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The Great Depression. Germany Jassel Aguirre Yanellie Corrales Ana De Santiago John Negrete Ernesto Gomez Lauren Rodriguez. Causes of the Great Depression. Stock market crash Bank failures Reduction in purchasing and trade Still recovering from World War I.
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The Great Depression Germany Jassel Aguirre Yanellie Corrales Ana De Santiago John Negrete Ernesto Gomez Lauren Rodriguez
Causes of the Great Depression • Stock market crash • Bank failures • Reduction in purchasing and trade • Still recovering from World War I
Cataclysmic Inflation • Invasion of the Rhur (France invades Germany).
German Unemployment • Stock market • Hitler comes to power • Received support • With Hitler coming to power Germany’s economy was no longer stagnant.
Nazi Economic Policy & Hitler • Hitler vs. G.D.= Success • 1936 Germany was no longer in a stagnant position • most effective leader • Regime credibility • Private p. & capitalism (economically sufficient)
Womens Role • Preserving racial purity & giving birth to pure Germans • Pursue employment that was “natural” to them • Instill a love for the nation in their children
Kristallnacht (Night of Glass) • November 9 & 10, 1938 • Thousands of Jewish stores and synagogues were burned or destroyed • Night of glass: because of all the broken windows
Racial Legislation • In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws were enforced taking away citizenship of German Jews • Exiled from major occupations • Not able to marry outside race
The Final Solution • Hitler’s decision to exterminate all Jews from European countries • After this decision over six million Jews were killed
Hitler Comes to Power • Came after von Hindenburg • Nazis party helped him become popular and rise in power
PresidentalElection of 1932 • First Vote • Hindenburg- 69.9% of votes • Hitler- 30.1 % of votes • Runoffs • Hindenburg- 63.2% of votes • Hitler- 36.8% of votes