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Adolf Hitler’s
Rise to Power
Totalitarianism
Hitler
Fascism
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“Nothing above the state, nothing
outside the state, nothing against
the state.”
Nazism is Fascism, only with an
Anti-Semitic twist
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitic, or Anti-Semitism:
– suspicion of, hatred toward,
or discrimination against Jews as
a religious, ethnic or racial group
Germany in the 1920’s
• High unemployment rate & Hyper-Inflation
• 1918 Germany was a republic known as Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic The government just after Wilhelm abdicated the throne.
• 1. The Weimar Republic signed the Treaty of Versailles
which was extremely unpopular in Germany
• 2. It was associated with the massive inflation and
economic ruin of the 20’s
• 3. Democracy was not running smoothly in Germany,
there were too many parties and no clear majority
The Rise of Hitler
Hitler Leader of the Nazi Party
• Joined the National Socialist German Workers’
Party: (Nazi Party)
• 1921 Hitler became leader
of the Nazi Party
Hitler Leader of the Nazi Party
• Adopt the swastika to tie his ideas to the past
and the occult
• Established the SA or Brown Shirts
Beer Hall Putsch of 1923
• In 1923, he attempted
a coup d'état in
Munich, known as the
Beer Hall Putsch.
• Hitler sent to prison
– There he wrote his
memoir, Mein Kampf
(My Struggle).
Coup d’etat: A revolution to try and take
over the g’vt
Hitler
Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
• Book that set forth Hitler’s beliefs and goals:
– Racial Purity
– Aryans = “master race” those of Germanic decent,
blond hair and blue eyes
– Non-Aryans = “inferior or subhuman races,” Jews,
Slavs and Gypsies
Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
1. Denouncement of the Treaty of Versailles
2. Lebensraum:
– “living space” Hitler called for an invasion of
Russia to allow the German race to grow
3. The twin evils:
– Communism and Judaism, his aim was to
eradicate both from the face of the earth
Hitler’s Rise to Power
• 1933, To increase the number of Nazis serving
in the Parliament, Hitler calls a new election.
• Six days before the elections the Reichstag
(House of Parliament) is set on fire
Hitler’s Rise to Power
• The Nazis blame the communists and win a
slim majority in Parliament
• Enabling Act 1933
– With a majority, Hitler asks to be given total control
of the legislative power for 4 years only
Hitler’s Policies
Hitler’s policies
• Banned opposition parties and arrested
opposition leaders
• Created the SS (Hitler’s guards) led by
Heinrich Himmler, who arrested and murdered
hundreds
Hitler’s Policies
• Night of the Long Knives
– Hitler ordered the killing of many Brown Shirts
leaders in order to keep the SA in line
• Gestapo: secret police that used brutality and
terror to keep everyone in line
Hitler’s Economics
• Banned Strikes and
dissolved labor
unions
• Government took
control over
businesses
• Started many
government jobs
that put millions to
work building public
works
Hitler’s Social Rules
• Propaganda: found in
the Press, Radio,
Literature, Paintings
and Films
• Book Burning, great
classics were burned
because they did not
agree with Hitler’s
ideas
Hitler’s Social Rules
• Hitler Youth (boys) and League of German
Girls
– Taught violence and struggle as part of life (Social
Darwinism)
Hitler Youth
• By 1938, military training was routine
• Girls were in the female division, known
as the League of German Girls
– Had uniforms
– Also camped and hiked
– Taught domestic skills
– Women were expected to be faithful
wives and dutiful mothers