1. Totalitarian leader of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Totalitarian leader of
Nazi Germany

2. Fascism New political movement
Requires citizens to be loyal to their country and to authoritarian government
Individual is not important and must put country ahead of self
Fascist countries are controlled by one person (Dictator) and one party.

3. Post WWI Germany
After Wilhelm II abdicated, Germany became the Weimar Republic
German’s were angry and humiliated from the Treaty of Versailles
German economy suffered a huge depression after WWI
German $ was worthless
1918- a loaf of bread cost 1 mark
1923- a loaf of bread cost 200 billion marks

4. Hitler’s background Born in Austria
Wanted to be a painter but was denied entrance into an art school twice
Moved to Munich, Germany in 1913
Served in the German army during WWI
Throughout his early life he developed his anti-Semitic, anti-capitalist, nationalist feelings

5. Hitler’s Rise to Power
The failure of the Weimar Republic made conditions perfect for a man like Hitler
1919- joined the German Workers Party
1921- became Fuhrer of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi)
1924- he was sent to prison for speaking out against the government
While in prison he wrote his memoirs known as Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Mein Kampf is the basis of Nazi ideology

6. Fascism Hitler Gets out of jail and takes control of Nazi Party
Promises to the people of Germany
Lebensraum
Restore the economy
Rebuild the military
Take back the Ruhr River Valley industrial complex
Blames minorities for problems, singles out the Jews

8. Hitler seizes control in 1933
Industrial production expanded ($$$$!!!)
Unemployment decreased
Built dams, autobahns, and railroads
Hosted the Olympics in Berlin in 1936
Rearmed Germany which increased nationalistic feelings

11. The Nazi Regime Used secret police to invoke fear
Created the ‘Hitler Youth’ to indoctrinate young Germans with Nazi ideology
Created an enormous military

12. Hitler’s Holocaust Approves attacks on Jews
Hitler blamed all the Jewish people for the problems in Germany
Approves attacks on Jews
Kristallnacht
From , he systematically killed million people
6 million Jews
3 million Poles
The rest were people who opposed his leadership
He used concentration camps, gas chambers, etc

13. Fascism
Jewish business’ are vandalized

15. Hitler during WWII
He invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland to begin WWII in 1939
Had plans for worldwide domination
Vowed to create a superior race- “Aryans”
Married his longtime girlfriend Eva Braun on April 29, 1045
Committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin on April 30, 1945

17. Summary
Explain Hitler’s legacy (include both the good and the bad).