Nazi Germany
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Nazi Germany
Year 11 History – Semester 1, 2011
What were Hitler’s main aims?
1. Anti-Semitism Hitler blamed the Jews for many of
Germany’s problems “Scapegoat” The enemy of Germany
2. Social Darwinism A belief that some races were superior to
others, and that this was the result of a long and continuing struggle
Hitler referred to this ideology in his speeches The strong now became ‘culture creators’ with a
duty to overcome ‘culture destroyers’ Aryan’s were the master race and had every right
to take what they needed from the ‘inferior’ races
The Nazi Party
Nationalist policies = emphasised race, expansion, the army, power, and relations with other countries
Socialist policies = to do with state controls over the living conditions of the people and the economy
Extracts from the
Twenty-Five Point
Programme of the Nazi
Party – drawn up in
1920
Following the failed ‘putsch’
Hitler realised that he would have to attempt to win power legally through elections
He realised he would now have to compete with other parties for support of the electorate
The Nazi revolution would be introduced after he had come to power, and not be the means by which he would achieve power
Refounding the Nazi Party
Whilst in prison the Nazi Party had fallen in decline
Re-organised the party to have a Party Official in charge of a particular region
Hitler implemented the SA
The SA (Sturmabteilung)
The Stormtroopers of the Nazi Party
Attracted ex-soldiers, thugs and criminals
Their job was to break up other party’s meetings using force
Also known as the brown shirts
Nazi Propaganda – Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels became the Minister of Propaganda and Enlightenment for the Nazi Party
Propaganda became very important to the Nazis - indoctrination
THE STOCKMARKET CRASH - 1929
The social and economic consequences of the crash greatly increased the Nazis hold on the electorate during this time
People needed someone to believe in, and Hitler was making them promises
A Nazi anti-Jewish poster, published before Hitler came to power in 1933
A Nazi election poster of 1928. It says the sacrifices made by Germany in the First World War were in vain.