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Joseph Goebbels
Born October 29, 1897- Died May 1, 1945 Joseph Goebbels was the minister of German propaganda under the rule of Adolf Hitler. He was responsible for presenting a positive image of the Nazi Party to the German people. After Hitler died, he served as Chancellor for a single day until they poise dead their children and his wife and him took their own lives. Helmut Heiber. Joseph Goebbels. -
Hitlers experience with WWI
He had to flee to Munich, Germany in May 1913 to avoid arrest. He was considered a brave warrior but in October 1918 he was partially blinded by mustard gas. (http://www.ushmm.org/. ADOLF HITLER AND WORLD WAR I: 1913–1919 ) -
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
The U.S. Knows this as the Nazi's they were a group of anti-Semitism. Hitler joined the year it began in 1919 and became the leader in 1921. The worked as the military for Germany. ( nazi party history channel) -
Lebensraum: Living Space for the German Race
Germany wanted mover living space, they expanded into western countries and this is the same reason they sent Jews to ghettos and concentration camps. They did this because they believed they were the superior race and that they needed to expand. -
Mein Kampf
Me in Kampf is a book hitter wrote while in prison. The book was on the third reich and he hitter laid out his political plan for the next 14 years before the war even happened. (Mein Kampf is published history channel) -
Heinrich Brüning
born Nov. 26, 1885, Münster, Ger.—died March 30, 1970 became the chancellor in 1930 and was not able to get Germany out of financial crisis after WWI and the Great Depression, he led as a presidential decree. He was forced to by hitler in 1932. (Heinrich Brüning
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Gleichschaltung
January 1933-May 1945 Gleichschaltung, translated to coordination, was a time where the government wanted to get rid of individual businesses in Germany. Everything had to benefit the government and Nazi Party. John Pike. Gleichschaltung [coordination]. -
Hitler’s Social Darwinism
Hitler believed that human gene pool could be improved and similar to cattle farms who use selective breeding and creat a supreme strand of DNA. To do this you can't have inferior race interacting with the judged superior race. Hitler believed Jews to be the inferior race and that's why he put them in camps and killed off so many.
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ReichStag Fire Decree
The day before the decree was announced, the Reichstag building was set on fire. Hitler immediately used the fire to his advantage and convinced the German president, Paul Von Hindenburg, to issue an emergency decree. The decree stated that the people should give up some of their property and rights in order to be safer. William L. Hosch. The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act of March 23, 1933. -
Dachau Concentration Camp
March 10, 1933-April 29, 1945 Dachau was the first concentration camp, and was built about five weeks after hustler became chancellor. A total of about 160,000 prisoners went into the camp and about 32,000 of them died from diseases, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution and many more were sent to German execution camps in Poland. Michael Berenbaum. Dachau. -
Gestapo
April 26, 1933-May 8, 1945 The Gestapo were the German secret police. They were in charge of making sure no one opposed the government and soon started rounding up Jews and sending them to concentration camps. Eventually, the Gestapo took control of all German police forces. The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. Gestapo. -
Dictator
Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths. Dictator- a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way. ( Adolf Hitler Biography
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Invasion of Rhineland
The invasion of Rhineland was when German troops marched into the region, which was a violation of the Treaty of Versailles. It was Hitler's first illegal act in other nations. The violation left Britain and France confused on what they should do next. German occupation of the Rhineland. -
Occupation of Austria and Sudetenaldn
German forces marched into Austria and added the country into the Third Reich, or Germany, on March 12, 1938. A new Nazi government was appointed for Austria and was kept until the end of World War II. In 1938, Germany also added Sudetenland, or Czechoslovakia, was also added into Germany. (1)1938 Germany annexes Austria. (2) the editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. Sudetenland. -
Reichskommissariats
September 1939-September 1945 Hitler controlled the areas he occupied out of his racial obsessions, because he believed Germans were the ideal race. He set up puppet governments that he really controlled, the lands were plundered and looted, and the nations were stripped of their art, factories and other resources. If resistance arose, the Nazis responded by shooting hostages and torturing their prisoners. Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis and Anthony Esler. World History.
