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Hitler's appointment as Fuhrer - Coggle Diagram
Hitler's appointment as Fuhrer
Causes
Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic
The Weimar constitution
Article 48
Established Reichstag
Proportional representation
Positives
All German citizens equal
German citizens to elect President and Reichstag
All men and women over 20 allowed to vote
Reichstag makes laws, appoints govt. and Chancellor
Stockmarket Crash October 24 1929
The Great Depression
Economic crisis
Small businesses collapse
17 million on dole
German production halves in 3 years
High unemployment - 6.5 million
Widespread blame on Government
Recall of US loans
Rise of Nazis and Communists
1928 elections saw 54 seats won by Communists in Reichstag
Communist get 6 million new members post-depression
Urge workers to revolt like Russia
Depression lead to ever increasing support for the Nazi Party
Hitler rises in prominance
Nazi Party seek to end democracy by legitimate means
Stressman and the 'Golden Years'
Restarted reparation and lead to the Dawes Plan
Signed Locarno Treaty 1925
Joined League of Nations 1926
Helped end the hyperinflation of the early 20s
The Treaty of Versailles
The "Big Four"
Wilsons 14 Points
German grievances
B.R.A.T
Germany pays Reparations
Germany accepts limits on Armed forces
Germany accepts Blame
Germany accepts Territory loses
Death of Hindenburg
Hindenberg dies 2 August 1934
Hitler announces roles of Chancellor and President be combined
Trigger or spark that leads to Hitlers appointment as Fuhrer
Consequences
Nazification of Germany
Totalitarianism
Control the economy
Women's role redefined - Kinder, Kirche und Kuche (Children, Church and Cooking)
Control Leisure
Control Youth - Hitler Youth Movement
Propaganda
Goebbels Minister of Propaganda
Control media and make the Nazi ideology inescapable
Rallies
Hitler's portrayal Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer!
Make enemies / scapegoats - Jews and Communists
Outbreak of World War II
Foreign Policy
Unite all Germans in one country
Lebensraum /Living space
Destroy Treaty of Versaillies
Appeasement
British people no appetite for war and needed time to rearm
Munich Agreement gives Sudetenland back to Germany
Some of Hitler's grievances seemed reasonable
Strong Germany acts as buffer to the Soviet Union
Hitler admired - Time magazines Man of the Year 1938
Failure of Appeasement
August 23 1939 Nazi Germany and Soviet Union sign Non-Aggression Pact
September 1 1939 Germany invades Poland
March 31 1939 France and Great Britain guarantee to protect Poland
September 3 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Persecution of the Jews
Nuremberg Laws 1935
Jews cannot vote or hold public office
Intermarriage forbidden between Jews and German citizens
Removes citizenship for Jews
Extramarital relationships forbidden
Jews forbidden to employ German females as servants of child-bearing age
Hitler's beliefs
Jews to blame for German defeat in WWI
Jewish businesses responsible for economic woes
Jews racially inferior
Kristallnacht / Night of Broken Glass organized 10 November 1938
Holocaust
The Final Solution
Hitler
From Chancellor to Dictator
The Enabling Act
The Night of the Long Knives
The Reichstag Fire
Political parties banned
Facism
Overthrow / overturn democracy
Dictatorship established - Power transfers to one person (Hitler)
Totalitarianism established - the government controls all aspects of society
German Facism
Conquest
Lebensraum
Leadership
Fuhrerprinzip
State
Totalitarianism
Gleischaltung
Race
Aryanism
Anti-semitism
Blut und Boden
Herrenvolk
Germany in WWI
Cold, hungry people
Revolution
Losing the conflict
Kaiser Abdicates