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Adolf Hitler Profile
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler in Power
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Early life
• Born Austria 1889
• Failed to enter art college
• Lived in Vienna
• Joined German army in 1914
• Fought on western front
• Injured in action
• Awarded iron cross for bravery
• Reichstag building burned
• Hitler blamed communists
• Communist party banned
• Enabling Act passed- 1933
• Majority of parliament agreed
• Hitler could rule by decree
• End of democracy in Germany
• SA became a threat
• Over 2 million members
• Leader criticised Hitler
After the War
• Very angry with Treaty of Versailles
• Worked as army spy after war
• Spied on political party meetings
• Joins a Party and changes name to Nazi Party
• Very gifted speaker
• Becomes leader of Nazi party
• Private army formed - Stormtroopers (SA)
Hitler in Power (cont)
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Rebellion and jail
• Called “Night of the long knives”
• Secret police formed (Gestapo)
• Only Nazi party allowed
• No unions allowed
• Concentration camps opened
• German President dies
• New title for Hitler - Fuhrer
• Army swore oath of loyalty to him
• Organises a rebellion in Munich
• Rebellion crushed
• Hitler and leaders jailed
• Wrote “Mein Kampf” in jail
• Contains Nazi ideas and plans
• Released in 1924
• Nazi party very small and weak
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Rise to Power
• Wall Street crash in 1929
• Major economic crisis in Germany
• Unemployment reaches over 6 million
• Nazi ideas win huge support
• Largest party in 1932
• January 1933 - Hitler appointed Chancellor
Control over young people
• Education strictly organised
• Subjects carefully selected
• Youth movements formed
• Aim – prepare young for war
Tackled unemployment problem
Very Strict Censorship
• Dr. Goebbels minister in charge
• Public burning of banned books
• No freedom of the press allowed
• Huge public rallies
• Huge public works schemes
• New road system developed - the Autobahn
• New jobs in arms factories
• Massive increase in army numbers
• New peoples car produced - VW Beetle
• Strikes forbidden – wages controlled