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Fascism Rises In Europe - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hitler called for new elections, hoping to win a parliamentary majority.
        
        By stirring up fear of the Communists, the Nazis and their allies won by a slim majority.
        
        Hitler created a black-uniformed unit called the SS (Schutzstaffel, or protection squad)
        
        It was loyal only to Hitler. In 1934, the SS arrested and murdered hundreds of Hitler’s enemies.
        
        Why might Germans have put their faith in Hitler?
        
        Because he blamed the the communists for the fire. So he looked like the good guy and people trusted him more.
        
        Schutzstaffel
  - - - He banned all other political parties and had opponents arrested.
        
        The Nazis quickly took command of the economy, including transportation and technology.
        
        New laws banned strikes, dissolved independent labor unions, and gave the government authority over business and labor.
        
        Churches were forbidden to criticize the Nazis or the government.
        
        Schoolchildren had to join the Hitler Youth (for boys) or the League of German Girls.
        
        Beginning in 1933, the Nazis passed laws depriving Jews of most of their rights.
        
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  - - - Racism, which focused on the belief that Jews were inferior to the Aryan race both mentally and physically,
        
        Hitler sent Nazi mobs to attack Jews in their homes and on the streets and destroyed thousands of Jewish-owned buildings.
        
        This rampage, called Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), signaled the real start of the process of eliminating the Jews from German life.
        
        Hitler’s “Final Solution” plan was to eliminate and exterminate the Jewish population in Europe, which later became known as the Holocaust
        
        What does Kristallnacht demonstrate about the power of the Nazis?
        
        They had the power to get rid of all Jews without any consequences.
        
        Kristallnacht
  - - - Books that did not conform to Nazi beliefs were burned in huge bonfires.
        
        Why did Hitler burn books?
        
        Burning Books
- - - - Fascism in Italy was led by Benito Mussolini
        
        Fascism was similar to communism because each leader only allowed one party, they both denied individual rights and neither practiced any kind of democracy
        
        Fascists did not seek a classless society because they believed that each class had it's place and function
        
        Fascists were Nationalists while Communists were Internationalists
        
        Fascisms rise is Italy was fueled by bitter disappointment over the failure to win large territorial gains at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference
        
        Benito Mussolini promised to rescue Italy by reviving it's economy and rebuilding it's armed forces
        
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        Nationalism
        
        Does Fascism or Communism seem to be more concerned with the welfare of the people?
        
        Communism is more concerned for the people because Fascism cares more about the state
- - - - Hitler was the learder of the Nazi party
        
        They failed and Hitler was sentenced to prison for 5 years
        
        He was out in less than 9 months and was ready to take over
        
        He was released in 1924 and revived the Nazi party
        
        Hitler promised to get more living space for the people through imperialism by rebuilding Germany' military. :
  - - - The group was called National Socialist German Worker's Party (Nazi)
        
        The Nazi group policies formed the German brand of fascism known as Nazism
        
        While Hitler was in jail he wrote book about how Jews, Salvs, and Gypsies were inferior
        
        He then vowed to regain the German lands when he was released
        
        Hitler believed that Germany needed more lebensraum
        
        Lebensraum - https://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/DEFN/lebensra.htm#:~:text=Definition%20of%20Lebensraum,supply%20food%20and%20raw%20materials.
  - - - When he stated his lecture he was ignored by most Germans which made him furious
        
        During this time the Great Depression has just ended and people were in the process of recovery.
        
        With the Great Depression being over it helped Hitler's case because people were in need of a strong leader
        
        American loans stopped, making Germany's economy to crash causing the people to turn to Hitler for leadership.
        
        Hitler wanted to get more living space through imperialism and by conquering Eastern Europe and Russia