Hitler and Nazi Germany Section 3

Austria April 20, 1889

Hitler in his YouthDid not finish secondary schoolWent to Vienna to be an artist

“Not untalented”

Hitler During WWI Left Austria to serve in German army Served as a “runner”

Sent messages between trenches Stabbed in the Back Legacy

Hitler: Post-WWI Munich National Socialist German Workers’

Party (NAZI) Beer Hall Coupe-1923

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?

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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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Journal Why do you think people were so willing to

follow a racist leader? Think about the:EconomyPolitical Climate

Do you think people today would still be willing to follow Hitler?

Answer in 3-4 Sentences.