The Rise of Nazism
The Great Depression: The main ingredient
The Brownshirts:
The Burning of the Reichstag:
The enabling Act:
The night of the Long Knives:
- Like Roosevelt, Hitler provided make work jobs to help end the unemployment problem in Germany.
- This was very important in how Hitler gained prominence and support of the Germans.
The Brownshirts:
- Hitler's hencemen.
- Unsed in the 20s and 30s which harresssed opposition parties and supporters.
- Led by Ernst Rohm.
- After Hitler is elected, many become Auxiliary police.
The Burning of the Reichstag:
- The German Communists had equal seats to the Nazis.
- A fire "suddenly" sprang up in the Reichstag, which was blamed on a Communists and gave the Nazis greater support.
The enabling Act:
- Allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag.
- It removes freedom of speech and press.
- During the election, without the aid of propaganda, the Nazis only barely won.
- In 1933, all other parties were outlawed.
The night of the Long Knives:
- The elimination of any challengers to Nazism
- Internal challengers
- Socialists
- Creation of the SS
- Death of Hindenburg.
- After Hindenburg dies, there is a presidential election and Hitler gets 99.5% of votes.
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"All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people."
-Adolf Hitler Subjunctive Question: What if Hitler was a Communist? How would that have changed the course of history?
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