intro nazi germany.notebook june 09, 2015

Intro Nazi Germany.notebook June 09, 2015

Monday, June 1, 2015

Take Out:

- notes!

- writing utensil

Today: Totalitarianism

- Who was Hitler, and what

were his ideas to "help"

Germany?

Homework: Hitler's Rise to Power - WKSHT

Totalitarianism: The Rise of Nazi Germany

What traits of totalitarianism will Hitler

use in Nazi Germany?


Quick Refresher...

What do we know about Germany in the

1910s and 1920s?

Quick Refresher...

1914 - 1918: lost in WWI

1919: Treaty of Versailles

- ...

gvt:

1924: Dawes Plan


The 1920s:

1924 - 1928: Golden Years of Germany

- help from Dawes Plan

- Weimar Republic successful

- people recovering from WWI

The 1920s:

1924 - 1928: Golden Years of Germany

- help from Dawes Plan

- Weimar Republic successful

- people recovering from WWI

all changes with the Great Depression


National Socialist German Worker's Party

= Nazism

- will become Germany's

brand of Fascism

- a small, radical

group of the party

will take over all of

Germany

Adolf Hitler: will become dictator of

Germany

Background Info:

- born in Austria

- failed art student

- lived in poverty in

Vienna

Adolf Hitler: will become dictator of

Germany

Background Info:

- born in Austria

- failed art student

- lived in poverty in

Vienna

- WWI gave him

meaning & purpose

- was destroyed when

Germany lost


November, 1923: Beer Hall Putsch

- Hitler & others try to copy Mussolini's

March on Rome

- try to take over Germany from Munich

November, 1923: Beer Hall Putsch

- Hitler put on trial

-> guilty!

- jail for 9 months

- wrote Mein Kampf

- "my struggle"

After prison, Hitler has made a name for

himself in the Nazi party.


Hitler's Goals for Germany

1. bring back German greatness



2. create a Volksgemeinschaft

- "community of people"

- racist ideas about "Aryan" race and

what a German community should be



2. create a Volksgemeinschaft

- "community of people"

3. lebensraum = living space

- conquer parts of Europe


Late 1920s & Early 1930s

- Nazi Party grows in power & strength

- and - Hitler becomes their leader



- Joseph Goebbels

- Minister of

Propaganda



- Heinrich Himmler

- Head of Nazi SS

- paramilitary unit


The Great Depression will hit Germany

particularly hard, and many will be willing to

look at new ways of doing things.

Hitler, a new leader, will promise opportunity

and greatness for the German people.

Parliamentary Elections - Reichstag

1928: 2.8%

1930: 18.3%

1932: 38%

% of votes WON by Nazi

party

1932: Presidential Election

vs.


President Paul von Hindenburg

1932: Hitler loses

Presidential election

to von Hindenburg


1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

- VH hated Hitler


1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler

Chancellor



1932: Hitler loses


to von Hindenburg

1933: von Hindenburg appoints Hitler

Chancellor

- now legally part of government

Right Now: Hitler's Ideas in Mein Kampf

In column 2, write two reasons WHY

people in Germany would have liked

these ideas in 1932.

Directions: Read

the summary of Hitler’s

ideas in column 1 of

the chart below from

his book, Mein Kampf.

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