PPT-The Rise of Hitler Weimar republic

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. Week 10, December 2. The rise of unemployment. Unemployment and radical votes. Bold line. : unemployed. White line. : votes for the NSDAP and KPD. . (. Bundesarchiv. ). Reichstag and . Landtag. elections. Recall & Recap. Can you remember. 5 facts about those . who opposed the WR?. Was the Weimar Republic saved because the Left was weak?. Who posed the greatest threat to the Weimar Republic?. What crises did the Weimar Republic face 1919-1923?. Path to War. Japan’s . Expansion in Asia. heavily depended on foreign sources on raw . material .  Island Nation. 1931 – 1933 Japanese . military . invades and conquers Chinese province of Manchuria. Adolph Hitler. Hitler’s youth.  . Adolph Hitler was born April 20, 1889(his old family name was . Schickelgruber. ). He was a failure for the first 30 years of his life. During WWI he was a dispatch runner on the Western Front. He was being treated for temporary blindness due to poison gas when he heard the armistice was signed, disappointed with the outcome. http://oneillworldhistory.wikispaces.com/. 5/8: Influence. Many historians critique Walt Disney’s “Education for Death” cartoon as racist propaganda against the German race. How does Walt Disney portray the average German citizen in “Education for Death”, and do you think this is a fair depiction? Why or why not? If could sum up the message of this cartoon in one sentence, what would it be? . 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.. Do Now: What are some of the struggles that people faced in rebuilding their lives at the end of World War I?. People clearing up rubble after WWI.. Unit Essential Question: What . political and economic challenges did the Western world face in the 1920s and the 1930s, and how did various countries react to these challenges? . Path to War. Japan’s . Expansion in Asia. heavily depended on foreign sources on raw . material .  Island Nation. 1931 – 1933 Japanese . military . invades and conquers Chinese province of Manchuria. in Germany . Key Events. Why did Germany turn to Totalitarian rule during the 1920s and 1930s and what happened when Hitler . and the Nazis came . to power? .  . Step 1: . (in small groups) . Look through the 11 slides you are given. Created by:. The Birmingham Holocaust Education Committee. February 2008. The Holocaust. . Adolf Hitler. Economy. Antisemitism. German Nationalism. Nazi Propaganda. Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Germany. in November 1918. This was a time of despair and hope for Germany. At first, the country faced lots of chaos but under Gustav Stresemann, there was some stability. . Key events. 2. 1918 . World War One ended.. power. . What did he say he was going to do in Germany? . 5 . complete, detailed sentences. In your Do Now Section, write what you think this quote tells you:. “With the rise of Nazism, nothing Jews had done for their country . Although Hitler was an . Austrian. , he joined the . German. Army in WWI. . He was . never. an officer.. He was wounded in the leg and temporarily blinded by mustard gas. While he was in the hospital, he became convinced that his . . 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..