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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler. Hitler and his Nazi Party had tried to take over the Weimar government in 1923. The attempt failed. Why? Hitler was jailed. He was supposed to spend 5 years in jail, but he only served for 1 year.

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Adolf Hitler

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  1. Adolf Hitler Hitler and his Nazi Party had tried to take over the Weimar government in 1923. The attempt failed. Why? Hitler was jailed. He was supposed to spend 5 years in jail, but he only served for 1 year. While in jail, Hitler wrote a book, Mein Kampf (my struggle). The book had two main themes: 1. Blaming Jews for Germany’s problems 2. Claiming Germany needed room to expand.

  2. Weimar Part III: BAD - 1928 -1933Why did the Nazi Party’s popularity increase so dramatically from 1928-1930? Hitler (the leader of the Nazi Party) claimed to have all of the answers to Germany’s problems. The depression had just hit and many people in Germany needed a strong leader to help save their country. The Nazis also staged thorough campaign - they put on parades, broadcasted on the radio, put together films, gave speeches, etc.

  3. Not to mention … Hitler was a very powerful speaker.

  4. “Germans, stand together! Up and resist the foe!...So long as this Treaty stands there can be no resurrection of the German people…The treaty was made in order to bring 20 million Germans to their deaths and to ruin the German nation…He who will not be a hammer must be an anvil. An anvil we are today, and that anvil will be beaten until out of the anvil we fashion once more a hammer, a German sword!” Powerful speaker…

  5. What did Hitler’s party promise the people of Germany? Promised jobs and food. This attracted the vote of the unemployed workers, small farmers,industrialists, and shopkeepers, who were nearly bankrupt and accepted his promise of good earnings. Promised to restore law and order. This attracted urban Germans, who were fed up with the crime and disorder in the cities. Promised to destroy the Communists. This attracted the upper and middle class property owners, who feared that the communists would take over Germany and seize all of their private holdings and wealth. Promised to restore honor and glory to Germany by tearing up the Treaty of Versailles (refusing to pay the war debts, building up the German army). This attracted nearly all Germans who felt that the treaty had destroyed their country.

  6. Blame and Pride Blame: Hitler found ways to put the blame for the horrid conditions on someone else, thus giving the German people a scapegoat for their suffering. Traitorous politicians and deceitful Jews, “stabbed Germany in the back,” by signing the Treaty of Versailles. Jews: who he claimed “controlled all the money in the world.” And, their loyalty was now in question. Pride: Called true Germans a “master race” that was destined to rule the world.

  7. But WHY the Jews? Jews were only 1% of the population. Most German Jews were assimilated people who considered themselves GERMAN. Then how did they become “THEY?” The “Other?” Why did people believe Hitler? Why didn’t more people stand up this new and dangerous attitude?

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