1. The Rise of
Hitler

2. Germany (1919 - 1923) Weimar Government is unstable
reparation payments = economic woes
several attempts to overthrow the gov’t
rise of extremist groups

3. Treaty of Versailles
Article 231 (War Guilt Clause) led to the popularity of any political party promising to make Germany strong again

4. Fear of Communism
1919 Spartacist revolt = fear of a communist revolution
the middle class and industrialists will support parties that oppose the communists

5. Free Saxony from Marxist Trash

6. Dissatisfaction with the Weimar Government
“69 Years of Tribute”
it signed the Treaty of Versailles
inability to pull Germany out of the Great Depression after 1929
Coal is Bread

7. French Invasion of the Ruhr
when Germany could not pay reparation payments France sent forces into the Ruhr
they confiscated coal and shipped it to France
this lead to hyperinflation in Germany

8. Hyperinflation Price index July 1914 1.0 Jan 1919 2.6 July 1919 3.4
12.6
Jan 1921
14.4
July 1921
14.3
Jan 1922
36.7
July 1922
100.6
Jan 1923
2,785
July 1923
194,000
Nov 1923
726,000,000,000
1920: A 50 Mark Note:
(a reasonable denomination)
1923: A 20 TRILLION Mark Note:
("Milliarden" means a million million)

9. Munich Putsch 1923 - Hitler led an attempted coup
jailed (could have faced execution as a traitor)

10. Mein Kampf
after being sentenced to prison for the Munich Putsch Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

11. Break
1928
The Dawes Chains

12. charismatic appeal of Hitler
mesmerizing speaker
very popular
promised what the Germans wanted to hear

13. the Great Depression
economic hardship meant Germans were attracted to solutions to their problems
Communism or Fascism offered solutions

15. SA
Hitler’s private army
hired thugs beat up communists in the streets

16. 1930
The Red words are:
usury, Versailles, unemployment, war guilt lie, Marxism, Bolshevism, lies and betrayal, inflation, Locarno, Dawes Pact, Young Plan, corruption, Barmat, Kutistker, Sklarek [the last three Jews involved in major financial scandals], prostitution, terror, civil war

17. Article 48
Article 48 of the Weimar constitution allowed the President to govern by decree during a national emergency
it was used frequently between and Hitler used it to manipulate the March 1933 national elections

18. President von Hindenburg
President of the Weimar Republic from
he was sympathetic toward the Nazi because of their goal to make Germany stronger and their anti-communist stance

19. The Reichstag Fire February 1933
the German parliament buildings were destroyed by fire
Hitler blamed the Communists
Article 48 was used to restrict the electoral activities of the opposition parties

21. Party Representation in the Reichstag 1920-1933

22. Yes! The Enabling Act Leader we follow you! March 1933
Hitler used intimidation to force the passage of the Enabling Act
this gave him emergency dictatorial powers for 4 years
Leader we follow you!

24. Propaganda What makes good propaganda?
Germany lives

27. Economic Prosperity modern transportation system was built
massive highway system (Autobahns)

28. lebensraum “living space”
Germany needed room for its expanded population

29. heimat a chance to create a racially pure state (aryan race)
How do you get rid of non- aryans?

30. Nuremburg Laws defined German citizenship on racial grounds
non-aryans were not granted citizenship
the creation on a heimat implied the removal of non-aryans

31. Night of the Broken Glass
Kristallnacht
Jewish shops were destroyed and goods confiscated

32. Holocaust
genocide
concentration camps
extermination camps