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Good Afternoon!!. NVC The Rise of Adolf Hitler and the Agenda of the Nazi Party Essential Question : What was Hitler’s agenda as the leader of Germany ?. Hitler’s Paintings. Essential Question. What was Hitler’s agenda as leader of Germany?
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Good Afternoon!! • NVC • The Rise of Adolf Hitler and the Agenda of the Nazi Party Essential Question: What was Hitler’s agenda as the leader of Germany?
Essential Question • What was Hitler’s agenda as leader of Germany? • Read over the “Program of the Nazi Party.” In the first column of the graphic organizer, summarize each agenda point in YOUR OWN WORDS • Read over Documents A-D (Speeches 1-4). How does Hitler further explain the main points of the Program of the Nazi Agenda? Summarize this information in the second column
Point #1: Greater Germany • Parts of Germany split up as a result of Treaty of Versailles • Hitler desires a Greater Germany • Hitler re-occupies the Rhineland and Saarland • Anschluss= “link-up” • Germany and Austria to merge together in1938 • First discussed pre-WWI
Point #2: Treaty of Versailles • Hitler routinely violated Treaty of Versailles • Territories gained to create Greater Germany were violations • 1935 Hitler re-militarizes Germany • Rebuilds Army, Navy, and Air Force • Europe voices disapproval, but does nothing = Appeasement
Point #3: “Blood and Soil” • “Blut und Boden” • Only people who are tied to Germany by “blood and soil” can become citizens • Super Nationalist and Racist ideas • The “Aryan” Race • Original speakers of Indo-European language • The original “white people”
Point #3: Nuremberg Laws • Nuremberg Laws (1935) • Defined being German as having “four German grandparents” • Also defined being Jewish • First official anti-Semitic laws in Hitler’s Germany
Point #4: “Living Space” • Germany had been dealing with overpopulation for hundreds of years • Hitler promises Lebensraum = Living Space • Conquest of “Lebensraum” = Hitler’s most important foreign policy goal • Aggressive Imperialism • Implementation = WWII
Point #5: Solving the Economy • Hitler promises Four-YearPlans • End inflation • End unemployment • National SOCIALISM • Government has active role in running economy • War Economy • Growth because of rearmament • Stops paying reparations to rest of Europe
Paula Hitler • http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/hitler-had-a-sister-and-she-gave-a-chilling-interview-to-british-television/