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 ID: 464741
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The Rise of Hitler
Hitler was also a World War I veteranSlide2
Hitler was also enraged over the peace settlement following World War ISlide3
Hitler joined the National Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party in 1919
“
Nationalsozialistische
Deutsche
Arbeiterparte
”
He led an uprising against the German government…which only landed him in jailSlide4
While jailed, he wrote his autobiography
Mein
Kampf
(published 1925) in which he discussed:
Nazi philosophy
Problems of
Germany
Plans for the
nationSlide5
In time, the Nazi party was the largest group in the Reichstag, and as a result, Hitler became a key leader in the German state
Chancellor (1933)Slide6
Once in power legally, he silenced opposition, suspended civil liberties, and convinced the government to give him dictatorial powers (the
Enabling Act
)Slide7
The Third Reich and Aryanism
The Third Reich was supposed to be the most powerful and longest lasting German power
1
st
Reich
(900s-1806)
2
nd Reich(1871-1918)
3
rd
Reich
(1933--?)Slide8
O
ratory and propaganda
“racial-nationalism”
Darwinian racial struggleSlide9
The
Aryan race
(Hitler’s perspective) refers to pure-blooded people who are seen as being at the top of the white raceSlide10
Hitler’s propaganda viewed Aryans in the following ways:Slide11
Aryans in their ideal state were blond-haired, blue-eyed German men and women…Slide12
However, what was most important was that you had pure German blood
SchutzstaffelSlide13
The “
Untermensch
” are those people who are not of pure blood
“subhuman”Slide14
Hitler sees a war between the races as inevitable and
desirableSlide15
Hitler believed he would be the savior of Germany and the world