Nazi Germany

Guided Reading

Pg. 912-914 World History:

Patterns of Interaction

Rise of the Nazis

• Political group believed that the Treaty of Versailles had to be overturned

• Wanted to combat communism

• National Socialist German Workers’ Party

Symbol

• Swastika (hooked cross)

Der Fuhrer

• Hitler became the “leader” of the party

Mein Kampf

• A failed coup plot landed Hitler in jail where he wrote a book

• The book outlined his beliefs and goals for Germany

• He declared all non-Aryans were inferior and that Germany should regain its lost lands from the Treaty of Versailles

Lebensraum

• Hitler claimed Germany needed more room, “living space”

Chancellor Hitler

• 1932 Nazi Party gained popularity due to the Depression

• 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor and now had legal power

• Immediately took charge and changed Germany (See Fascism Notes)

Fuhrer is Supreme

• Used propaganda to shape favorable public opinion

• Burned books

• Forced children to join the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls

War on the Jews

• Anti-Semitism

• Jews were blamed for Germany’s economic problems

• Anti-Jewish laws were passed depriving them of basic rights

• Violence against Jews started