Munich, Germany (August 1914)

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Munich, Germany (August 1914)
Time magazine cover (March 1933)
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Chapter 2 Leadership Will Adolf Hitler Nazi
Ideology 29-51

• Big Picture Questions
• What was Hitlers background how was his
  worldview shaped by broader events (WWI, Great
  Depression)?
• What was Hitlers worldview (Nazi ideology)
  who were the members of his inner circle?
• How why did the Nazis (NSDAP) rise to power
  what factors contributed to the end of democracy
  in Germany?
• Was the rise of Hitler the Nazis inevitable?

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Mein Kampf, 1925
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Chapter 3 From Revolution to Routine Nazi
Germany, 1933-1938 53-80
Big Picture Questions 1) In what ways did the
Nazis implement Hitlers ideology during the
peacetime years? 2) What was life like for
different segments of Germanys population under
early Nazi rule? Responses of masses? 3) What
was the Nazi revolution at home in foreign
policy? 4) What made the Nazi reforms routine
(systematizing violence, centralizing power,
legalizing brutality)? 72-80
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1928 Reichstag election poster Caption "Break
the Dawes Chains."
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Nazi poster (ca. 1930) The Red War. Mother or
Comrade? Man or Machine? God or the Devil?
Blood or Gold? Race or Bastard? Popular music
or jazz? National Socialism or Bolshevism?
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Words coming from snake usury, Versailles,
unemployment, war guilt lie, Marxism, Bolshevism,
lies and betrayal, inflation, Locarno, Dawes
Pact, Young Plan, corruption, Barmat, Kutistker,
Sklarek, prostitution, terror, civil war.
Reichstag election poster (Sept. 1930)
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Election poster (1932) Top "We are voting for
Hindenburg! Middle We are voting for
Hitler! Bottom "Look at these faces and you'll
know where you belong!"
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Why did Germans support Hitler the Nazis?
Poster (March 1936) "No German must freeze. 11.5
million cubic meters of coal have been provided
by the Winter Relief. That is 4 times the volume
of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. That is one of
the Führer's accomplishments. Give him your
vote!"
Poster (March 1936) German construction
expenditures rose from 10.9 billion Marks in 1932
to 14.5 billion in 1935. "That is what Adolf
Hitler has done for German craftsmen. All classes
vote on 29 March for freedom, peace and
construction."
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Poster (1936) "The Führer promised to motorize
Germany. In 1932, 104,000 motor vehicles were
manufactured, 33,000 people were employed, and
goods with a total value of 295,000,000 marks
were produced. In 1935, 353,000 vehicles were
manufactured, Over 100,000 people were employed,
and the value of goods produced was 1,150,000,000
marks. The Führer gave 250,000 people's comrades
jobs in the auto industry and its suppliers.
German people Thank the Führer on 29 March! Give
him your vote!"