Adolf Hitler from artist to fuhrer and beyond

Adolf Hitler from artist to fuhrer and beyond

1. Adolf Hitler
From Artist to Fuhrer

2. Early Life
•Born April 20, 1889 in
Austria
•1 of 6 children, 3 of his
siblings died at early ages
•Hitler hated his father,
Alois, there may have been
some potential Jewish
roots through his
grandfather
•Hitler was very close to his
mother, Klara, and was
VERY upset when she died
of breast cancer when he
was 18

3. Education
•Hitler’s father wanted
him to be a civil servant,
but after his father’s
death he tried to get into
the Vienna Academy of
Fine Arts.
•He was shunned from
the Academy and ended
up living in Austria in
poor conditions and
often on the streets. He
painted and tried to sell
these to people to make
money.

4. Vienna –where it all began
•Influences from living
on the street mainly
German nationalism
and Anti-Semitism
•Hatred of Jewish
businessmen that had
so much and he had
so little.
•Wanted a stronger
Germany

5. KRIEG!
•WWI broke out in
August, and Germany
joined with Austria.
•Hatred for Slavs
•Left Vienna for
Germany
•Conscripted
•Hitler joined the
Bavarian Unit of the
German Army

6. Hitler in Munich Rally

7. World War I
•Served as a messenger
•Awarded 2 Iron Cross
Medals
•Promotion
•Wounded
•Shell, Gas
•Outraged when the
war ended
•Why do you think
Hitler and other
German soldiers were
outraged?

8. World War One Photos

9. Treaty of Versailles
What were the conditions?

10. Weimar Republic
•Overthrow of the Kaiser and a small democracy was set up
•Germany was at political and economical unrest
•Rise of communists and fascists
•Not many people trusted the center, they were either leftist or
towards the right
•Joined the Free Corps organization
•World War I defined his values

11. German Workers Party
•Spied on them in 1919, and
got intrigued by them
•Passionate speaker, and he
started to draw lots of
attention from Germans
•Member number 7
•Became the spokesperson
and renamed the organization
to the National Socialist
German Workers Party
(NDSAP) or known as the Nazi
Party in 1920.
•Adopted the Swastika as a
symbol of strength
•Used the Free Corps as
muscle, renamed as the SA or
the Sturmabteilung.

13. Rise of the Party and the
Putsch
•Party appealed to
many Germans.
Hitler seemed like a
man with all the
answers
•Used Jews as a
scapegoat for the
loss of the war and
horrible economic
times.

14. 1923 Munich Putsch
•Stormed a beer hall and announced a revolution
had begun.
•Very poorly planned and executed, and Hitler was
arrested and tried for treason
•Imprisoned at Landsbergprison, and this is where
he wrote Mein Kampf(My Struggle) in 1925.
•His message resonated with many of the inmates
•Only served 9 months before being released.

15. Hitler Leaving Landsberg

16. Political Rise
•Nazis wanted their
power through elections
•1930 election : 18% of
the vote.
•1932: 30% of the vote.
•Hitler ran against Paul
von Hindenburg for
President but lost.
•Nazis caused political
unrest in the Reichstag
(German Parliament)
•How do you think
Hindenburg solved the
issue? “Freedom and Bread”

17. Deal with the Devil…
•Hindenburg agreed
to make Hitler
Chancellor in
exchange for political
support.
•Celebrated with a
torch-lit parade
•Horst-Wessel Lied

18. From Chancellor to German
Fuhrer
•Reichstag Fire
•Communists blamed
•Maybe staged?
•Enabling Act
•Gives Hitler full control
of leadership
•Night of the Long
Knives
•Political, SA
•Hindenburg dies in
1934, Hitler becomes
successor

19. Video Clip