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Chp 2: Rise of Nazi Germany, Nazi Government establishing a Totalitarian…
Chp 2: Rise of Nazi Germany
Nazi Government establishing a Totalitarian State
Gleichschaltung (Coordination)
Reichstag Fire
Enabling Act
Night of Long Knives
Fuhrer -> Control of army + Oath of Allegience
Nazi Government discrimination ( Treatment of the different groups )
Disabled / Handicap / Mentally Unsound
Minorities
LGBT
Gypsies
Women
Jews
Children
Boys
Girls
How did the Nazi Party & Hitler consolidate their power?
The Reichstag Fire.
Hitler put the blame on communists + get emergency powers -> used to arrest/get raid of the communist leaders -> thereby removing
Enabling Act
Civil liberties squandered, Pass laws, Residents Approval
Gleischaltong Co-ordination
The Night of Long Knives
Nazi Government reducing Unemployment
Cooperation with Big Companies
Got rid of trade unions
Conscription
Rearmament
Public Workers
Nazi's Rise to Power
Appeal of Hitler
Supported him, he represented their Peers treads
Nazi's Brown shirts
SA + SS
Charisma
Oratorical Skills
Impact of Great Depression
Business Closed Down, Inflation, Unemployment
People felt frustrated + desperate as the Weimar Government did not do anything to help the situation
Turn to desperate people who will cling to any promise of Hitler
Failure of democracy (Weimar Republic)
Communist Threat
Weakness/Problems of the Weimar Government
Nazi Control over the People
Justice System Police
SS & Gestapo
Concentration Camps
Propaganda - Censorship
Opposition to the Nazi Government
Individuals / Communities / Church / White Rose / Edelsweiss
Political Opposition
Socialists in Exile
Military Resistance Assasination
Why people were swaying to more extreme parties?
Appeal of alternative idealogies
Hitlers Unity
ATQ: Strong statmenets, stable leadership. At a time when the Weimar Government was in chaos/weak
Communism
Poor/Destitute
Appeal to Nationalism
Patriotism - Unity,
Common problems - Great Depression
Contacted people to support these parties due to nationalistic pride
Nazi Control over the People
Justice System Police
SS & Gestapo