This document outlines a course on Hitler's rise to power in Germany from 1933 to 1945, referred to as the "12-Year Reich". The course is divided into sessions that cover Hitler's consolidation of power and establishment of a dictatorship from 1933 to 1936 in the first session. It provides reading recommendations and highlights key points about the instability of post-WW1 Germany and Hitler's early failures that were transformed by his experience in World War 1 and postwar work in Munich.

1. The 12-Year Reich
1933-1945

2. Course Outline
Hitler Ascendant; Establishing the
Dictatorship, 1933-1936
Hitler Ascendant; Prelude to War, 1936-1939
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Westen, 1939-1940
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Osten? 1941-1942
Hitler Brought Down; Closing the Ring,
1943-1944
Hitler Brought Down; Nemesis, 1944-1945

3. Session 1
Hitler Ascendant;
Establishing the Dictatorship
1933-36
for further study
Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Hubris, 1889-1936. vol 1,
pp. 431-591.
Richard Grundberger, The 12-Year Reich.
Choose topics which interest you.

6. Key Points from Falldisastrous war
Session
• Wilhelmine Germany experienced a
that led to an incomplete revolution and a democracy
born in defeat.
• important themes in German intellectual history
glorified militarism, were anti-modern, and idealized
volkish Aryan culture.
• Hitler experienced early failure until the war and
his post-war work in Munich gave him an outlet for
his hatred.
• the economic burdens faced by the Weimar Republic
gave its enemies the opportunity to destroy
democracy.
• Hitler was put in power by right wing extremists
who thought they could use him. They were wrong.

10. Concentration Camp (K.Z.) ID File

16. Sophie
Scholl

17. Otto
Wels

18. Ernst
Röhm

19. Remarked as 1 billion Reichs Marks

20. Unemployment

21. “We’re boxing him in!”-- Hugenberg

23. Weimar Elections
100.000%
2% 3% 9% 8% 14% 11% 3% 3% 2%
44%
12% 14% 37% 33%
7% 3%
21% 19%
83.333% 12% 3%
22% 20% 14%
23%
66.667% 14% 7%
16%
15% 9% 9%
18% 6%
15% 15% 3% 8%
50.000% 43% 17% 2% 15%
16%
17%
2%
14%
22%
30% 25%
33.333% 22% 20%
26%
21%
18%
16.667% 21%
17%
13% 14% 14%
11% 12%
9% 9%
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25. The 12-Year Reich
1933-1945

26. Course Outline
Hitler Ascendant; Establishing the
Dictatorship, 1933-1936
Hitler Ascendant; Prelude to War, 1936-1939
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Westen, 1939-1940
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Osten? 1941-1942
Hitler Brought Down; Closing the Ring,
1943-1944
Hitler Brought Down; Nemesis, 1944-1945

27. Session 1
Hitler Ascendant;
Establishing the Dictatorship
1933-36
for further study
Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Hubris, 1889-1936. vol 1,
pp. 431-591.
Richard Grundberger, The 12-Year Reich.
Choose topics which interest you.

28. Key Points from Falldisastrous war
Session
• Wilhelmine Germany experienced a
that led to an incomplete revolution and a democracy
born in defeat.
• important themes in German intellectual history
glorified militarism, were anti-modern, and idealized
volkish Aryan culture.
• Hitler experienced early failure until the war and
his post-war work in Munich gave him an outlet for
his hatred.
• the economic burdens faced by the Weimar Republic
gave its enemies the opportunity to destroy
democracy.
• Hitler was put in power by right wing extremists
who thought they could use him. They were wrong.

30. Gestapo ID card

31. SA parade in Berlin, March 1934

39. The saviors
of
Munich,
1919

44. Red
Fighters
League
Freikorps

47. Braunhaus, Munich Nazi Headquarters

49. Matthias
Erzberger

50. The 12-Year Reich
1933-1945

51. Course Outline
Hitler Ascendant; Establishing the
Dictatorship, 1933-1936
Hitler Ascendant; Prelude to War, 1936-1939
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Westen, 1939-1940
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Osten? 1941-1942
Hitler Brought Down; Closing the Ring,
1943-1944
Hitler Brought Down; Nemesis, 1944-1945

52. Session 1
Hitler Ascendant;
Establishing the Dictatorship
1933-36
for further study
Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Hubris, 1889-1936. vol 1,
pp. 431-591.
Richard Grundberger, The 12-Year Reich.
Choose topics which interest you.

53. Key Points from Falldisastrous war
Session
• Wilhelmine Germany experienced a
that led to an incomplete revolution and a democracy
born in defeat.
• important themes in German intellectual history
glorified militarism, were anti-modern, and idealized
volkish Aryan culture.
• Hitler experienced early failure until the war and
his post-war work in Munich gave him an outlet for
his hatred.
• the economic burdens faced by the Weimar Republic
gave its enemies the opportunity to destroy
democracy.
• Hitler was put in power by right wing extremists
who thought they could use him. They were wrong.

