The rise of hitler

1. The Rise of Hitler 1920-1939

2. The Weimer Republic and Trouble in Germany After WWI, the Hohenzollern Dynasty which had led Germany in the placed was replaced with a republican government called the Weimer Republic. However, throughout the 1920s no one government was able to receive more than 50% of the vote to rule as a majority, so little was done to meet Germany’s needs.

3. Hitler’s Vision While living in Vienna shortly before WWI, Hitler developed two ideas that would guide his political vision: Pan- Germanism Anti-Semitism These ideas, combined with the fears of the German people, led to an increase in the membership of Hitler’s political party – the German Worker’s Party.

4. Mein Kampf In 1923, after the Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler was imprisoned for insubordination after a failed c’oup against the Bavarian government. During his time in prison he write his ideas into a political testament: Mein Kampf (My Struggle). In his book he outline the basic tenets of his political beliefs: Anti-Semitism and Racial Purity Living space for Germans Fuhrer Principle

5. Hitler Comes to Power Jan. 30 th 1933 – Hitler named chancellor by President Hindenburg. When Hindenberg dies, Hitler consolidates chancellor and presidential powers.

6. Hitler as Dictator/Fascist March 1933- Enabling Act passed which gave Hitler the power to make his own laws. May 1933- independent unions are forced to join the Nazi-controlled German Labour Front. July 1933 – law passed that banned all political parties save the Nazis. All other aspects of life are brought under German control: Propaganda ministry controls the media and membership in the Hitler Youth made compulsory.

7. Anti-Semitism in Germany 1933- Jews are excluded from government jobs. 1933 – Jews lose rights as German citizens and marriages between Jews and non-Jews prohibited. 1936 – The Nuremburg Laws govern Jewish life in Germany. 1938 – Jewish children excluded from German schools. Jews are our misfortune

8. Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass November 9-10, 1938