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Fascism Rises In Europe, Why might Germans have put their faith in Hitler?…

- - - - In each nation, fascists wore uniforms of a certain color, used special salutes, and held mass rallies.
        
        Fascists did not seek a classless society. Rather, they believed that each class had its place and function.
        
        In most cases, fascist parties were made up of aristocrats and industrialists, war veterans, and the lower middle class.
        
        Rising inflation and unemployment also contributed to widespread social unrest.
        
        Government censors forced radio stations and publications to broadcast or publish only Fascist doctrines.
        
        In some ways, fascism was similar to communism. Both systems were ruled by dictators who allowed only their own political party (one-party rule).
        
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        Inflation and the war
        
        Nationalism
        
        identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
        
        Fascism
        
        a political system headed by a dictator in which the government controls business and labor and opposition is not permitted.
      - Conflict
        
        a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
- - - - Six days before the election the building where parliament met was burned down
        
        Hitler used his new power to turn Germany into a totalitarian state
        
        he created a elite enforcement unit called the SS or Schutzstaffel
        
        They were loyal exclusively to Hitler, and murdered hundreds of his enemies
        
        The Nazi secret police named Gestapo enforced brutal laws and the terror they created forced Germans into obediences
        
        Nazis took control of the economy, transportation, technology
        
        They banned strikes and gave the government authority over business and labor
        
        The number of unemployed people dropped unemployed dropped from 6 million to 1.5 million
        
        Hitler wanted power over every aspect of German life
        
        He turned the Radio and the press into a form of propaganda
        
        Ge banned all books, papers, paintings, and films that did not conform to Nazis beliefs
        
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- - - - Once the war was over they had so much debt they had to pay off so they just printed more money, but this made the "mark" pretty much worthless. Making bread cost in the billions of Marks
  - - - This provided $200 dollars from American Banks to Germany to help slow inflation and get their economy back on track.
  - - - It then got passed to the league of nations were then Frank Kellogg (USA Secretary of state) Got almost every country in the world to sign this.
        
        This didn't work though because there was no way to enforce this rule.