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Hitlers Willing Executioners 91 Daniel Jonah Goldhagen Germans antisemitic beliefs about Jews were the central causal agent of the Holocaust They were the central causal agent not only ordinary. 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.. ALL OF US will be able to give reasons why Hitler became Chancellor and extract information from sources. (E3-D2). EVEN BETTER IF you can explain reasons how Hitler became Chancellor use your own knowledge to explain why a source is/. Outline of what we’ll cover..... Hitler’s aims and The Treaty of Versailles. Rearmament. Expansion. Anchluss. Appeasement. Nazi-Soviet Pact. Task...Let’s see what you already know..work in pairs... Hitler’s Remaining obstacles. Had to get rid of any persons/organizations of power with allegiances anywhere but with him. . Would need Nazi judges, chiefs of police, law makers, teachers, doctors etc. to all pledge allegiance to the Nazi cause. . Background: . Many of the branches of the Nazi Party had their own propaganda offices. This includes nine weekly quotation posters issued by the Propaganda Office of the Hitler Youth headquarters in Berlin. According to the catalog of the Deutsche . Ines, Jasmine, Crosby. Background Information. “Evil” man. Nationalist. “Very disorganized structure of demand” – Ian Kershaw. Mein . Kampf. Policies were “cheap promises”. Intense historical debate. September 1935. Nazi Institutionalized Racism. The Night of the Long Knives . June 30, 1934. Referred to as the Röhm Putsch named after Ernst Röhm. Built the Stormtrooper organization to 2.5 million by 1934. 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. in Germany. Weimar Republic. In 1919, after centuries of totalitarian rule, the German nation established a republic. A constitution written at eh city of Weimar created the first attempt at democracy in Germany. From its beginning, the Weimar Republic was plagued by a series of problems. The new republic seemed doomed to fail from the beginning.. L/O – To identify the steps Hitler took in dismantling the Weimar Republic and consolidating his power. What problems did Hitler face?. Hitler was appointed Chancellor on . 30. th. January 1933. . Yet his power was . G Moore. AIMS. UNITE ALL GERMAN SPEAKING PEOPLE. GET RID OF . HATED . TREATY of VERSAILLES. MORE LIVING . SPACE. RE-ARM GERMANY. RE-ARMING GERMANY. VERY UNHAPPPY WITH . VERSAILLES . RESTRICTIONS. INTRODUCED CONSCRIPTION. What I want you to know. …. Vocabulary. Nazism. : German brand of fascism. Der . Führer. : leader of the Nazi party. Swastika. : symbol of the Nazi party. “Mein . Kampf. ”. : book written by Hitler. 1933-1939. Hitler in power . 1933 Chancellor . The Reichstag Fire. Night of Long Knives – Rohm + SA . eliminated. Fuhrer in 1934 (President Hindenburg died. ). 2. 1936 Full employment – Volkswagen. 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.