Fascism + Hitler Flashcards
What is fascism
Nationalism
String leadership
Anti-communist
Anti-religion
Weimar Republic
The weimar government was in charge when the treaty of Versailles signed + were nicknamed “November criminals”. Hatred worsened by high levels of inflation + economic crisis
Nazi party
Founded 1919. Wanted to speed up Germanys recovery by scrapping treaty of Versailles. Hitler + nazis organised Beer Hall Putsh (failed rebellion) + sent to prison where Hitler wrote Mein Kamf
Rise of Nazis
Unpopularity of Weimar government
Great depression - loans from US
Leadership policies - benefits public
Propaganda - accessible language
Increased popularity in elections
Creating a dictatorship
Reichstag building set on fire by alleged communist so Hitler had reason to ban communist party + give SA special powers
SA + SS attacked opponents + voters
Enabling act let Hitler rule by decree
Life in Hitlers Germany - Economic policies
Independent trade unions + strikes banned
Public work schemes
Rearment
Motor industry - Volkswagen cheap
Cut taxes-encourage private industry
Life in Hitlers Germany - Education
Nazi youth groups to brainwash kids
Textbooks rewritten to glorify Hitler. Mein Kampf was history textbook
Teachers = Nazis, Hitlers portrait in every classroom
Women’s lives
Couldn’t be employed
Supposed to centre around kids, church + kitchen
Hitler wanted high birth rate
Peasant costumes w/hair in plaits/buns
Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels had complete control of media
Cheap radios so everyone could hear Hitlers speeches
Cult of the leader - compulsory salute
Nuremberg rallies + Berlin Olympics
Terror
1933 Gestapo founded
1934 Hitler believed SA was a threat- killed them in night of long knives
Critics of the regime, queers, roman, the disabled, Catholic priests, Jehovahs witnesses + Jews sent to Labour camps
Anti semetism
Nuremberg paws 1935 removed Jewish rights
Jews had to wear star of david
Nov 1938 Jewish teen killed German diplomat => 2day riot, Kristelnacht, thousands of Jewish owned buildings destroyed 100 Jews killed, thousands in camps
Hitler - early life
Born 20/4/1889 in Austria, moved to Munich 1914. Joined German army WW1
Hitler - Rise to power
Joined Nazis after WW2 + became leader 1921. Wrote Mein Kampf in prison. Very persuasive + used lots of propaganda. Fouded SS + Gestapo to remove threats to power. Opponents killed/sent to concentration camps.
Hitler - Beliefs + methods
Hitlers antisemitism =>Nuremberg laws+ Holocaust, he forced Jews into concentration camps, where 6 mill Jews killed. Wanted to take over more countries for German “living space”
Hitler - WW2
Directly defied treaty of Versailles by joining w/Austria + remilitarising Rhineland. 1939 invasion of Poland marked outbreak of WW2. After 5 years of war Hitler married Eva Braun + committed suicide
