HISTORY - LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY

Fascism

extreme nationalism
cult of a wise leader
racism
hatred of democracy
hatred of communism

Adolf Hitler

soldier in ww1
set up nazi party

hitler tryed to do _______ in 1923

tryed to overthrow the government

mein kampf

'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession

how the great depression lead to the nazis ruling

hilter promised to fix the great depression

popularity of the nazis

1. Hitler's promises to help Germany recover, the Nazi party's popularity soared.
2.They were the largest party in the Reichstag in 1933.

how the The Great Depression influenced the Nazis rise to power

The Great Depression significantly influenced the Nazis' rise to power in several ways:

1. Economic Hardship: Widespread unemployment and poverty led to public discontent with the Weimar Republic.

2. Political Instability: Economic crises weakened moderate parties, allowing extremist groups like the Nazis to gain support.

3. Propaganda: The Nazis exploited economic fears, promising jobs and stability, which resonated with desperate citizens.

4. Scapegoating: They blamed Jews and communists for the economic woes, rallying nationalist sentiments.

Joseph Goebbels

Minister for Propaganda

Heinrich Himmler

Responsible for -

• SS

• Gestapo

• Concentration Camps

Hermann Goering

Chief of the Luftwaffe

Causes of Hitler’s Rise to Power

• Weakness of the democratic Weimar Republic.

• The Great Depression

• Hitler’s charismatic personality

• extreme nationalism appealed to the people who had lost WWI

• Propaganda

• Intimidation of the SS and SA.

hitler called himself _________

Der Fuhrer.

secret police

Gestapo

Nuremberg Rallies.

rallies of thousands of people where people could see Hitler

Lebensraum

• Germany should expand east to form a great Empire called The Third Reich

herrenvolk

Germans were a superior people to everyone else.

Jews & Communists

• weakened Germany and must be destroyed. 

Enabling Act

gave hitler the power to pass laws without the permission of the parliament.

main concentration camps

Dachau

Auschwitz

Treblinka

Hitler ordered the SS to kill the leaders of the SA.

The Night of the Long Knives

Propaganda in Nazi Germany

• Censorship of newspapers, films and radio. 

• “The People’s Radio” and loudspeakers on the streets.

• Cult of Personality

• Nuremberg Rallies

boys youth organisations

Hitler Youth

girls youth organisations

League of German Maidens

Resistance Youth Organisations

Edelweiss Pirates

Womens rights in Nazi Germany

• Give up jobs when married

• Needed to increase German birth rate

how the nazis encouraged higher birth rates

• Marriage loans

• Maternity benefits

• Family allowances

• Medals

Untermenschen

subhuman

Life for Jewish People

• Anti-semitism

• Boycotts of business

• Propaganda against Jewish people 

Anti-Jewish  Laws

1. Reich Citizenship Laws ~ removed German citizenship from Jewish people

2. marriage between a Jewish person and a German citizen was forbidden

3. Jewish people only allowed to use certain forenames.

4. Forbidden to own shops

5. Could not attend German schools

6. Banned from all forms of entertainment

7. Jewish people over six had to wear the Star of David. 

Pogrom

 organised violence against an ethnic group

Kristallnacht

• The Night of the Broken Glass

• Attacks on Jewish shops and synagogues. 

• 90 killed

• Arrested and sent to concentration camps

“Battle for Work

eliminate unemployment.

Strength Through Joy”

 leisure activities

Beauty of Labour

improved working conditions