Lesson 2: We will learn how Hitler gained full power in Germany and violated the Treaty of Versailles. Do Now: Take out your packet and turn to page 4: Adolf Hitler. Read the first three paragraphs and answer the following questions. 1.What is the political party created by Hitler and other angry Germans? 2.Why did Hitler end up in jail in 1923? 3.What are three beliefs he expressed in his novel Mein Kampf? (pronounce Mine Komf)

Rise to power and dictatorship 1. Treaty of Versailles (1919) – Germany was forced to pay France for war reparations and demilitarize. 2. The German economy, which was doing very poorly, completely fell apart in October 1929 after the U.S. stock market crash. 3. Offering work to the unemployed and a return to prosperity to German businessmen, the Nazi party became massively popular and Hitler is democratically elected president in Jan March 1933 democracy in Germany came to an end with the signing of the Enabling Act giving Hitler complete dictatorial power.

Nazi storm troopers parade through the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the dawn of a new era. 5. All of Hitler’s opponents now faced certain death Jews became the center of Hitler’s discrimination. The Nuremberg Laws took away the rights of German Jews. 7. Germany begins to build his military, violating the Treaty of Versailles. 8. England and France now had to deal with a new, powerful German military.