Searching for Security After The Great War

Hitler

The Rise ofGermany(1919 - 1923)Weimar Government is unstablereparation payments = economic woesseveral attempts to overthrow the govtrise of extremist groups

Treaty of VersaillesArticle 231 (War Guilt Clause) led to the popularity of any political party promising to make Germany strong again

Fear of Communism1919 Spartacist revolt = fear of a communist revolutionthe middle class and industrialists will support parties that oppose the communists

Free Saxony from Marxist TrashDissatisfaction with the Weimar Governmentit signed the Treaty of Versaillesinability to pull Germany out of the Great Depression after 1929

69 Years of TributeCoal is BreadFrench Invasion of the Ruhr1923 - when Germany could not pay reparation payments France sent forces into the Ruhrthey confiscated coal and shipped it to Francethis lead to hyperinflation in Germany

Hyperinflation

Price indexJuly 19141.0Jan 19192.6July 19193.4Jan 192012.6Jan 192114.4July 192114.3Jan 192236.7July 1922100.6Jan 19232,785July 1923194,000Nov 1923726,000,000,0001920: A 50 Mark Note: (a reasonable denomination)

1923: A 20 TRILLION Mark Note: ("Milliarden" means a million million)

Munich Putsch1923 - Hitler led an attempted coupjailed (could have faced execution as a traitor)

Mein Kampfafter being sentenced to prison for the Munich Putsch Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

1928

BreakThe DawesChainscharismatic appeal of Hitlermesmerizing speakervery popularpromised what the Germans wanted to hear

the Great Depressioneconomic hardship meant Germans were attracted to solutions to their problemsCommunism or Fascism offered solutions

SAHitlers private armyhired thugs beat up communists in the streets

1930

The Red words are:usury, Versailles, unemployment, war guilt lie, Marxism, Bolshevism, lies and betrayal, inflation, Locarno, Dawes Pact, Young Plan, corruption, Barmat, Kutistker, Sklarek [the last three Jews involved in major financial scandals], prostitution, terror, civil warArticle 48Article 48 of the Weimar constitution allowed the President to govern by decree during a national emergencyit was used frequently between 1929-1933 and Hitler used it to manipulate the March 1933 national elections

President von HindenburgPresident of the Weimar Republic from 1925-34he was sympathetic toward the Nazi because of their goal to make Germany stronger and their anti-communist stance

The Reichstag FireFebruary 1933the German parliament buildings were destroyed by fireHitler blamed the CommunistsArticle 48 was used to restrict the electoral activities of the opposition parties

Party Representation in the Reichstag 1920-1933The Enabling ActMarch 1933Hitler used intimidation to force the passage of the Enabling Actthis gave him emergency dictatorial powers for 4 years

Leader we follow you!Yes!

Propaganda

What makes good propaganda?

Germany livesEconomic Prosperitymodern transportation system was builtmassive highway system (Autobahns)

lebensraumliving spaceGermany needed room for its expanded population

heimata chance to create a racially pure state (aryan race)

How do you get rid of non-aryans?Nuremburg Lawsdefined German citizenship on racial groundsnon-aryans were not granted citizenshipthe creation on a heimat implied the removal of non-aryansNight of the Broken GlassKristallnachtJewish shops were destroyed and goods confiscated

Holocaustgenocideconcentration campsextermination camps