We took more notes about WWII.
Anti-semitic- Jew hating
Adolf Hitler
- born in 1889 in Austria
- dropped out of school at 16
- wanted to be and artist and architect
- failed to get into art school
- moved to Germany in 1913
- joined German Army when WWI broke out
- was wounded twice (once by gas)
- won numerous medals
- accepted the “stab in the back” theory- Weimer Republic accecpted Treaty of Versailles.
- hated Weimer Republic
- joined the Nationalist Socialist German Worker’s Party (Nazi) after WWI
- voted Fuhrer (Leader) of the Nazi Party in 1921
- Nazi party attracted the following groups of people:
1. Manual laborers- jobs and maybe better pay.
2. Former soldiers- militaristic talk Hitler had
3. Adventurers and misfits- Nazi welcomed them and gave them power, a voice, and they felt like they belonged.
- The Nazi Party:
1. was violently nationalistic- love country so much that you will kill people who aren't of your country
2. was anti-Semitic (anti-Jew)
3. Hated the democratic Weimer Republic- blamed them for signing Treaty.
4. talked of the Volk (German common people) superiority- ayran race, came out of forest and were enlightened.
Beer Hall Putsch (1923)- Hitler got a lot of followers through beer halls by talking politics- tried to over through Weimer Republic, got put in jail. Sentenced to 5 years, only served 5 months, Hitler told people what they wanted to hear.
- Hitler and the Nazis tried to take over the German Gov’t
- Failed miserably
- Hitler was arrested for treason
- Got five years but only served 9 months
- 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- believed they wanted to take over the world and dilute the aryan 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
long term goal- beleif that Germany's population would increase, wanted to move into Russia.
- Hitler also learned that he would have to come to power legally
Loses to Paul Hindenburg, then the depression set in, Hitler makes big promises and Nazis become popular.
- January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
Propaganda- Hitler, anti Jew, Swastica, and military.
SS- secret military of Germany, ran concentration camps.
Joesph Gubbles- highest of Nazis, control propaganda.
- Within 18 months Hitler had total power and created “The Third Reich”
Holocaust- genocide of about 6 millions European Jews, genocide- organized way of killing and it is aimed at a certain race or belief.
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