power. Almost immediately,
Hitler used his new powers to crush allopposition.
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Hitler called his government the Third Reich or Third Empire. He turned Germany into a
totalitarian state. Hitler used his power todestroy all opposition.
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Jews were persecuted. They lost theircitizenship, were forced to wear yellowstars on their clothing, and were barred
from marrying other Germans. Theywere also forced into concentration camps.
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Human rights were suppressed. Peoplewere arrested and
executed without trial.Rival political parties were
closed. People were
sent to concentration camps.
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The Gestapo or Nazi secret police arrestedopponents, who were thrown into
concentration camps where they weremistreated, tortured, and killed.
Who was Adolf Hitler and what did he believe?
Why did many Germans blame the leaders of the Weimar Republic?
How did the Nazis gain power? How did the Nazis violate people’s
human rights? How did the Third Reich differ from
the Weimar Republic?
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