Hitler was imprisoned for treason because he tried to take over the government. He wrote Mein Kampf while in prison. He talked about his anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) beliefs, how he hated democracy (giving power to the people), wanted to undo the Treaty of Versailles, and he wanted living space in Germany (Soviet Union). He tried to run for president and lost. The Great Depression came and people started looking for a way out. They all turned toward Communism.
Propaganda is something used to try to persuade people.
While in prison he wrote his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Outlined Hitler’s ideas:
1. Aryans were the superior race
- Germans, Dutch, Belgians, Scandinavians and English
- No interbreeding
2. Anti-Semitic beliefs
- Hated Jews, inferior race
- Hitler associated them with the Weimer Republic and Communism
3. Hated democracy
- Believed one person had to have the power to keep order and discipline
4. Undo the Treaty of Versailles
5. Re-unite German speaking peoples
- Austria, Sudetenland, Danzig, Poland
6. Lebensraum
- “Living space” in Russia for the German People
- Hitler also learned that he would have to come to power legally
- January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
- Within 18 months Hitler had total power and created “The Third Reich”
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