Germany After WWI and the Rise of the Nazi Regime M. Diluccio

5w + H

The Treaty Of Versailles We know that after WWI powerful countries signed the treaty making Germany responsible for starting the WWI The people of Germany were angry about the treaty Since Germany had to give money to other countries and because they were affected by the Great Depression German citizens became poor

Economic Problems in Germany Germany was poor so they began printing more money The money was used to pay other countries and did not go into the German economy This caused inflation……the price of items increases but the value of the money goes down In January 1922, over 320 German marks (*German money)= 1 US dollar By the end of the year it took 8000 marks for a dollar, and got worse after that.

Germany during the Depression Many people could not afford to eat. Some people even starved to death.

The Depression and Unemployment North Americans could not afford to buy German products and could not lend them money to rebuild the country Many German businesses went bankrupt and people lost their jobs The German government was not helping the people. Something needed to be done. The German people needed someone to save them.

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler saw his chance…….he told the people that the government was not doing anything to help the Germans In 1933, he was elected as Chancellor (like Prime Minister). Hitler wanted a dictatorship. Eventually he gained more power and became the dictator.

Politics in Germany As the economy got worse in Germany people began to listen to Hitler and his party called the Nazis The Nazis party believed: A) Germany needed to be an empire again. B) Germany should have a stronger army C) People should not choose their leader D) Watch the Jews and foreigners because they were the ones making Germany poor and weak. Only pure Germans could make Germany strong.

NAZI MILITARY STATE GESTAPO: the Secret State Police SS (Schutzstaffel): Defense Corps “black shirts”, an elite guard unit formed out of the SA SA (Sturmabteilung): Stormtroopers "brown-shirts" early private Nazi army that protected leaders and opposed rival political parties Lebensraum (living space): concept that emphasized need for territorial expansion of Germany into east HJ (Hitler Jugend): Hitler Youth Einstazgruppen: Nazi Death Squad; mobile killing units Volk: all inclusive concept of nation, people and race, implying the superiority of German culture and race; led to policy of Volksgemeinschaft (idea of a harmonized racial Nazi community in government policies and programs)

“The Eternal Jew” Depiction of a Jew holding gold coins in one hand and a whip in the other. Under his arm is a map of the world, with the imprint of the hammer and sickle. Posters like this promoted a sharp rise in anti-Semitic feelings, and in some cases violence against the Jewish community. This Nazi propaganda poster reads, ‘Behind the enemy powers: the Jew.

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