 Is the good of the state more important than the good of the individual?  Adolf Hitler’s ideas were based on racism and German nationalism.

 Adolf Hitler entered politics by joining the German Workers’ Party in Munich.  Hitler took over the party, which was renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party or Nazi for short. Nazi  Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle) while in prison.

 Hitler became chancellor and created a new government.  The Enabling Act was passed, allowing the government to ignore the constitution for four years while it issued laws to deal with the country’s problems.

 The Nazi Party quickly brought all institutions under their control, purged the Jews from civil service jobs, and set up concentration camps. concentration camps  When the president died in 1934, Hitler became the sole ruler of Germany.

 Hitler dreamed of creating a purely Aryan state that would dominate the world. Aryan  used economic policies, mass demonstrations, organizations, and terror.  Heinrich Himmler directed the Schutzstaffeln, Protection Squadron commonly called SS, using terror and Nazi ideology to promote the Aryan master race.

 public works projects to help with the high unemployment rates and end the Depression  women were seen as wives and mothers who would bear the children destined to see the success of the Aryan race.

– defined anyone with one Jewish grandparent as a Jew – excluded Jews from German citizenship – stripped Jews of their civil rights – forbade marriages between German citizens and Jews – forbade Jews from teaching in schools and participating in the arts – required Jews to wear yellow Stars of David and carry identification cards required

 On November 9, 1938, a more violent phase began with Kristallnacht. Nazis burned synagogues and Jewish businesses and sent 30,000 Jews to concentration camps. › Barred from public transportation and public buildings › Prohibited from owning or working in any retail ship › Encouraged to emigrate from Germany