Key notes

1921 - Hitler takes over the german workers party

1923 - Beerhall munich putsch, after hyperinflation hitler saw his chance, at first the bavarian government agreed to support him, but then once hitler left on his march to berlin, they arranged armed police forces to stop him, Hiter ls is arrested and goes to prison and writes mein kampf. He then decided to persure power legally.

1926 first makes hitler youth and nazi students league

Hitler praises farmers are racially pure germans working the traditional german manner, promising to help them

Appoints joesph goebbels as head of nazi propaganda

Hitler held first nuremberg rallies in 1927

hitler enlarges the SA, then creates the ss to be his personal bodyguard, lead by himmler

GREAT DEPRESSION happens - 1929

american banks recall loans, causing economy to crash and unemployment to rise to 6 million

due to majority, nobody could make decisions on what to do, hindenburg had to use article 48 powers

Hitler said that demoncracy was weak, and that they would take unemployment and restore the economy

in 1933, hitler flew from rally to rally, speaking to those in the countryside and farmers

SA were so violent that hindenburg banned them

large buisnesses funded the nazis due to a fear of communism

Nazi party gains tons of votes, becoming the single largest party in the reichstag.

He demanded to become chancellor, but hindenburg dislike his violent nazi party, he elected von papen as chancellor, he was weak and lacked support, leading to another election. von schleicher was appointed, which also failed so hindenburg reluctantly apponinted hitler as chancellor. They said nazis could be contained if the amount in the cabinet was limited

1933 - reichstag fires

hitler gets majority after coalition with the christian party, passing the enabling law, allowing Hitler to pass laws. Trade unions get abolished and other parties banned.

1934 SA eliminated in night of the long knives. Hindenburg dies and army swore an oath of loyalty