55. “Protective custody” document

56. President
Paul
Hindenburg

57. “The SS
calls you”
---
recruiting
pamphlet

58. Weimar cabinet, Müller coalition, 1928-1930

59. All Germany
hears the Führer
with the Peoples Radioreceiver

60. Röhm
betrays
and is
dealt with

61. Communist leaflet denouncing SA murders

64. Hitler leaving Braun Haus, Munich

67. Emergency decree against the Communists

69. Polish
dictator
Joseph
Pilsudski

70. Wandervögeln
Jugend Bewegung --Youth Movement, 1900-1933

71. Östjuden

72. DAF
Deutsche Arbeitsfront
German Labor Front

75. with
spade
&
ear
(of wheat)
German ---
Labor motto of
Front the
(DAF) DAF

76. Encirclement

78. Goebbels’ ID as member of the Reichstag

79. We’re
worker
and
s
awake

80. The 12-Year Reich
1933-1945

81. Course Outline
Hitler Ascendant; Establishing the
Dictatorship, 1933-1936
Hitler Ascendant; Prelude to War, 1936-1939
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Westen, 1939-1940
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Osten? 1941-1942
Hitler Brought Down; Closing the Ring,
1943-1944
Hitler Brought Down; Nemesis, 1944-1945

82. Session 1
Hitler Ascendant;
Establishing the Dictatorship
1933-36
for further study
Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Hubris, 1889-1936. vol 1,
pp. 431-591.
Richard Grundberger, The 12-Year Reich.
Choose topics which interest you.

83. Key Points from Falldisastrous war
Session
• Wilhelmine Germany experienced a
that led to an incomplete revolution and a democracy
born in defeat.
• important themes in German intellectual history
glorified militarism, were anti-modern, and idealized
volkish Aryan culture.
• Hitler experienced early failure until the war and
his post-war work in Munich gave him an outlet for
his hatred.
• the economic burdens faced by the Weimar Republic
gave its enemies the opportunity to destroy
democracy.
• Hitler was put in power by right wing extremists
who thought they could use him. They were wrong.

86. as in WW I
so it is today
We remain
Comrades
in the German Labor Front

87. The German People’s Sorrowful Experience
medal commemorating the hyperinflation, 1923
on 15 Nov 1923
costs
1 pound bread
80 bill Marks
1 pound meat
900 bill M
1 glass beer
52 bill M

89. Germans, Don’t buy from Jews

90. Our
last
hope

92. The meaning
of the
Figure Hitler Greeting
representing
Big
Business
A little man seeks a big gift

93. Freikorps

94. Harzburg Front, 21 Oct 1931

95. Security Service armband
the Worker and Soldier Soviet
of Leipzig

96. Anti-Marxist cartoon

98. proof of Aryan ancestry

99. aged
Pres
Hindenburg

100. Poster for the Independent Socialists

103. Congratulating an Autobahn worker, 1935

104. Führer worship

105. AIZ=
Worker’s
Illustrated
Times
Goebbels
From light
into night
John Heartfield montage of Reichstag fire & book burning

107. Nazi
martyr

108. Nürnberg Party Day, 1934

110. Flamethrower
The “Volk” arise!

112. Remilitarizing the Rhineland, Feb 1936

113. The 12-Year Reich
1933-1945

114. Course Outline
Hitler Ascendant; Establishing the
Dictatorship, 1933-1936
Hitler Ascendant; Prelude to War, 1936-1939
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Westen, 1939-1940
Hitler Victorious; Sieg im Osten? 1941-1942
Hitler Brought Down; Closing the Ring,
1943-1944
Hitler Brought Down; Nemesis, 1944-1945

115. Session 1
Hitler Ascendant;
Establishing the Dictatorship
1933-36
for further study
Ian Kershaw, Hitler, Hubris, 1889-1936. vol 1,
pp. 431-591.
Richard Grundberger, The 12-Year Reich.
Choose topics which interest you.

116. Key Points from Falldisastrous war
Session
• Wilhelmine Germany experienced a
that led to an incomplete revolution and a democracy
born in defeat.
• important themes in German intellectual history
glorified militarism, were anti-modern, and idealized
volkish Aryan culture.
• Hitler experienced early failure until the war and
his post-war work in Munich gave him an outlet for
his hatred.
• the economic burdens faced by the Weimar Republic
gave its enemies the opportunity to destroy
democracy.
• Hitler was put in power by right wing extremists
who thought they could use him. They were wrong.