Hitler Flashcards
Problems during Hitlers ris eto power
Hyperinflation
French invaded parts of Germany
government wasn’t trying to do anything to stop hyper-inflation or get the French out. Hitler decided to stage a ‘putsch’ in Munich, and he, the Nazis and the SA tried to overthrow the government. But he and others were shot and imprisoned instead.
1924-1925 Hitler was sent to prison for trying to overthrow the German government.
Nazis hold first political rally
1929: there is another economic crisis called ‘the Great Depression’. The USA ask for their money back (the loans) from Germany, who then can’t afford to pay France.
Hidenburg makes Hitler chancellor of Germany
Reichstag is set on fire and nazis point the finger at the communist party. Hitler create enabling act and bans other political opponents
April. 1933. Hitler creates the Gestapo, a secret police to do his bidding and capture political enemies. He sets up the first concentration camp for them.
1933 new act intriduced
Enabling act was passed
What happened on 2 August 1934 one month after night of the long knives
Hidenburg dies
1932
German voters had made Hitlers Nazis the largest single party
What were Hitlers techniques to get control
He used terror to get control he used SS , concentration camps and his secret police
He used propaganda such as posters, pictures, speakers, newspaper,radio,parades to gain control
He gained support for the younger generation by forcing schools to teach rise of the naziz and evils of communism to the children. Scouts or guides were marching in parades and went to camp to sing and ahve fun so they felt they were in a great nation
He supported the people economically by creating a number of schemes
1936
Hitler introduced conscription
1937
Hitler helped Spanish dictator Franco to win the civil war in Spain
March 1938
Hitler ignored the treaty and entered Austria
March 1939
Ignored the Muncih agreement by invading the rest o Czechoslovakia
Sep 1939
German troops invaded Polandp
Why didnt Hitler stop invading other countrys and breaking the treat of Versailles
Because other countries didnt intervene Hitler they expected him to agree to their appeasement
April 1945
Hitler dies