1. Hitler and Nazi Germany
Handout Notes

2. Bell Ringer
List everything you can think of regarding Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Lists, bullet points, phrases, pictures, anything you can think of!

3. Germany After WWI New gov’t – Weimar Republic – Democratic
Weak – many groups fight for power
ToV cripples Germany
War guilt, reparations, lost territory, hyperinflation
Great Depression adds problems

4. Adolf Hitler Age 18 – Rejected from art school in Vienna
Anti-Semitic – hatred of Jews
Fought in WWI
Became leader of Nazi Party
“Brown Shirts” - combat squads (Storm Troopers)

5. Road to Power 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch
Coup failed, Hitler jailed
Mein Kampf (My Struggle) – Hitler’s ideas
Master race, anti-Semitism, nationalism
Demands Lebensraum (living space)
Germany needed a strong leader (Fuhrer)
Popularity increases, Nazi gain power
Hitler elected chancellor

6. Hitler’s Germany Followed Mussolini’s model in Italy
Recalled past German greatness
Secret police – SS, Gestapo
Outlawed other political parties
Gov’t work programs –roads, houses, forests
Rearmed German military
Women’s role limited

7. Nazi Culture “Strength through Joy” – preparation for military
Racism in speeches, radio, newspapers
Purify German culture
No jazz (African roots), modern art (Jewish influence)
Book burnings (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Christianity = weak
All churches  Nazi Church = racism

8. Campaign Against the Jews
1935 – Nuremberg Laws
Jews couldn’t marry non-Jews
Couldn’t attend/teach at German Schools
No government jobs
Couldn’t practice law/medicine
No publishing books
Many Jews flee Germany
Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass
Nazi mobs destroy/loot Jewish businesses/homes
Begin using concentration camps for Jews