1. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
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Hitler’s totalitarian state was widely accepted, but German Jews and minorities were persecuted.
What does it mean to be persecuted?

2. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
Define:
Nazi
Reichstag
Concentration camp
Identify:
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler

3. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
Hitler and his Views
Born 4/20/1889 in Austria
Rejected by Vienna fine arts academy
Develops ideas:
Racism
Anti-Semitism
Need for struggle

4. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
Hitler and his Views
Served 4 years in WWI
Took control of German Workers Party in 1921
Created a militia called the SA, Storm Troops, or Brownshirts
Wrote a book called Mein Kampf (My Struggle) while in prison

5. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
Hitler and his Views
Rise of Nazism
Expanded his Nazi party to become the largest party in the Reichstag
People all began to look to Hitler for leadership
President Hindenburg made Hitler chancellor and let him create a new government

6. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
Hitler and his Views
Rise of Nazism
Passed the Enabling Act to ignore the constitution
Nazis took control of the country, purged Jews from offices
Jews were sent to concentration camps
1934: Hindenburg died, Hitler became the Fuhrer or “Leader” of the nation

7. C9S3: Hitler and Nazi Germany
The Nazi State:
Explain how the Nazi state changed life for the following:
Factors:
Changes:
Economics
Women
Jews