1930s GERMANY

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RISE OF HITLER AND NAZIS

Germany crashes along with United States in 1929.

6, 000, 000 unemployed Germans.

German people willing to listen to extremists who promise a better, stronger Germany.

Great Depression in Germany, Election of 1932

What is the relationship between NAZI votes and unemployment?

Hitlers Economic Plan

Rearmament
Hitler Youth: Education, Jobs, Environmental care

Public Works Highways

Treaty of Versailles
Germany stopped paying war debt between 1929-1931, Hitler DENIED any future payment once elected.

Rebuilt German army to WW1 levels.

Blamed JEWS for German Surrender, Not military defeat

Did his plan work?

Can we trust this chart? Why or why not?

The Dark Side of NAZI Germany

Secret Police. 250, 000 members by 1939. Had to prove they had no Jewish relations. Detained and usually killed any critic of the NAZI party.
On the Left: Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Holocaust.

Anti-Jewish Boycotts
German population 1933: 67 million Jewish population of Germany 1932: 505, 050 First anti-Jewish measure: a nationwide boycott

Nuremberg Code of 1935

Article 1: Only those with German Blood could be German citizens. 3 grandparents and both parents must be pure German. Article 2: Jews and Germans cannot marry. All mixed marriages before law was passed are cancelled.

Additions forbade jews from hiring German workers, going to public places, and required identification.

How could it happen?

German and Jewish citizens of Germany had been neighbors, business partners, friends. Some, many even married and had families.

How do you think Hitler was able to turn regular people into bystanders who stood by even if they did not share his hatred?