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Hitler & Nazi Germany. Web activities. Review of the Weimar Republic Preview information about Hitler. ADOLPH Hitler. Born in Austria April, 20 1889 Failed secondary school & traveled to Vienna to become artist but was rejected Core of Hitler’s ideas Racism (esp. anti-semitism)
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Web activities • Reviewof the Weimar Republic • Preview information about Hitler
ADOLPH Hitler • Born in Austria April, 20 1889 • Failed secondary school & traveled to Vienna to become artist but was rejected • Core of Hitler’s ideas • Racism (esp. anti-semitism) • Extreme nationalist
Hitler served on Western Front in WWI (4 yrs) • used his frontline service to prove his authenticity and win authority to speak for the German people • 1919 joined German Workers Party – change to NSDAP - 1921 Hitler takes control AKA Nazi party • within 2 years 55,000 members • 15,000 militia AKA Storm troopers
Beer Hall Putsch – Munich 1923 • Hitler’s failed attempt to overthrow gov’t • Mein Kampf “My Struggle” written by Hitler in prison • Extreme German nationalism, strong anti-Semitism, Anti-communism, Social Darwinism • Lebensraum – living space • Hitler’s justification for German expansion • Rise of Nazism – After prision Nazi party grew to 800,000 members & largest in Reichstag
Enabling Act – March 23, 1923 • Gave govt power to ignore constitution for 4 years to deal w/ country’s problems • Made Hitler a dictator • Nazi control – all institution • Civil service purged of Jews & democrats • Concentration camps set up for opposition • Trade union dissolved • Only Nazi party allowed in govt • Happens within 7 months • 1934 – Hidenburg died – Hitler is sole ruler • Fuhrer – “Leader”
Aryan • Hitler’s ideal “pure” race (he was not one) • Blonde hair, blue eyes, (man) strong, (woman) beautiful • Goal – create 3rd Reich (Empire) Maybe?
Creating totalitarian state • Economic policies • Mass spectacles • Organizations to further Nazi goals • Terror • Schutzstaffeln “Guard Squadron” SS • Orginally personal body guard • Led by Heinrich Himmler • Terror – secret & criminal police, concentration camps, death squads… • Ideology – further Aryan race
Economic policies • Public works & construction projects to put ppl to work • Big rearmament program (key to solving unemployment) • Do you think this was built in Germany??? • Think again!! • This is a Navy building in San Diego built in the 60s!!! • They are in “talks” to have it remodeled.
Infamous quotes • "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!"(One people, one empire, one leader!) • "A violently active, intrepid, brutal youth - that is what I am after... I will have no intellectual training. Knowledge is ruin for my young men." • "Democracy, the deceitful theory that the Jew would insinuate - namely, that theory that all men are created equal."Adolf Hitler"Mein Kampf"
Treatment of jews • Nuremberg Laws • excluded Jews from German citizenship • Forbade marriage btw German & Jew • Jews required to wear yellow Star of David • Kristallnacht – November 9, 1938 – “Night of Shattered Glass” • Destruction of Jewish synagogues, businesses, homes, etc • 100 Jews killed • 30,000 Jewish males sent to concentration camps • Jews • also barred from public transportation & public buildings (schools, hospitals…) • Couldn’t own, manage, work in retail stores • Forced to clean up Kristallnacht debris • Encourage to leave Germany
Hitler’s Propaganda • 1921 & 1922 – broadcast facilities built in US, EU, & Japan • Mass production of radios began • 1939 – 40% of adults in industrialized nations saw 1 movie a week • Hitler – saw mass media as a way to spread his ideas • Joseph Goebbels – Nazi propaganda minister • Created film division in Propaganda Ministry
We will never forget! MTV asked: What is the Holocaust?