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How did Hitler remain in Control?. Economically:. Public works programs Ended unemployment Raised living standards Rearmed Germany Rejected the Treaty of Versailles. Totalitarian Rule. Controlled ALL aspects of G erman Life The SS – enforced the rules The Gestapo
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Economically: • Public works programs • Ended unemployment • Raised living standards • Rearmed Germany • Rejected the Treaty of Versailles
Totalitarian Rule • Controlled ALL aspects of German Life • The SS – enforced the rules • The Gestapo • Secret police Took out opposition
Indoctrinated the Youth • Hitler Youth • Controlled School curriculum
Religion / Culture Replaced religion with Racial Creed Eliminated non-German influence from German life
Nuremberg Laws 1935 • Restricted Jewish life • Deprived Jews of citizenship • Prohibited education opportunities • Prohibited government employment • Prohibited occupations in medicine, law, publishing
Kristalnacht 1938
Turning Point • Forced immigration of Jews out of Germany not optional • Hitler already considering invasion of Poland • Numerous camps already in place • Passivity of the people after Kristalnacht made it clear that the Nazis would encounter little opposition
New Laws were put in place Jews must turn over all precious metal, stocks, bonds, art and jewelry to the government • Pensions for Jews were reduced • Jews were physically segregated within German towns • Jews could not have a driver’s license, radio, carrier pigeon • A curfew was enforced; 9 pm to 5 am summer, 8 pm – 6 am winter
At that same meeting Goering announced, “I have received the Fueher’s orders requesting that the Jewish question be now, coordinated and solved.” • Nov 12, 1938