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chancellor heinrich Burning
The chancellor Heinrich Bruning was chancellor after Adolf and was unable the country's economic problems, which made things much worse. -
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Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels was a close friend with Hitler and when Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he named Joseph Goebbels, his trusted friend and colleague, to the key post of minister for public enlightenment and propaganda. -
Hitler’s Social Darwinism
Hitler may have believed in some parts of Darwinism but that didnt cause his violence torwards Jews to increase or decrease. His views had nothing to do with his dislike for the Jewish people. -
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Hitler’s experience in WWI
Hitlers and the Nazi's are the worst because hitler had a bad experience in WW1 and he was very sloppy in his manner and a very overbearing soldier. Hitler was always eager for action, and his bad experiences in war led to his outbursts -
Lebensraum
The Lebensraum “living space" cuAsed many of the problems that hitler has with the Jews. This "place" is an area Germans needed and kept moving it, it was the Nazis polocy to kill, deport, or enslave the polish, Russian, and other Slavic populations. -
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German social workers party
The national socialist German workers party was a Nazi party that grew into a mass movement. This group promoted German pride, anti semitism, and dislike of the treaty of Versailles. This "party" may have caused some of hitters violence and rage torward the Jewish people because of what it promoted -
Mien Kamph
Mein Kamph, a book that hitler wrote and means "my struggle" or "my battle." This is a book where hitler expresses his feeling about his childhood and his personal views. This book may show insight on why hitter was violent. -
Reichstag Fire Decree
In a propaganda maneuver, the coalition government (made up of Nazis and the Nationalists) blamed the Communists. They exploited the Reichstag fire to secure President Hindenburg’s approval for an emergency decree, popularly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, that suspended individual rights and due process of law -
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Gleichschaltung
In Nazi terms, Gleichschaltung is translated as coordination or making the same. Gleichschaltung was the process by which Nazi Germany successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of society. -
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Dachau Concentration Camp
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Gestapo
The Gestapo, abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei, or the Secret State Police was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. They would go into areas Germany captured and hold up the laws Hitler set in place. -
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Führer
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Invasion of Rhineland
Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. This made the other countries worried that Germany was becoming too powerful. -
Occupation of Austria and Sudetenland
In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, learning of the conspiracy, met with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in the hopes of reasserting his country’s independence but was forced into naming several top Austrian Nazis to his cabinet. -
Reichskommissariats
Reichskommissariats Is the German designation for a type of administrative office headed by a government official. Reichskommosars were the German officials set in power by Hitler in other countries to keep order there. -
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Sources
Sources:
The editors of britannica: http://www.britannica.com/topic/Gestapo
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/joseph-goebbels
Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger: http://www.historyontheweb.co.uk/concepts/concept72_gleichschaltung.htm
William L. Hosch: http://blogs.britannica.com/2007/03/the-reichstag-fire-and-the-enabling-act/
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-reoccupies-the-rhineland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany
