Nazis; who they were and how they came to power

By: Ryan Ayala

Thesis Statement

The Nazis were rapidly popular and powerful throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Germany’s Economic Depression

• 1930’s economic depression• Government was weak• Weimer Republic• Rising of Hitler

Nazi Dictatorship• Reichstag Fire Decree• Increased police and

SS authority• Adolf becomes both

Reich Chancellor and Fuehrer 1934

Nazi Beliefs• Hitler’s belief of his

“master race”• Jews; the “poisoned

race”• Limited Reproduction

of Jews, Gypsies and, mentally ill

• The Nazi Bible; Mein Kampf

Additional Info.• Nazi Propaganda

Conclusion• 1930’s economic depression• Hitler’s Reign• “Master race”• Chancellor and Fuhrer• Mein Kampf

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Diego, CA: Lucent Books Inc., 2000. Print.Rupp, Richard E. "Nazism." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2013.

Web.  11 Mar. 2013.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Germany: Establishment

of the Nazi Dictatorship” Holocaust Encyclopedia. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005204. Accessed on March 7, 2013