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• In your group, read through the powerpoint slides and fill in your note sheets • When completed answer the 5 questions on the last slide on the back side of your notes • When completed ask Ms. Saggio for an extra credit opportunity! The Rise of Hitler Remember Fascism? “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 was not popular with the German people – It was hated because it signed the Treaty of Versailles – People saw the Weimar Republic as traitors Hitler, Leader of the Nazi Party • Joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party: (Nazi Party) • Copied many ideas of the Fascist 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 – Nazis that supported Hitler 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 Hitler – There he wrote his memoir, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). Coup d’etat: A revolution to try and take over the government 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 • Banned opposition parties and arrested opposition leaders • Created the SS (Hitler’s guards) led by Heinrich Himmler, who arrested and murdered hundreds Hitler’s Politics • 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’s 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 Blame the Jew! • Blamed Jews for all of Germany’s problems – Jews made up 1% of Pop. in Germany • Nuremberg Laws, 1933 – Denied Jews the right to vote – Ban against mixed marriages – Kicked out of professional jobs Blame the Jew! • Kristallnacht: Boycott of all Jewish business – Nov 9 1938, Night of the Broken Glass, – Nazi mobs destroy thousands of Jewish homes and shops QUESTIONS TO ANSWER 1. What is the Mein Kampf and the Gestapo? 2. Why was the Weimar Republic unpopular with the German people 3. Describe Hitler's social rules for the youth, both girls and boys. 4. Explain some of Hitler’s economic ideas. 5. What were the Nuremberg Laws? Quick Write: Please read the quotes and guess whether it was Hitler that said it, or Kanye West • When a man is starving in the streets, he's not thinking of bread and water, but of caviar and champagne.“ Hitler said it • "I stand here as a revolutionary. It is as a revolutionary against the revolution." Hitler said it Kanye said it • "I might have to go back to war. I just might have to." • "Nothing in life is promised except death." Kanye said it • "I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade. That I will be the loudest voice." Kanye said it • "Who says I am not under the special protection of God?"Hitler said it • "I could design something for Obama to go to the club in." Hitler said it