1. Hitler
And His
Henchmen

2. Der Fuhrer
In 1921, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party voted Hitler as leader
The party attracted laborers, former soldiers and misfits
They were violently nationalistic, Anti-Semitic and against democratic government
The party organized a paramilitary group called the Sturm Abteilung, (SA) or Storm Troops

7. The Beer Hall Putsch
In 1923, the Nazis attempted to seize the state government of Bavaria
They also planned to march on Berlin
The plan failed and Hitler was arrested and charged with high treason
He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but only spent 8 months in jail
Hitler’s trial pushed him into the national spotlight

11. Mein Kampf
While in prison, Hitler writes his first book called Mein Kampf or My Struggle
Hitler will introduce his idea of the Aryan Race
He believed the Aryan race should not mix blood with lesser races (Jews)
Mein Kampf also showed Hitler’s ambition to absorb other Aryan people into Germany

13. Lebensraum
Hitler’s ultimate goal was the conquest of Lebensraum (living space) for the German people in the Soviet Union
Hitler had his eye on the Ukraine because of its agricultural land and natural resources

14. Hitler’s Henchmen

15. Joseph Goebbels 1897-1945 Minister of Propaganda
-walked with a limp – deformed foot
- considered entering the priesthood
- Ph.D from Heidelberg University
- master of persuasion and mass media
- thought most people had low intellect

19. Hermann Goering
Flying ace who shot down 22 allied planes during WWI
Goering was head of Hitler’s SA until he was severely wounded during the Beer Hall Putsch
He will eventually become second only to Hitler in the Nazi leadership
Goering will also lead the German air force or Luftwaffe

20. Hermann Goering
God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany.

23. Heinrich Himmler
In 1929, Himmler takes command of the Schutz Staffel or SS
The SS will be responsible for guarding Hitler during his rise to power
Himmler was ruthless and very dedicated to the party and Hitler

24. Heinrich Himmler
A man often seen as the very personification of evil. Heinrich Himmler was not only head of Hitler's SS police, but was also in charge of the death camps in the East.
Although Adolf Hitler held the ultimate responsibility for what became the Holocaust, it was Heinrich Himmler who essentially laid the plans and devised the schemes that led to the killings of six million Jews.

25. Heinrich Himmler
He organized the first concentration camp at Dachau and began to organize the Nazi political police throughout Germany

32. Albert Speer
Speer joins the Nazi party in 1932 and also becomes a member of the SS
Hitler asks Speer to organize the Nuremberg Rally of 1934
Speer then becomes Minister of Armaments in 1942
He is best known as the “Nazi Architect”

37. Rudolph Hess
Appointed Deputy Fuhrer and became the number 3 man in Hitler’s Germany
Joined the Nazi Party in 1920 and was well known as a brawler
Hess will rise through the Nazi party and be completely loyal to Hitler’s ideals

40. st), or SS Security
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich was the principle figure in the development of the “final solution”
Nicknames – The Blonde Beast, and Hangman Heydrich
Joins the Nazi Party in 1931
Heydrich proceeded to create the intelligence gathering organization known as the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), or SS Security Service

41. Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich was one of Hitler's most ruthless Nazis and second in importance only to Heinrich Himmler in the Nazi SS organization and the principle planner of the Final Solution. There was even talk of his one day succeeding Adolf Hitler.

44. Adolf Eichmann
Headed Gestapo Department IV B4 for Jewish Affairs
Served as a self proclaimed 'Jewish specialist'
He was the man responsible for keeping the trains rolling from all over Europe to death camps during the Final Solution.
He was caught on May 11, 1960
Found guilty on all counts, sentenced to death and hanged at Ramleh Prison, May 31, 1962.

47. Ernst Rohm 1887-1934 Rohm participated in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
Rohm took the SA and began to organize and train them in a strict military fashion.
Rohm was shot in his prison cell after he refused to commit suicide.
Hitler later said that he was sorry that he had to destroy Rohm.