1. Adolf Hitler Austria Born April 20, 1889, 1 of 6 kids (3 died) Parents
Father Alois beat him, Mother Klara spoiled him
Wanted to be an artist
Father dies when H. is 14
Left him enough $$ he didn't have to work
Poor student

2. Adolf Hitler Applied to get into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts
Rejected..twice

3. Adolf Hitler

4. won 5 medal, captured 4 F. soldiers, blinded by gas
Adolf Hitler
Hitler in WW I
Even though he was Austrian, he joined the German army
Excited to fight for Germany.
Highest rank held was corporal.
Was a regimental messenger, not an easy job.
won 5 medal, captured 4 F. soldiers, blinded by gas

5. Adolf Hitler depressed after WW I.
Still in the army, he became an undercover agent whose job was to root out Marxists
Also, lectured about the dangers of Communism and Jews

6. Adolf Hitler German Worker’s Party
Hitler was sent to investigate this group in Munich in 1919.
He was then asked to become a member, which he did

7. German Worker’s Party NAZI Party
Adolf Hitler
German Worker’s Party
NAZI Party
Hitler begins to take over the party
Renames it the National Socialist Worker’s Party or NAZIS

8. NAZI Party Adopts the as their party symbol
Swastika
Adopts the as their party symbol
was a Buddha / Hindu symbol, H. saw it as a symbol of the early Aryan race
Party Platform
Revoke V. Treaty
Revoke civil rights of Jews
Confiscate war profits

10. NAZI Party
Beer Hall Putsch
Putsch means revolt
Oct. 30, 1923
H. holds a rally at a Munich beer hall and declares a revolution
H. leads 2000 men to take over the gov.
It failed, 23 people killed, Hitler arrested

11. NAZI Party
Hitler goes to trial & jail
charged with "High Treason"
H. uses the trial as a chance to speak about the NAZI platform
Hitler becomes household name “famous”
H. sentenced to 5 years, serves 9 months
gets preferential treatment in prison

12. NAZI Party

13. dictated to Rudolph Hess
NAZI Party
My Struggle
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf
dictated to Rudolph Hess
While in prison he wrote it
Sold 5 million copies, made him rich
Topics included: Jews were evil, Germans were superior race, dislike of Communism and Democracy and need to conquer Soviet Union

14. NAZI Party
Mein Kampf
Quotes
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one

15. NAZI Party
Mein Kampf
Quotes
The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew

16. NAZI Party Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all
Mein Kampf
Quotes
Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all
Their sword will become our plow, and from the tears of war the daily bread of future generations will grow
It is illegal to sell new copies or reprints in Germany & Austria

17. H. realizes he must go Legit
Nazi’s begin
to run
for office
Hitler's rise to power
H. realizes he must go Legit
Building off Mein K, H. and the Nazis become more and more popular
Hitler comes to power

18. Wanted run for president in 1932, but was not a citizen of Germany
Hitler's rise to power
Renounce Austrian citizenship in 1925
Wanted run for president in 1932, but was not a citizen of Germany
Quickly made citizen so he can run
Doesn't want to be prez. Anymore, but he’s only one who can beat Hitler
Prez. Paul von
Hindenburg

19. Hitler pushes Hindy to make him Chancellor
Hitler's rise to power
Hindy beats Hitler!
Hitler does well in election and is still real popular
Hindenburg – 40%
Hitler – 37%
Hitler pushes Hindy to make him Chancellor
Hindy is old and easily swayed…..so he gives in to Hitler

20. Hitler is now in charge
Feb – the Reichstag burns down
Hitler blames Commies and Jews, Hitler is given more power by Reichstag

21. Hitler is now in charge
Feb – the Reichstag burns down
Hitler blames Communists and Jews, Hitler is given more power by Reichstag
Hindenburg dies / Aug 1934….Hitler assume prez. job too
June 30, 1934
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler has 85 political opponents murdered including many Nazis
SS & Gestapo take out the SA

22. “If we have the power, we'll never give it up again unless we're carried out of our offices as corpses”
- Joseph Goebbels

23. 3rd Reich Chancellor Reichstag Hitler is now in charge Joseph Goebbels
Hitler's right hand man…Propaganda Minister
Reichstag
Germany’s Parliament / Congress
3rd Reich
Chancellor
Empire / Realm
1st – HRE
2nd – mid 1800s - WWI
“Head of State” ran day to day government

24. Hitler is now the Dictator
Absolute Power
Fuhrer
All parties outlawed …..except Nazi
Civil Rights suspended
German economy was improving, people were happy
1st concentration camp opened in 1933
Began rearming German Army for expansion of the Reich