1. Adolf Hitler
Life and rise to power

2. The Life of Adolf Hitler
Born 1889 died 1945
born in Brunau, Upper Austria
father-minor customs official
mother-Bavarian
in his Youth-loved Art and Music
drops out of Secondary Education
Vienna Academy of Arts rejects him
<Hitler as a young man
Hitler’s Report Card

3. Hitler
Supports himself selling prints, postcards, hanging wallpaper
While in Vienna-absorbs the characteristics of the lower middle class
intense anti-Semitism, fear of Socialism, German nationalism (sacred German Blood and Soil as preached by Richard Wagner)-Aryan Race
<Hitler Art Work
Richard Wagner’s Opera

4. Migration to Germany World War I-enlists in a Bavarian Regiment
decorated for bravery twice
promoted to Lance Corporal (Private First Class in US Army)
becomes the 7th member of the ultranationalist and anti-Democratic German Workers Party-renamed The Nationalist Socialist German Workers-(Nazi)
Hitler in WWI

5. Leader of the Party
Great orator especially with War veterans, Nationalist who hated the Weimar Republic who were blamed for the treaty
Origins of the Nazi Party-
along military lines-Storm Troopers-Brown Shirts
1923-attempts to seize control of the Bavarian Government in Munich-The Beer Hall Putsch-fails
sent to fortress Landberg to prison
<Hitler Speaking

6. In Prison Trial is a Farce
sent to prison for 10 years-spends 9 months there
while in prison, dictates to Rudolph Hess-Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
outlines the program for German restoration and domination of Europe
while in jail-Nazi power declines-economic difficulties
he extends party through Germany

7. The Depression and beyond
1929-Depression hits
refuels the fire
the Nazi rise in Reichstag to near majority
Nazi constantly disrupted and shut down
1932-Hitler is defeated by <Paul von Hindenburg for Presidential Elections
Chancellors-von Poppen and von Schliecher couldn’t cope with unemployment, street clashes between Nazis and communists

8. Hitler takes power January 30, 1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor
gets unprecedented powers from Reichstag
begins organization of a Totalitarian regime-The Third Reich (The Third Empire)
1934-von Hindenburg dies
Hitler combines Reichpresident and Chancellor positions to become Der Fuhrer
<Hitler at Nuremburg