1. Hitler & Rise of Nazi Germany

2. Adolf Hitler
Born in Austria, moved to Germany & fought in German army during World War I
Failed attempt to seize power in Munich sends him to prison
Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle) in prison
Extreme nationalism, racism & antisemitism
Believed Germans belonged to superior master race of light-skinned Europeans. Greatest enemy=Jews
Basic book for Nazi goals & ideology

3. Hitler’s Rise to Power
He promised to end reparations, create jobs & defy Treaty of Versailles
Elected chancellor in 1933 through legal, democratic means
Suspended civil rights and destroyed the socialists & communists
Nazi became the only party in Germany

4. Hitler’s Third Reich
Established the Third Reich in which he said the German master race would dominate Europe for 1,000 years
Hitler organized a brutal system of terror, repression & totalitarian rule
Nazis controlled ALL areas of German life

5. Campaign Against Jews Begins
Nuremburg Laws- placed severe restrictions on Jews: couldn’t marry a non-Jew, attend German schools, hold government jobs, publish books, or practice law/medicine
Kristallnacht- The Night of Broken Glass
Attack on all Jews; Nazis smashed windows, looted shops, burned synagogues, and publicly beat Jews

7. The Holocaust
Jews were sent to concentration camps, detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state
“Final Solution”- genocide, deliberate murder, of all Jews
Kill all people he judged racially inferior: Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, and mentally ill

8. The Holocaust
Special death camps were built: Auschwitz, Sobibor, and Treblinka
Nazis deisgned the most efficient means of killing millions of men, women and children
When Jews reached camps, stripped of their clothes & separated
Young, old & sick targeted for immediate killing
Headed into shower rooms & gassed
Others used as medical experiments
Most people pretended not to notice what was happening
By 1945, Nazis had killed around 6 million Jews