Authoritarian States: Nazi germany

treaty of versailles

massive debt, shame; unemployment; hyperinflation, lost 4 million citizens

weimar system

president could appoint a chancellor; who controlled the gov

• too much power and difficult for a single party to control the gov

Nazi Beer Hall Putsch

attempt by nazis to overthrow the gov

nazi party

nationalism, anti semitism, anti democracy, socialism, unification of ethnic germans

the SA

paramilitary forces against communists and jews

mein kampf

hitlers book that laid out his belief that germany could only succeed as an aryan nation

joeseph goebbles

minister of propaganda to depict hitler as a strong leader

reichstag fire

a lone attack on the gov building, but it was shifted to make it seem like a communist attack

enabling act

gave hitler no constitutional restrictions against his authority

gleicheshaltung

the outlawing of all other parties

night of long knives

purging of opposition within the party; SA replaced w SS (their leader was purged)

Left wing

socialist and communist members that were sent to conc camps

right wing

very unorganized movements of opposition; failed assassination attempte

operation valkyrae

the closest assassination attempt of hitler; thousands executed

white rose group

students against nazism; made propaganda and was executed (little impact)

religious opposition

very limited since hitler didnt mess w churches, but they were against euthanisia, so hitler abandoned it

autarky

economic focus on a self sufficient nation

4 year plan

made to mock soviets; control labor and protectionist import controls

german labor front

militarized workers, controlled hirings, etc

triumph of will

movie that supported nazism (propaganda)

Berlin olympics

competition used as propaganda

The Reich radio company

spread propaganda; banning foreign broadcasts

The Hitler youth

young boys group emphasizing outdoors and nazism

the league of german maidens

female group that emphasized womanhood

euthanisia

forced killing of those with mental or physical illness

nuremburg race laws

german wide attack on jews because of a jewish assassination of a german

final solution

sending all jews to camps and killing them if they cant work (holocaust)