The Rise of Nazism

Introduction
O Totalitariansim
4 Monarchies that Iell were replaced by young democracies
4 emocracy is not easy or natural; takes great deal oI eIIort
4 played a central role in and the inter-war years
O conomic Problems
4 nIlation borrowing crisis Ior all government
4 %he German war bonds were worthless so nobody was helped
4 n entire generation was dead Irom war no workers
4 %his all happens because the French and the other allies keep demanding war
reparations
4 %he Germans say they just can`t pay, so the French march on German in 1923
4 1 trillion marcs are equal to one US dollar by the time it`s all said and done
4 %hen, there were the Golden Years oI the eimar Republic- but then a lot oI stuII
happens to them
%he great depression in 1929 (US calls up on Germany`s debt)
%hey lose a lot oI land and have no choice but to sign the %reaty oI
Versailles- even though they hate it
emobilized soldiers are very angry that their government has Iailed
them- that their sacriIices were in vain
%he eimar Republic (democratic society) is doomed to Iail
4 Mastering the Great epression
ew possibilities Ior totalitarianism
O esson learned is that total mobilization is what makes us
successIul, thus we see growth oI Facism, azism, and Stalinism
4 rphan by the age oI 18
ived as a vagabond in Vienna, ustria with a bunch oI Iringe- thinkers
%hey.
O ated Jews, wanted nationalism, etc.
4 Volunteered to Iight Ior Germany during (went Ior the Bavarian Regiment)
itler learned through several war injuries that politics is about struggle
e saw as a turning point Ior Germany

Returns to Munich in early 1919
Part oI the early revolutions wanted to see the Bavarian monarchy topple

O azi Party in the eimar Republic
O SP: ational Socialist German orkers Party. 1920 Iounding oI the SP
O %hey want Versailles overturned and they don`t like the eimar (more people join up
in 1923 because there is hyper inIlation)
O as a small Iollowing in the city oI Munich
Germany is Ior all Germans; regardless oI where they may be- this state exists Ior those who are
part oI the German national camaraderiethe Jews and Poles shouldn`t have jobs and shouldn`t
be citizens
O arning money without working (investment, owning stocks and bonds) is wrong:
workers are the heroes

1923 Beer all Putsch
%hey try to overthrow the government, but the police surround them
2 get shot, the rest are jailed
%he Bavarian judges themselves were very kind to itler in their ruling (he could have
been executed) mostly, because they like his ideas
hile in jail Ior 2 years, he wrote Mein Kampf- outlined hatred Ior Jews and their
responsibilities Ior capitalism and socialism- the world`s vices

%he eimar wanted compromise, consensus, and democracy

itler said and hated the SP, didn`t like the weakness oI emocracy wanted a
central uthoritarian government

%his is an interesting idea. the Jews seen as a boogey- man who had ruined liIe Ior
everyone else throughout history.

Got out oI jail in 1925
- n 1925, things have gotten better Ior the average German, so the azi`s have trouble
getting lots oI Iollowers- but they are extremely active and very vocal so they seem to
have greater power than their numbers really warrant
- n 1928, they get a seat in parliament, drop the socialistic part oI their message and
hammer at the idea oI ationalism; they wish to appeal speciIically to the lower
middleclass or Middlestand

- n1932, when the economy is going bad, they get a bigger Iollowing with 38 oI the
vote- they are the largest party, but by no means a majority

C. %he SP in power: 'Seizure oI Power January 30, 1933- itler demands the
Chancellorship and he gets it

%he azi`s want total control, and they largely get it. %hey Iind ways to either kill, jail, or exiled

nabling ct March 23, 1933 xpands the executive power oI the Chancellor, reduces
parliamentary power the SP doesn`t support it, but they`re the only ones

Coordination June and July,

%error Concentration camps open in 1933; and they are VRYR opponents
(Comunists, Socialists, etc.) get thrown in there so everybody changes their mind on politics, lest
they get thrown in their local camp