extremism

characteristics of fascism

anti communist, irrational and anti enlightenment, terror, dictator, weak democratic traditions, and are aided by wwi

Italy

high unemployment, inflation, government paralyzed, benito mussolini comes into power and creates a fascist party with wwi vets, wanted to get rid of communism the catholic church supported them

spain

a very fragile government formed, very catholic nation, popular front: communists parties, Francisco Franco: was a fascist fought against the communists and the church supported them germany and italy also helped franco

beer haul putsch

nazis tried to take over but failed hitler tried to overthrow the government but then got sent to prison

mein kampf

hitlers book called my struggle talks about his goals and how he fought in wwi and talks about appealing to people’s fears if someone isn’t with you they’re against you

nazi propaganda

if people aren’t with you they’re against you and appealed to people’s fears

nazis rise to power

hitler wasn’t elected hidenburg talked to the president and persuaded him to elect hitler as chancellor to revive the government

reasons for supporting hitler

society was less chaotic

night of the long knives

hitler and his personal army show up to a resort housing the SA leaders and army and arrested or killed them

hitlers experience and psychology

childhood: had a dysfunctional family his dad would abuse and rape his mother in front of him

love life: only ever loved his mom

narcissist, paranoid schizophrenia, compulsive behavior

volk

german race, people with the same goal shouldn’t work on their own. they should work as a team to accomplish the common goal

SA

the nazi army they were violent vets of wwi and wore brown shirts

fuehrer

means leader in german some are more capable to lead than others

Lebensraum

living space hitler talked about expanding to the east and had big future building plans

blitzkrieg

lightning war fast attacks and fast war

aryan

the advanced society the better race

SS

hitlers personal army who started as bodyguards wore black uniforms

Eric ludendorff

war hero in wwi

roudolf hess

secretary helped write mein kampf flew to britain to make them surrender but he was captured and sentenced to life in prison and died suspiciously

ernst roehm

SA bosss killed in the night of long knives

herman goering

wwi hero head of air force in wwii was a thief and committed suicide before he was executed

paul von hidenburg

the new president and was the general during wwi

alfred rosenberg

nazis racial theorist came up with the antisemitism of jews and was hanged

joseph goebbels

womanizer propaganda boss poisoned his kids then him and his wife killed them selves before the war was over

march on rome

mussolinis guys surrounded the city while people were on strike and facing advisors of the king told him to make mussolini in power and he did

Aberham lincoln brigade

went against the spanish to fight with Franco for no communism they were volunteering

reichstag fire

set a fire to a communist building hitler declared that the communist party was illegal and communists were arrested