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The National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP) started in 1919 and was active in 1920. They pushed for nationalism and used anti-Semitic ideas (anti-Jewish).
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Adolf Hitler attended his first meeting on September 1919. In 1921, he declared himself as an "absolute leader" (fuehrer), ordering the formation of an enforcement group (the SA), to deal with opponents.
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In 1928, the NSDAP was popular with various of groups such as farmers, small business owners, and other middle-class who didn't fit in.
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In 1929, the Great Depression had started and it led many German voters to look at more radical parties (Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party). The Weimar government failed to respond to the crisis which then the NSDAP was able to increase the votes.
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In the mid 1930's, Austria had its own Nazi group.
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Adolf Hitler organized concentration camps. These camps were for political prisoners who disagreed with Nazi policies and ideas.
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President Paul von Hindenburg agreed to offer the chancellorship to Adolf Hitler, inviting him to form a government.
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On February 27th, 1933, there was a destructive fire in the Reichstag building in Berlin. Till this day, no one knows who did it. Adolf Hitler says it symbolizes his extending power over Germany.
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The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to govern without reference to the Reichstag.
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President Hindenburg died and Hitler took control over the government. About nine-tenths of Germans approved Hitler as fuehrer.
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In 1935, Hitler presented his Four Year Plan, a schedule preparing his nation's military for war. By 1939, Germany's had more than 900,000 soldiers, 8,000 aircraft and 95 warships.
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Hitler, Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, and Edouard Daladier, met in Munich to solve a problem. They signed an agreement approving the Nazis to takeover Sudetenland.
