Hitler's Rise To Power

Who Was Adolf Hitler?

• Born: April 20th, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria
• Died: April 30th, 1945 in Berlin, Germany
• Wife: Eva Braun (1945-1945)
• He was a German Politician
• Hitler was considered one of the most powerful men on Earth

WHAT DROVE HITLER TO WANT SO MUCH POWER?

Hitler had a rough childhood

• His father hated him
• His family had financial difficulties
• He moved to Vienna when he was 15, where he gained an interest in politics

Hitler's Childhood cont.

• His father died when he was 14
• He started to fail classes after that
• His father was a politician too and Adolf felt pressured to follow in his footsteps

Germany was in a depressed state

• After WWI Germans were losing everything (money, jobs, relationships, etc.)
• Germany had to pay $33 billion in reparations
• Everyone was upset when they lost

Hitler saw this as an opportunity to get followers and took advantage of Germany's depression.

Hitler's interest in politics

• After WWI Hitler wanted to engage in politics
• He first gained an interest when he was 15

What hitler wanted if he engaged in politics

• Germany blamed the Jews for their depression, and Hitler felt the need to get rid of them
• He wanted the world his way, and needed power to do that

Hitler's Beliefs Cont.

• Hated immigrants in Austria
• Hated Austria in general
• Hated Austria so much he fought for Germany during WWI

HOW DID HITLER GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIM?

"Used" Germans

• Took advantage of Germany's depression
• People were interested in what he had to say
• Germans were open to the concept of having a leader and to hear his beliefs

Hitler's Speaches

• He was a very persuasive and affective speaker
• He kept his speaches short and sweet and usually got right to the point
• He gave a voice to people's hopes and fears

Hitler's Promises

• Overthrow the Versailles treaty
• Overthrow the corrupt democracy
• Destroy Communism
• Offered a vision of a united Germany

Hitler's Promises Cont.

• Offered a vision of a racial community working together
• Restore Germany's Economy
• Make peace to the world
• He told people he wouldn't allow another communist revolution happen

Hitler's Followers

• Most of them were from Northern Germany
• He caught the young peoples' attention better
• A lot of his followers were from the middle class

Programs

• Germans really liked his Antisematic and Nationalism Programs
• Antisemitic - Hatred towards Jews
• He was a Nationalist for Germany

Propoganda

• Hitler put his propaganda EVERYWHERE
• He put up posters everywhere
• The Nazi flag was on almost every street you walked down
• Rallies and Marching Columns were held often

Some propaganda made Hitler look good

Other propaganda discriminated Jews

WHAT DID HITLER ACCOMPLISH?

Power

• In 1933 Hitler gained full power
• He was granted the Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945
• Created the Nazi party in the 1920's

Invasions

• Hitler formed an alliance with Japan and Italy and invaded Poland in 1939 causing WWII
• He invaded and occupied 9 countries in total

Invasions

• Poland
• Netherland
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• France

Invasions cont.

• Denmark
• Yugoslavia
• Greece
• Norway

Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union in 1941.

Hitler also declared war on America in 1941, after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

Holocaust

• He was a main leader in the Holocaust
• He believed he HAD to get rid of all Jews

What did he do in the holocaust?

• Created Concentration Camps and Death Camps
• Killed over 6 million Jews alone
• Killed over 10 million people in all
• Discriminated many groups of people

Holocaust Victims

• 6,000,000 Jews
• 2-3 million Soviet Prisioners of War
• 2,000,000 Ethnic Poles
• 500,000 Serbs
• 270,000 Disabled
• 220,000 Romani

Holocaust Victims Cont.

• 200,000 Freemasons
• 25,000 Slovenes
• 15,000 Homosexuals
• 5,000 Jehovah's Witnesses
• 7,000 Spanish Republicans

Hitler never even visited a Concentration Camp

AFTER WWII

End of wwii

• The Allied Powers started to fight back in 1949, closing in on the Axis Powers
• On September 2nd, 1949 Germany was forced to surrender

Germany's Economy

• Many people were left homeless and all alone after the war
• Germany owed $23 billion dollars in reparations
• After WWII Germans were depressed, just like after WWI

Hitler After wwii

• Once the Allied Powers started to close in on Germany Hitler panicked
• He was married to Eva Braun for less than 40 hours

Hitler's Death

• He died on April 30th, 1949
• He committed suicide by gunshot
• His wife Eva was there too and took cyanide pills to also commit suicide