GERMANY 1918 1945 ADOLF HITLER April 20 th

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GERMANY 1918 -1945

GERMANY 1918 -1945

ADOLF HITLER � *April 20 th 1889 in Austria � † April 30 th

ADOLF HITLER � *April 20 th 1889 in Austria � † April 30 th 1945 in Berlin � Chancellor and dictator (Führer) � Leader of Nazi-Party (NSDAP) � Just Austrian citizen until 1932

WEIMAR REPUBLIC � 1918 announcement of republic � 1919 first elections � chancellor: Philipp

WEIMAR REPUBLIC � 1918 announcement of republic � 1919 first elections � chancellor: Philipp Scheidemann � president: Friedrich Ebert

WEIMAR CONSTITUTION � Equality � Religious liberty � School attendance � Social rights

WEIMAR CONSTITUTION � Equality � Religious liberty � School attendance � Social rights

WHAT IS PROPAGANDA? � information, ideas, or rumors spread widely to help or harm

WHAT IS PROPAGANDA? � information, ideas, or rumors spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

DAP TO NSDAP – HIS ILLEGAL TRY � 1919: joined the DAP � 1920:

DAP TO NSDAP – HIS ILLEGAL TRY � 1919: joined the DAP � 1920: Change of name � 1921: Propagated as savior of the German nation � Attempted coup: wanted to take over cabinet � Embargo of Nazi-Party � Hitler in jail

HIS LEGAL “TRY” � 1925: reestablishment of NSDAP � Legal way � Dispositions everywhere

HIS LEGAL “TRY” � 1925: reestablishment of NSDAP � Legal way � Dispositions everywhere –> 100 per day � January 1933: NSDAP takes over power � chancellor: Adolf Hitler � president since 1925: Paul von Hindenburg

BEGINNING OF THE GERMAN REICH � Art. 48 Decree of the Reich President for

BEGINNING OF THE GERMAN REICH � Art. 48 Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State or Reichstag Fire Decree � constitutional amendment � Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich

CHANGES � No worker unions � Law against the reestablishment of parties � Preparing

CHANGES � No worker unions � Law against the reestablishment of parties � Preparing for the war � Decrease of unemployment � Saving of German nation � Credits and public work Year Unemployment (Mio) 1921 0, 4 1922 0, 2 1923 0, 8 1924 1, 0 1925 0, 6 1926 2, 0 1927 1, 3 1928 1, 4 1929 1, 9 1930 3, 1 1931 4, 5 1932 5, 6 1933 4, 8 1934 2, 7 1935 2, 1 1936 1, 6 1937 0, 9 1938 0, 4 1939 0, 1

ORGANIZATION � Hitlerjugend (HJ) Hitler Youth � Bund deutscher Mädel (BDM) League of German

ORGANIZATION � Hitlerjugend (HJ) Hitler Youth � Bund deutscher Mädel (BDM) League of German Girls � Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD) Reich Labor Service � Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) German Labor Front � Schutzstaffel (SS) � Sturmabteilung (SA) Storm Troopers

WHY WAS HITLER SO SUCCESSFUL? WHY DID THE GERMANS VOTE FOR HIM? WHY DID

WHY WAS HITLER SO SUCCESSFUL? WHY DID THE GERMANS VOTE FOR HIM? WHY DID THE GERMANS FOLLOW HIM? � � � � “Work and Bread” (The Great Depression) Party chaos Treaty of Versailles (Defeat in WW 1) Anticommunism “people’s community” Anti-Semitism Führer and nation One Nation One Reich One Führer

SOCIAL DARWINISM � Darwin’s theory of natural selection in the evolution of animal species

SOCIAL DARWINISM � Darwin’s theory of natural selection in the evolution of animal species � Related to human races

REASONS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM Conspiracy theory � Crucifixion of Jesus Christ � First too successful

REASONS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM Conspiracy theory � Crucifixion of Jesus Christ � First too successful bankers and employers, later they were the reasons for the Great Depression � Stab-in-the-back legend � Scapegoat for everything

OTHER VICTIMS � Social democrats � Communists � Handicapped � Homosexual � Hitler’s opponents

OTHER VICTIMS � Social democrats � Communists � Handicapped � Homosexual � Hitler’s opponents

HOW WAS THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS EVEN POSSIBLE? � April 1933: Law for the

HOW WAS THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS EVEN POSSIBLE? � April 1933: Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service � Nuremberg Laws: The Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

NATIONAL ENHYME � � Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt, Wenn

NATIONAL ENHYME � � Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt, Wenn es stets zu(m) Schutz und Trutze Brüderlich zusammenhält, Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt |: Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt! : | Germany, Germany above everything, Above everything in the world, When it always for protection and defence, Brotherly stands together. From the Meuse to the Neman, From the Adige to the Belt, |: Germany, Germany above everything, Above everything in the world. : |

“Germans! Don’t go in Jewish stores. The Jews are our bad luck. Avoid Jewish

“Germans! Don’t go in Jewish stores. The Jews are our bad luck. Avoid Jewish doctors. Don’t go to Jewish lawyers!”

CONCENTRATION CAMPS HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE MAJORITY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT?

CONCENTRATION CAMPS HOW WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE MAJORITY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT? � � � � Highest priority of secrecy The most written documents got destroyed after job execution Everybody just knew enough to do it Code language: “Final solution’’, “resettlement”, “special treatment”, “evacuation” Concentration Camps were in the East Controlled incorrect information Screening against unwanted insights Nobody was allowed to tell rumors about mass murders

WHY DID NOBODY REALLY REACT? � Critique of allied no help for emmigration �

WHY DID NOBODY REALLY REACT? � Critique of allied no help for emmigration � 1941: The allied started to know about the mass murders no specific procedure � When the first message arrived in the US, the State Department tried to stop the publishment

WHAT CAN WE LEARN OUT OF IT? � You do not help country to

WHAT CAN WE LEARN OUT OF IT? � You do not help country to be better when you take everything away what it has � Human rights