1. Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany
Chapter 13
Section 5

2. Weimar Republic 1919 – Constitution drafted in city of Weimar
Set up parliamentary system led by a chancellor (prime minister)
Women had right to vote
Had a bill of rights

3. Political Struggles Many parties created weak, unstable government
Weimar Republic disliked, blamed for signing Versailles Treaty
Socialists wanted radical change, like in Russia
Conservatives wanted a strong leader, like Bismarck

4. Runaway Inflation
Germany began falling behind in paying reparations
France takes over Ruhr Valley
Germans protest French occupation, strike
Germany continues to pay them, printing money to do so
Money (German Mark) becomes worthless
Many lose life savings

6. Runaway Inflation
Many blame bankers and investment speculators for crises
many are Jewish
Dawes Plan
France withdrew from Ruhr Valley
America gives Germany loans
Economy stabilizes until Great Depression

7. Hitler
b in Austria
Joins National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) party
Within a year he was its leader

8. Hitler Follows Mussolini’s pattern Writes Mein Kampf in prison
Organized “storm troopers”
coup attempt
Fails, put in prison
Writes Mein Kampf in prison
Spells out his racist ideas
Calls for German expansion
Explains need of a Führer

9. Hitler Released from prison in less than a year Promises
End reparations
Create jobs
Defy Versailles Treaty by rearming Germany
Communists and Nazis become more prominent
Conservative leaders feel Nazis are lesser of 2 evils and Hitler “controllable”
Elected Chancellor

10. Hitler Within a year becomes dictator Destroys Communists
Disbands other political parties
Purges own party
Forms Third Reich
Begins massive public works program
Begins rearming military
Gestapo silences opposition

11. Anti-Semitism Nuremberg Laws Prohibited Jews from
Being German citizens
marrying non-Jews
Attending/teaching at German schools/universities
having government job
Practicing law, medicine
publishing books

12. Anti-Semitism Nov 7, 1938 - A Jew in Paris shot a German diplomat
Hitler incites Kristallnacht (”Night of Broken Glass”)
Mobs attack Jewish communities all over Germany

13. Nazism Organized “Hitler Youth”
School courses and textbooks rewritten to reflect Nazi racial views
Rewarded “pure-blooded Aryan” women for having more children
Glorified German myths and art
Combined Protestant sects into single state church, silenced Catholicism

14. Nazism