Hitler's Early Years Born in Austria, Hitler twice failed the entrance exam into the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna. Used Jews as a scapegoat claiming they controlled admissions. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. Hitler had no siblings and both his parents died at a young age. n 1909 Hitler ran out of money and was forced to live a bohemian life in homeless shelters and a men's hostel.[41] He earned money as a casual labourer and by painting and selling watercolours of Vienna's sights

Hitler's Early Years Hitler moved to Germany in 1913 and fought in WWI. Hitler hated the Weimar Republic for signing the Treaty of Versailles. Received Iron Cross, Temporary blinded by mustard Gas

Hitler Leads the Nazis 1919 Hitler joined the Nazis (National Socialist German Workers’ Party). Fascism - dictatorial government that is violently nationalistic, imperialistic, and anti-communist. Started in Italty by Mussolini  Felt democracy was weak because it put individual rights above national goals.

Hitler Leads the Nazis Hitler was an intense, energetic, and motivating public speaker Hitler crafted Nazi ideology and introduced symbols such as the swastika, created the Brownshirts to fight political enemies

Hitler Leads the Nazis Beer Hall Putsch 1923-Hitler led a takeover of a govt meeting at a Munich beer hall. German army surrounded the beer hall, killed several Nazis and ended his failed revolution. From Hitler's perspective, there were three positive benefits from this attempt to seize power unlawfully. First, the putsch brought Hitler to the attention of the German nation and generated front page headlines in newspapers around the world.

Hitler Leads the Nazis Hitler was sentenced to prison, but would serve less than a year. During this time Hitler wrote Mein Kampf Mein Kampf gives Hitler’s ideology of extreme nationalism, racism, and anti-Semitism.

Hitler's Ideology “Germany needed to gain lebensraum, or “living space” in the east by conquering and inhabiting inferior countries of Poland and Russia”

Hitler's Ideology “Germany did not lose WWI but was betrayed by corrupt politicians, communists, and Jews” His putsch and new book made him popular, upon leaving prison he gained many followers veterans and those frustrated with the Weimar Republic.

Winning the Masses The Great Depression Unemployment during the Depression caused Nazi membership to grow. Hitler’s message of ending the reparations, creating jobs, nationalism appealed to many. With the democratic Weimar government weak and divided, the Nazis continued to win more and more seats in the German legislature, known as the Reichstag.

Hitler Appointed Chancellor Winning the Masses Hitler appointed chancellor in January 1933. Hitler Appointed Chancellor Power in Germany was split three ways: chancellor, the Reichstag, and President Hindenburg. There was also the army, which currently favored Hindenburg and the Reichstag, but not Hitler.

Path to Dictatorship Step 1: The Reichstag Fire Reichstag fire less than a month after Hitler was appointed chancellor. Hitler blamed communists, had them banned from the Reichstag.

Path to Dictatorship Step 2: The Enabling Act Enabling Act-gave Hitler power to single-handedly pass emergency laws for four years. With the power to make his own laws Hitler threw out the democratic constitution, banned other political parties, censored the media, and spread Nazi propaganda. Act could be renewed Those who protested the takeover were sent to concentration camps by the Gestapo, a branch of Hitler’s SS (special security) that carried out his brutality within Germany.

Path to Dictatorship Step 3: Winning the Army Army didn’t support Hitler because they fought with Brownshirts. June 1934- Hitler ordered the killing of Brownshirt leaders on the “Night of the Long Knives.” Army generals were pleased.

Path to Dictatorship August 1934 the aging Hindenburg died. Hitler declared himself “Fuhrer” or ultimate leader of Germany Step 4: Der Fuhrer