1. Nazi Ideology

2. Early Life Born to Alois & Klara Hitler in Austria
Mother dies – blames Jewish doctor for her death
Wants to be an artist – not accepted to the Vienna Academy of Art; blames Jews on the board of admittance
Paternal Grandfather is Jewish (believes she was raped by the man she was a maid for)
Joins German Army and fights in WWI – receives two Iron Crosses for bravery and feels like it the first time “he belongs” and is successful.
Blames Germany’s defeat on Jews & Communists

3. Causes for the Rise of Hitler
Germany felt stabbed in the back by the Treaty of Versailles
Postwar Instability in Germany in 1920s
Weimar Gov.  Weak Democracy
Economic recovery, followed by Depression
Stacks of German Marks, which were practically worthless due to super inflation

4. The German Workers Party
Was sent to investigate their activities – wound up joining.
Changed the name to the National Socialist German Workers Party - the NAZI party.
They believe in FASCISM
Adopted the Ancient Sanskrit (Hindu) symbol (means good luck) – the SWASTIKA
1923 – Try to march on Berlin to seize government; attempt fails and Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in jail. Only serves 9 months.

5. What is Mein Kampf? “Mein Kampf” = “My Struggle”
Blueprint for Germany’s future
1. Racism - hatred for Jews
2. Lebensraum (living space) expansion of Germany’s border
3. World Domination

6. Gains Power – quick overview
1930 – Great Depression hits Germany
1932 – Nazi movement had grown dramatically and gain power in the government

7. What did Hitler offer to the German people?
Promises, Promises
Nationalists - Restore Germany to Greatness
Wealthy Industrialist – stop communism
Workers – end unemployment
Blamed Others for Germany’s Problems
Jews
November Criminals
Weimar Republic
Excellent Speaker
Stop reparation payments, give all germans food and jobs, make them proud to be German again, blamed Jews for Germany’s problems

8. How does Hitler become Chancellor?
“Brownshirts”– Hitler’s private army
used fear tactics to eliminate opposition
Used speeches and propaganda to gain support
Nazi Party gains votes in Reichtag (German Legislature):
1930 = 18% of vote
1932 = 37% of vote
Hitler appointed Chancellor (Prime Minister) in 1933
Hitler appted by President of Germany (Hindenburg), Chancellor similar to Prime Minister, to satisfy the Nazis in the Reichstag

9. How did Hitler Gain Total Power?
“Reichstag fire” - blamed on communists
Ended democracy in Germany
Declared state of emergency and suspended individual rights and democratic protections (freedom of speech)

10. What actions did Hitler take as Der Furher – The Leader?
Ignored the TOV
Rebuilt Army & Opened Weapons Factories
Stopped reparations payments
Economy improved
New Jobs - military sector
Decreased unemployment
Eliminated political opposition
Began planning for expansion of the Third Reich (Third Empire)

11. What was the Jewish Problem?
Hitler’s belief that Aryan German’s were the “Master Race” – blond hair, blue eyes, strong and disciplined
Blamed Germany’s problems on the Jewish
Racism and propaganda used to create distrust and hatred against Jews and non-Aryans.

12. What actions did Hitler take to solve the “Jewish Problem”
1935 Nuremburg Laws
Stipped Jews of Citizenship
Can’t Hold Public Office
Barred From Schools
Boycott Jewish Businesses
Banned non-Jews from marriage to Jews
1938 Kristallnacht
Jews attacked on streets
Jewish businesses vandalized
Burned Synagogues
Many Jews shot or sent to prison camps

13. Nazi Ideology & the Holocaust
Basic Assumption of Nazi Ideology – All human history is a continual struggle for existence between races
Survival of the race depends on RACE PURITY
Seizure of territory to expand population (lebensraum)
There is a hierarchy of races; some are more valuable than others
Idea of the Jew in Nazi ideology:
They are a race
Were special enemies of the German people
They have no living space of their own
They sought to dominate other peoples and wanted world domination

14. General Information 6 million Jewish victims (approximately)
5+ million non-Jewish victims
Victims = people who stood in the way of or did not fit into Nazi ideology
Husbands & wives of Jews forced to get divorce or go to concentration camp
“Interracial” marriages not allowed under Hitler

15. Use of propaganda against the Jews
A racial hygienist measures a woman's features in an attempt to determine her racial ancestry. Berlin, Germany, date uncertain.
A Nazi propaganda slide from the State
Academy for Race and Health in Dresden
shows the offspring of a relationship
between a German woman and a Moroccan.
Germany, ca

16. Illustration from an antisemitic German children's book,
DER GIFTPILZ (The Poisonous Mushroom), published in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1935.
The caption reads: "The Jewish nose is crooked, it looks like a 6.“
Racial instruction became mandatory in German schools in September 1933.

17. Nazi antisemitic book, The Eternal Jew, published in 1937
Nazi stereotype depicting Jews as both
Money lenders and communists.
Source: Der Ewige Jude, Munich: Zentralverlag der NSDAP.,
Franz Eher, Nachf., 1937

18. This is what the German people were taught to believe based on Hitler’s idea of a perfect world: Peoples may not mix with others without bringing on decay and corruption, leading ultimately to extinction.

19. It was not only Jews that were targeted:
POLAND:
Hitler starts WWII by bombing Poland in Sept 1939.
Rounded up for slave labor & scientific experiments
Blond Poles were “Germanized”
Taken to be raised as Nazis by German
6 million killed (approx.)
AFRO-EUROPEANS
After WWI many African-Americans stayed in Europe. Children as a result of these marriages were sterilized without parent knowledge.

20. Jehovah Witness
Killed for their beliefs and because they refused to sign documents of loyalty to Nazi Ideology; imprisoned a traitors.
Gypsies
Were to be completely annihilated; seen as racially inferior and worthless
Homosexuals
Predominantly males; included soldiers and SS
Handicapped
Hitler believed it was a waste of time and money to support them; deemed useless and put directly to death
Christian & Catholic Leaders
Hitler wanted to create a new religion and replace Jesus with the worship of Nazi ideology. Thousands allowed to die slowly of starvation.
ANYONE WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE NAZIS OR HITLER OR DEFENDED THE VICTIMS WERE ALSO KILLED.

21. Conclusion The Nazi conception of the world was fundamentally racist.
They had a crusade-like vision of saving western civilization from Jews.
They had a strategic vision of a dominant German “Aryan” race ruling subject peoples.
They believed “superior” races had not just the right but the obligation to subdue and even exterminate the “inferior” ones.
To insure the racial superiority of Germany, they instituted the continual self-purge of their society.