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Nazism and rise of Hitler
overview
In the spring of 1945,a 11 years German boy lined his parents
saying that now the time had come, Allies will punish for all that
we done with other people.
His father was a Nazi supporter.
Hitler and Nazi supporters collectively did subside in there
chamber.
Because they have did crime against humanity, peace, and war
crime.
They did mass murder of 6million Jews, 2 laky gypsies, 1 million
polish, 70 thousand Germans.
The Nuremberg tribunal sentenced only 7 Nazis to death. Many
were imprisoned for life.
Allies didn’t become too harsh as were become after 1ww.
Because rise of Nazi was due to harshness after 1ww .
Birth of Weimar republic
 German fought 1ww(1914-18)against allies.
 Initially German occupied France and Belgium.
 By the entry of US by the side of Allies ,Allies won.
 After the defeat of German , emperor abdicated and a National Assembly
met at Weimar,establised democratic constitution.
 Deputies were elected by universal vote cast.
 But ,it was not received well by it’s own people.
 Due to following reasons-
1. It did a harsh peace treaty at Versailles with Allies.
2. Due to which German lost 1/3 of it’s population , 75%of its iron and 26%
coal to France, Poland , Denmark and Lithuania.
3. Allies forced German to pay 6 euro billion .
 This is known as Treaty of versilliass.
THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR
 WW1 left a devastigating impact on entire continents in ww1 both
psychologically and financially.
 The war guilt, national humiliation and war companion was gone on the
head of Weimar republic
 Who supported Weimar republic mainly Socialist, Cat holist, and
Democrats. They become easy target to attack in nationalist circles.
 They were mockingly know as “November Criminals’’.
 Soldiers were placed higher than civilians.
 The media glorified trench life .
 But, truth was opposite soldiers live miserable live in trenches trapped with
rat feeding on corpse.
 They face poisonous gas and enemy shelling and there ranks were reduced
rapidly.
 Infant democracy couldn’t survive the instability of interwar Europe and
popular support grew for conservative democracy.
political radicalism and economic crises-
 Weimar republic was coincided with the revolutionary upspring of Sparta cist
League which is on the pattern of Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
 In Berlin political atmosphere changed, they demanded soviet style
government. But Weimar republic opposed it .
 The Weimar republic crushed the upspring with the help of a war veterans
organization known as free crops.
 Later, Sparta cists formed the Communist party of German.
 They become enemas and could not become a common cause against Hitler.
 German had fought ww1 on lines and now he had to pay reparation in the form
of gold.
 In 1923, German reused to pay war’s compensation thus France occupied Ruhr
to claim it’s coal.
 German retained with passive resistance and printed money recklessly.
 Printing of money cause hyperinflation.(it is a situation when, pries rise ).
 USA bailed Germany out of crises by introducing Dawes Plane.
 This worked to remove financial burden on German.
The year of depression
 The stability of 1924-1928 was made up on sand.
 In USA wall streets exchange classed in 1929.
 The income of USA fell by half and this recession felt
worldwide.
 The German’s production reduced by 40%. No. of
unemployment touched 6 million.
 The unemployed youth engaged in criminal activities and
play cards.
 Savings of common people diminished due to increasing
prizes.
 The defeat of weimar republic was also due to the article
48 which gives president power to impose emergency
suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
 People lost confidence in democracy.
The destruction of democracy
On 30 Jan 1933 president Hindenburg offered Hitler
chancellorship.
On 28 fib 1933 a mysterious fire broken in parliament
and indefinitely suspended the rights of peoples.
On 3 march 1933 , enabling act passed. Act established
dictatorship in German.
For Nazism's protection Hitler spread out troops ex-
Gestapo , sis, criminal police, security service.
 Hitler assigned hallmark Schacht who took responsibity of
economy.
 He unsexed and invented a car Volkswagen.
 On 1936 , German reoccupied Rhineland.
 In 1938 he integrated Australia .
 Hitler neglected economist advice and choice war for economic
crises.
 On 1939 sep , German invalid Poland.
 This started a war with France and England.
 In 1940, Tripartite pact was signed between German, Itly,Japan .
 In 1941, he attacked soviet union.
 Hitler exposed German's western front to British aerial bombing
and eastern front with soviet armies.
 He fought until he reached heart of Berlin.
 On may 1945 he defeated and US dropped atom bomb on Japan
because Japan bombed US naval base .
The Nazi worldwide
Ideology of Hitler was that no equality is in between people
but by there racial hierarchy.
Blond , blue – eyed Nordic Aryans were on top and Jews at
lowest.
He occupy this idea from thinkers – Charles Darwin and
Herbert Spencer .
Other expect of Hitler's ideology was lebensraum or living
space.
He belived that new territories must be occupied for
settlement.
He moved in eastward direction and Poland become the
laboratory for racial experiment.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RACIAL STATE;
 Nazi wanted only a society of ‘ pure and healthy Aryans’. He
made a stereotype that that Aryans are superior and others
are inferior.
 When German occupied Poland and Russia he forced them
to do slave labor.
 Jews were the worst sufferer of Nazi society because they
had been stereotype that they are the killer of Christ and
usurers.
 They live in separate marked areas known as ghettos.
 From 1933-38, Nazi terrorized pauperized and segregated
Jews and compiling them to leave the country
 From 1939-45,consuntrated them in marked areas and kill
them in gas chambers at Poland.
the radical utopia;