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2. Mussolini in Italy Hitler in Germany 1914 1917 1919 1920 1922 1924 1926 1929 1934 1912 1914 1919 1923 1924 1929 1930 1933 1934 1938 Rise To Power of Totalitarian Dictators

3. 1914 – Mussolini expelled from Socialist Party for advocating that Italy join the Allies in World War I. 1917 – Wounded in WWI 1919 – Organizes the Fascist Party with his “Black Shirts” 1920 – Begins verbal assaults on rival Socialists which wins him the support of Conservatives. 1922 – Fascists created disorder and marched on Rome forcing King Victor Emmanuel to allow him to form a government 1924..25 – Fascist Party wins majority in Parliament, Fascist thugs murder Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti 1926 – Under the slogan “Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” Fascists abolish freedom of the press, fix elections, arrest opponents, take over the schools. 1929 – Lateran Agreement gains Mussolini support of the pope. 1934 – Attacks women’s rights by abolishing divorce, limiting role of women to homemakers and mothers ITALY - Mussolini’s Rise To Power

4. “Doctored” Photograph Photograph of Mussolini

5. Mussolini Hitler 1914 1917 1919 1920 1922 1924 1926 1929 1934 1912 1914 1919 1923 1924 1929 1930 1933 1934 1938

6. 1912 – Living in Vienna, Hitler is influenced by Mayor Karl Luger who instills a strong sense of nationalism based on racism (viewing all non-Aryan peoples as inferior) based on theory of Social Darwinism. 1914 – Joins German Army where he finds meaning for his life, is wounded in World War I, and blames Jews and Marxists for losing the war. GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

7. The “Stabbed-in-the-Back” Theory Disgruntled German WWI veterans

8. 1912 – Living in Vienna, Hitler is influenced by Karl Luger 1914 – Wounded in World War I – Blames Jews, Marxists… 1919 – Joins German Workers’ Party which supported “National Socialism” and promises to fix the injustices caused by Capitalism in the past. 1923 – Imprisoned for failed coup to overthrow the Weimar Republic in Munich, while in prison he writes “Mein Kampf” GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

9. The Beer Hall Putsch: 1923

10. The Beer Hall Putsch Idealized

11. Hitler in Landesberg Prison

12. Mein Kampf [My Struggle] Mein Kampf [My Struggle] Main themes of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf included: Anti-Semitism Germany’s need for “living space” (expansion) Need for a strong dictator (Fuhrer) with unlimited power to lead Germany. Main themes of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf included: Anti-Semitism Germany’s need for “living space” (expansion) Need for a strong dictator (Fuhrer) with unlimited power to lead Germany.

13. 1912 – Living in Vienna, Hitler is influenced by Karl Luger 1914 – Wounded in World War I – Blames Jews, Marxists… 1919 – Joins German Workers’ Party 1923 – Imprisoned for failed coup, writes “Mein Kampf” 1924 – Built up a new “National Socialist German Workers Party” or the Nazi Party after his release from prison whose membership grew to 100,000 by 1928. 1929 – Great Depression hits Germany, Hitler promises solutions gaining support of big industry and small businessmen, workers and peasants.. 1930 – President Hindenburg has Chancellor Heinrich Bruning to rule by decree, and cuts government spending = depression worsens as wages fall and inflation runs out of control!!! GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

14. The Great Depression (1929-1941)

15. 1912 – Living in Vienna, Hitler is influenced by Karl Luger 1914 – Wounded in World War I – Blames Jews, Marxists… 1919 – Joins German Workers’ Party 1923 – Imprisoned for failed coup, writes “Mein Kampf” 1924 – Built up his new “National Socialist German Workers Party” or the Nazi Party 1929 – Great Depression hits Germany, Hitler promises solutions.. 1930 – President Hindenburg has Chancellor Bruning rule by decree, and cuts government spending = depression worsens 1933 – President Hindenburg names Hitler chancellor of Germany.Hitler chancellor GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

16. 1933 – President Hindenburg names Hitler chancellor 1933 – In Spring, Hitler blames the Communists for a fire in the Reichstag, and Hindenburg gives Hitler emergency dictatorial power in the “Enabling Act” which puts Hitler in FULL CONTROL of Germany. GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

17. Weimar Germany: Political Representation [1920-1933] After the Reichstag fire and “Enabling Act”, the Nazi Party dominates the Reichstag.

18. 1933 – President Hindenburg names Hitler chancellor 1933 – In Spring, 33 Hitler blames the Communists for a fire in the Reichstag, and Hindenburg gives Hitler dictatorial power in the “Enabling Act”. 1934…35 – Hitler and the Nazi Party begin to carry out their racist ideas with the open persecution of Jews with the passage of the Nuremberg Laws. 1938 – Allows and supports “Kristallnacht” (Night of Broken Glass) where groups of Nazi thugs beat up Jews in the streets burn and destroy Jewish businesses and homes..Night GERMANY – Hitler’s Rise To Power

19. Mussolini Hitler 1914 1917 1919 1920 1922 1924 1926 1929 1934 1912 1914 1919 1923 1924 1929 1930 1933 1934 1938

20. Mussolini StalinHitler