2. Hitler's early life and
role in Germany
Born in Austria in 1889
He was a part of the German army
He was an undercover agent who wanted to
get rid of communist .
He was a member of the Nazi party in 1919
He went to prison for treason for 9 months
He wrote a book called Mein Kampf (my
struggle )
Hitler became chancellor in 1933
Hitler was a dictator
He had the title Fuhrer meaning leader
3. Key words
Nazism : a system and structure of ideas about the world and politics
Swastika: the symbol of the Nazi party
Holocaust : to burn
Reichstag : The government buildings in Germany
Dictatorship : Leader has complete control without opposition
Totalitarian : One party has full control no one other party has a say.
4. Reasons for the Hitler's rise to power
World war 1 caused an economic
crisis
The treaty of Versailles
Wall street crash
The great depression
5. Weimar republic
Germany was known as Weimar republic in the
1920’s
It was not strong enough politically
The Weimar constitution was flawed
The great depression caused economic issues
A election was called by Hindenburg
Nazis support grew in 1932 and the Nazi party
became the biggest
6. Reichstag
IIn February 1933
Reichstag building caught
on fire
Herman Goring a minister
to Hitler arrested
Act of terrorism ,communist
plot
Hitler sieve power due to
emergency
7. Race in
Germany
Hitler only believed in
a pure German race
where people had
blonde hair and blue
eyes everyone else
were considered to be
inferior and this race
was called the Aryan
race.
He called them the
master race
8. Hitler's hatred
for Jews
Jejews considered inferior by Hitler
1935 Nuremberg laws Jews were no longer
citizens
They couldn’t go to german schools,their
businesses were boycotted ,jews could not
marry a non jew
In 1938 broken glass night jews were
attacked ,Their businesses vandalized ,their
synagogs burned ,they were shot and sent to
prison camps
Genocide took place