2. 12/8 & 12/9 Do Now…… – Can YOU…that’s right YOU tell the story of how Hitler rose to power from 1918 – 1933???? – I CAN!!!! In your notebook make a timeline that attempts to tell the story with 5 KEY BULLET POINTS

3. Timeline 1918 – Germany is defeated in WWI, Weimar Republic declared & president Friedrich Ebert is in charge 1919 – Weimar Republic is forced to accept the harsh Treaty of Versailles 1923 – Ruhr Crisis 1925 – Dawes Plan bail out 1925 – President Hindenburg 1925 – 1929 – Weimar Republic Golden Era 1929 – Wall Street Crash leads to unemployment in Germany 1930 – countries last democratic government – the ‘Grand Coalition’ – collapsed…following chancellors relied on Article 48 to issue decrees 1932 – unemployment reaches 6 million – Apr. - Hindenburg beats Hitler in presidential elections – Jun. - Von Papen replaces Bruning as chancellor – Jul. – Nazis win 230 Reichstag seats becoming largest single party state – Nov. Nazis win 196 Reichstag seats - a sign that their support had peaked – Dec. von Schleicher becomes chancellor 1933 – Hitler becomes chancellor, von Papen becomes Deputy, & Hindenburg remains President satisfying their “backstairs intrigue”

4. How did Hitler turn the Chancellorship into a dictatorship by 1934?

5. Treaty of Versailles Black Tuesday 1929 - stock market crashes Great Depression during 1930s Increasing influence of new political parties that emphasize state control - For example: Communism, Nazism, Fascism Total Control of State by a Dictator

6. February 1933  The Reichstag building burnt down.  A communist was found inside the building. He admitted responsibility.  Chancellor Hitler was able to convince people that the Communists were trying to take power by terrorism.  He was able to have the Communists banned from the Reichstag.

7. March 1933 HITLER CAN RULE ALONE FOR FOUR YEARS. THERE IS NO NEED TO CONSULT THE REICHSTAG. Communist and all other parties were banned from the Reichstag stag. It destroyed the Reichstag allowing the chancellor to issue laws without consultation for a period of four years.

8. THE ENABLING ACT GAVE HITLER THE POWER TO MAKE HIS OWN LAWS. SO, HE BANNED ALL OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES! SPD- Social Democrats KPD- Communists DDP- German Democratic Zentrum- German Centre Party (Catholic)

9. Ideology & Nature of the State Overview – Many of the elements that made up Nazi ideology were already to be found in 19 th & 20 th Century – for example belief in the superiority of the Aryan race, anti – Semitism, cult of the leader or Fuhrerprinzip, and concept of survival of the fittest, known as Social Darwinism – Hitler brought his own belief in German nationalism to the NSDAP and drew up discontent over the Treaty of Versailles & post war Germany – Ideology remained fluid throughout 12 years of Nazi rule and adapted according to circumstances

10. Hitler’s main ideas (Ideology) Supremacy of the state – belief that loyalty to the state is more important than any other loyalty; people should feel bound together by blood as a single community Social Darwinism – acceptance that life is a constant struggle & without interference the strongest will always win (survival of the fittest) Lebensraum – right of the superior German race to acquire living space for its peoples Pan-Germanism – supremacy of the German Aryans as the master race Anti – democracy – democracy gives undue weight to weaker peoples and mediocrities

11. Hitler’s main ideas (Ideology) Fuhrerprinzip – principle that the leader’s will is the source of all political authority; (cult of leader) Anti – feminism – woman’s role is as the bearer of future Aryans Anti – Marxism – hostility to Marxism as an international creed that weakens nations Anti – Semitism – belief that Jews are the lowest race in the social hierarchy and should be persecuted Blut und Boden (Blood & Soil) – belief that blood of the community is rooted in the soil

12. What did Hitler contribute to Nazi ideology? 4 Basic Elements of Nazi Ideology – Superiority of the German Race – Anti – Semitism – Cult of the Leader – Survival of the Fittest Already Established before Hitler emerges as a politician Spent time in Vienna Austria as a young man…exposed to anti-Semitism, racially superiority, nationalism

13. Development of Nazi ideology in the aftermath of the war Hitler’s ideas brought together in the Mein Kampf – Germany had to fight international Marxism in order to regain her world power status – Marxism was the invention of Jews intent on Jewish world domination – National Socialism was only doctrine capable of fighting communism – Nazism had to prepare the population for war in order to obtain Lebensraum in the east – in order to accomplish this there had to be racial unity, elimination of Jews, authoritarian control and no tolerance of diversity – Nationalist principles with racial intolerance – belief new society only racially pure within state belonged

14. How important was the role of ideology in Nazi Germany Played a key role in his rise to power – attracted and inspired followers – However Hitler controlled how ideology was used to further his own political ends – He was not driven simply by the desire to put ideological principles into practice rather had a agenda and molded Nazi ideology to fit it