PDF-Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Corps The ter founded unist Party ofGermany Communists and Socialists henceforth became irreconcilableenemies and could not make common cause against Hitler Bothrevolutionaries and militant nationa. L/O – To examine the causes, events and consequences of the Night of the Long Knives. Now that Hitler had dictatorial powers, he set about consolidating Nazi authority over the country.. Key groups such as the army and big business had to be brought under Nazi control, and threats from within the party also had to be addressed.. and the Rise of Nazism. The Treaty of Versailles. Versailles . i. s a grand palace outside of the city of Paris, France. At the end of WWI, leaders from the countries involved in the war met there to write a treaty. The Treaty of Versailles explained what the winners would gain and what the losers would lose. . Adolf Hitler : Was Hitler a passionat Ines, Jasmine, Crosby. Background Information. “Evil” man. Nationalist. “Very disorganized structure of demand” – Ian Kershaw. Mein . Kampf. Policies were “cheap promises”. Intense historical debate. "The play is not so much an attack on. Hitler, but rather upon the. complacency of the people who were. able to resist him, but didn't.“ . Brecht. Allegory/ parable/ satire. Brecht wrote the play in 1941, to allegorically reflect the rise of the Nazi’s in Germany (he had already fled the country at this point) and was written to be produced in America.. www.educationforum.co.uk. Deep anger about the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles created an underlying . bitterness and desire for revenge . to which Hitler’s viciousness and expansionism appealed, so they gave him support.. Hitler was also a World War I veteran. Hitler was also enraged over the peace settlement following World War I. Hitler joined the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party in 1919. “. Nationalsozialistische. Created by:. The Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee. February 2008. Born in Austria. Braunau-am-Inn. Insert Hitler Family tree. Reared Catholic. Adolf (center) with schoolmates, 1900.. St. . Michael’s Catholic Church attended by Hitler as a child. . At the end of World War I and under the threat of a communist revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Weimar. Set up a democratic government known as the Weimar Republic. our Propaganda Lesson. Rise of Nazism Background:. The democratic government in Germany after World War I (Weimar Republic) faced major problems. A political party called the Nazi . Party (led by Hitler) . Although Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933 he was only the leader of a coalition government.. So how did he manage to turn Germany into a dictatorship?. Removing Opposition. Feb. 1933 – Reichstag fire. The Diary of Anne Frank “ WebQuest ” How did the end of WWI leave Germany open to follow a man like Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party ? Propaganda didn’t prepare Germany for the defeat in WWI. They were punished by the Allies and were disarmed and forced to pay reparations to France and Britain. The new government (Weimar Republic) could not handle the depressed economy or the rampant lawlessness and disorder. __________________________________________________________________________ Shoah Resource Center, The International School for Holocaust Studies As the humiliated social and ec . by Mark Tibbles MSc. . THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES. WWI ended on 11/11/1918.. The following year 28/061919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed..