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Explore the turbulent period from the Weimar Republic to the establishment of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. Learn about Hitler's background, rise to power, and the significant events like the Reichstag Fire and the Nuremberg Laws.
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CHAPTER 13 SECTION 5 Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany
Rise of Adolf Hitler Weimar Republic 1918-1935 Versailles Treaty- “Stab in the Back” Inflation fear of communism weakness of middle class
Hitler’s Background • Austrian • Artist • World War I • Nationalist Socialist (German) Worker Party (Nazi) • Bavarian Putsch 1924 • Landesburg Prison • Mein Kampf • Brown Shirts
The Third Reich Elections of 1932 lead to Nazi Victories Von Hindenburg Hitler chancellor a moderate image
Hitler takes power • Reichstag Fire • “ Night of the Long Knives” • lebensraum
Hitler in Power • The Third Reich • Military build up • Storm troopers • Gestapo • Abolishment of democracy • Dictatorship
Persecution of Jews • Anti- Semitism • scapegoats • 1935 Nuremberg Laws • racial purity • 1936 Kristillnacht