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Adolf Hitler was born in

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Austria: 20 April 1889

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Hitler was the leader of

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National Socialist Germany Workers Party (NSDAP)

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Hitler was appointed Chancellor in

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1933

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Hitler appointed himself the Führer

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1934

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Hitler established a one party dictatorship in Germany

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Between 1933 & 1945

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Went on to become the most powerful and notorious dictators of the

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20th century

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Hitler’s Mother

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Klara Hitler

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Hitler’s Father

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Alois Hitler

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What Triggered WWII

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Anti-Semitic policies & obsessive desire to establish ‘Aryan supremacy’

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Event Holocaust

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Genocide perpetrated against Jewish & other targeted communities

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Death of Hitler

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April 1945. Nazi army-retreated and almost defeated. Him and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide in Berlin Bunker

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Hitler’s family moved to Linz

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1898

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13
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Hitler took the entrance exam to __________ on ____________

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Vienna Academy of the Arts
1907

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After Hitler’s mothers death, Hitler moved to Vienna

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1908

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Hitler lived in Vienna between

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February 1908 - May 1913

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A year after moving to Vienna

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He ended up being very poor and living in homeless shelters

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Hitler had no source of income

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End of 1909, to make money, began to paint watercolour

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Left to Munich in

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May 1913

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Influences on Hitler in Vienna

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  • German Politician: Georg Von Schönerer
  • Mayor of Vienna: Karl Lueger
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Georg von Schönerer

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Promoted racist German nationalism

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Karl Lueger

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  • Promoted anti-Semitism
  • Reinforced anti-Jewish stereotypes
  • Cast Jews as enemies of the German middle and lower classes
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Hitler was wounded twice in World War 1

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1916 and 1918

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Hitler was awarded…

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Many medals including the Iron Cross

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Hitler was partially blind from mustard gas in

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October 1918

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When Hitler returned to Munich he worked for the…

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Military as an intelligence officer, there he spied on the German Workers Party (DAP)

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Hitler adopted many ___________ ideas from the party

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Anti-Semitic, nationalist and anti-Marxist (anti-communist)

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Hitler joined DAP in

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September 1919

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Hitler became the leader of DAP in

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1921

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DAP was renamed as

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National Socialist German Workers Party/Nazis Party

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_______________ abdicated in _____________

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Kaiser Wilhelm II
1919

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Germany was to be governed by the

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Weimar Republic (established 1st democracy in Germany)

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Weimar Republic creates

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The Reichstag which is the 1st parliament in Germany

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Elections were held every

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7 years

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1st President

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Von Hindenburg

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Political instability for the Weimar Government

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1919-1923

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Hyperinflation

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1919-1923

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Germany’s currency became so worthless

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1923

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1923

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Germany stopped paying reparations to France, and French troops marched into the Rhur district

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2 coalfields that Germany once had control of

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Saar and Rhur

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1923 Hitler and the Nazis Party try to seize power

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Tried to overthrow the government in a violent uprising (coup d’etat) called a putsch (Munich Beer Hall putsch) - miserable failure

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After failed Munich Putsch

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Hitler was arrested, was guilty of treason

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Hitler was sentenced ________ years in _________ prison

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5 years
Landsburg Prison

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Wrote down his political ideas in….

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Mein Kampf - My Struggle

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Hitler was released in

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20 December 1924, 9 months

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Mein Kampf

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  • Attacked Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Republic and democracy
  • Blamed Jews and communists
  • “True bred” German was a member of the Aryan master race, that would one day rule the world
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Germany’s economy was improving

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1924

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Germany’s economy improved due to American help

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  • Dawes Plan
  • Young Plan

This made it difficult to gain Nazi supporters

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______ Elections Nazi only won ________ of the vote

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1928
2.8%

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1929

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Large number of people began to join the Nazi Party

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American business were booming

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Late 1920s

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USA was the

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Centre of the wold economy

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New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street crashed

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October 1929

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The effect of the Great Depression were dramatic in Germany due to

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  • Existing economic problems in Germany
  • Reparations is still owed
  • Banks and businesses were forced to close
  • Unemployment increased drastically
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Nazi gained the second most seats in the Reichstag

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1930s

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First election, Nazis had the most seats in the Reichstag

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1932

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Nazi Party was the largest political party in the Reichstag

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July 1932

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President Von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor

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30 January 1933

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SA

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Sturmabteilung/Stormtrooper/Brownshirts

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SA was formed in _____ their purpose ______

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1921
To protect the Nazi party

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SS

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Schutzstaffel/Black shirts

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SA formed in _____ and their purpose _________

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1925
Supposed to be perfect examples of the Aryan men

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Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag

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1920

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The flag became the official emblem for the Nazi Party

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August 7 1920 at the Salzburg Congress

64
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Swastika became a symbol of

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Hate, Anti-Semitism and violence

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