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Fascism Rises In Europe - Coggle Diagram

- - - - His early life was marked by disappointment.
        
        Then when World War 1 broke out Hitler found a new beginning.
        
        He volunteered for the German army and was twice awarded the Iron Cross. That was a medal for bravery.
    - - By the end of the war Hitler settled in Muchich.
        
        He joined a tiny right-wing political group in 1919.
        
        That group shared his belief that Germany had to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism.
        
        This group renamed them selfs the National Socialist German Workers' Party Called Nazi for short.
        
        Their policies formed the German brand of fascism known as Nazism.
        
        They also set up a private militia called the storm or Brown Shirts.
        
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      - After Hitler left prison in 1924 he revived the Nazi Party.
        
        Most Germans ignored him and his angry message until the great depression ended the nations brief postwar recovery.
        
        The economic effects of the Great depression helped Hitlers goals.
        
        What personal characteristics helped Hitler gain success as a leader ?
        
        Hitler personal characteristics that helped him gain success as a leader was he was a great public speaker. Hitler was also very organized in everything he does. He was also a strong leader which Germany was in great need of at the time.
        
        Germany was desperate for a strong leader who would improve their lives.
        
        Civil unrest broke out Germans turned to Hitler for security and firm leadership.
        
        Hitler declared Germany was overcrowded and needed more lebensraum and living space.
        
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      - When Hitler was in jail he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle).
        
        That book showed his beliefs and goals for Germany.
        
        What did Hitler believe were the rights and duties of the German master race?
        
        Hitler beliefs on the rights and duties of the German Master race are that they are the perfect race. He believed in racial "purity". The German that he called Aryans or "master race".
        
        Hitler asserted that Germans who he incorrectly called "Aryans" were a master race"
        
        He declared the non-Aryan "races" such as Jews, Slavs, and Gypsies were inferior.
        
        He called the Versailles Treaty and outrage and vowed to regain German lands.
        
        Mein Kampf
      - Hitler success as an organizer and speaker led him to be chosen der fuhrer or the leader of the Nazi party.
        
        Hitler and the Nazi party plotted to seize power in Munich in 1923.
        
        That attempt failed and Hitler got arrested.
        
        He was tried for treason but the sentence was only 5 years in prison. He only served 9 months.
- - - - Nazis had become the largest political party by 1932.
      - Conservative leaders mistakenly believed they could control Hitler and use him for their purposes.
        
        President Paul von Hindenburg to name Hitler chancellor. Thus Hitler came to power legally.
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        Why might Germans have put their faith in Hitler?
        
        They believed that he would change their country, and help them get out this hole. They saw no hope until they started listening to him.
      - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-german-churches-and-the-nazi-state
    - - Hitler banned all other political parties and had opponents arrested.
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        A black-uniformed unit called the SS (Schutzstaffel, or protection squad) was created.
        
        The Nazi secret police, shocked most Germans into total obedience.
      - What does Kristallnacht demonstrate about the power of the Nazis?
        
        It shows that the Nazis could do whatever they wanted to do, and the Jews had no power to stop anything.
      - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gestapo
    - - New laws banned strikes, dissolved independent labor unions, and gave the government authority over business and labor.
      - Hitler put millions of Germans to work.They constructed factories, built highways, manufactured weapons, and served in the military
      - As a result, the number of unemployed dropped from about 6 million to 1.5 million