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- - - - Once in office, he called for new elections. Before the election, a fire destroyed the building where the parliament met. The Nazis blamed the communists, which stirred up fear and helped the Nazi's win by a slim majority.
        
        Hitler then turned Germany into a totalitarian state, where he banned all other political parties and had opponents arrested.
        
        He also created an elite, black-uniformed unit called the SS Schutzstaffel. In 1934, they arrested and murdered hundreds of Hitler’s enemies. This brutal action and terror shocked most Germans into total obedience.
        
        The Nazi's took command of the economy, including transportation and technology. New laws banned strikes and labor unions, and gave the government authority over business and labor.
        
        Hitler put millions of Germans to work, where 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.
        
        https://spartacus-educational.com/GERunemployment.htm
        
        https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss.
        
        Totalitarianism
        
        Why might Germans have put their faith in Hitler?
        Answer: Hitler made them fear the Communists, which made him seem like the better option during the elections.
        
        https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-reichstag-fire-and-nazis-rise-power-180962240/.
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  - - - Although Jews were less than 1% of the population, they were used as scapegoats for all of Germany’s troubles since the war, which led to a wave of anti-Semitism across Germany.
        
        In 1933, the Nazis passed laws depriving Jews of most of their rights, and violence against Jews mounted.
        
        On November 9th, 1938, Nazi mobs attacked Jews in their homes and on the streets, destroying thousands of Jewish-owned buildings. This rampage was called Kristallnacht
        
        Hitler’s plan was to eliminate the entire Jewish population in Europe, which became known as the Holocaust. It would lead to the death of over 6 million Jews.
        
        https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust.
        
        Genocide
        
        What does Kristallnacht demonstrate about the power of the Nazis?
        Answer: It shows that they were extremely powerful and ruthless, as they were able to kill many people. and destroy many building in a short amount of time.
        
        https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/kristallnacht.
        
        Human Rights
        
        Conflict
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  - - - To shape public opinion he:
        
        Hitler believed that continuous struggle brought victory to the strong, and used the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to support his use of brute force.
        
        https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Nietzsche.
        
        Turned the press, radio, literature, painting, and film into propaganda tools.
        
        Burned books that did not conform to Nazi beliefs.
        
        Forbade Churches to criticize the Nazis or the government.
        
        Forced schoolchildren to join the Hitler Youth or the League of German Girls.
        
        https://www.history.com/news/how-the-hitler-youth-turned-a-generation-of-kids-into-nazis.
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- - - - Groups of Fascists wearing black shirts attacked Communists and socialists on the streets. Because Mussolini played on the fear of a workers’ revolt, he began to win support from the middle classes, the aristocracy, and industrial leaders.
  - - - Fascism is a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism and militarism. It also includes a denial of individual rights and dictatorial one-party rule.
- - - - Hitler settled in Munich and joined a tiny right-wing political group. This group shared his belief that Germany had to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism.
        
        The group later named itself the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, called Nazi for short.
        
        The party adopted the swastika, or hooked cross, as its symbol. The Nazis also set up a private militia called the storm troopers or Brown Shirts.
        
        Within a short time, Hitler’s success as an organizer and speaker led him to be chosen as the leader of the Nazi party.
        
        Hitler and the Nazis plotted to seize power in Munich but the attempt failed. Hitler was arrested and tried for treason but was sentenced to only five years in prison. He served less than nine months.
        
        Hitler asserted that the Germans, whom he incorrectly called “Aryans,” were a “master race.” He declared that non-Aryan “races,” such as Jews, Slavs, and Gypsies, were inferior.
        
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        What personal characteristics helped Hitler gain success as a leader ?
        
        He was charismatic, organized, and well-spoken.
        
        Conflict
        
        Nazi Party
        
        Swastika
      - Government Systems