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Adolf Hitler - life
Young Adolf Hitler originally wanted to be a painter at the age of 16, but got denied twice by the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts. Then he ended up leaving that life behind and focused on his political views about anti-semitism by Karl Lueger and Schonerer. After 12 years of being chancellor he died by committing suicide. -
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Adolf Hitler - creation of Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote a book during his time in jail after he was arrested because of the Beer Hall putsch but he only served nine months in prison but during that time be wrote a book on all of his struggles, theories, views on race, Germany, and the Jews; and during 1939 the book sold more than five million copies. -
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Burning Books
The German university students burned "un-German" books to purify German literature of foreign influence. This was taken place at Berlin's Opera Square during May 10th, 1933. -
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Nazi Camps
There were more than 44,000 Nazi camps that were used to kill a mass amount of people systematically and to detain any "prisoners/enemies". These extermination camps were killed primarily due to gas chambers, but many died because of the harsh living conditions and diseases that many of them contracted during their stay, they were packed into rooms with bunk beds that were made out of wood and many would have to sleep stacked on top of each other. -
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Communism - Hitler's views
Hitler despised anyone else who opposed his views and that included the communists. Although he was technically apart of the national socialist hub he was more of a Nazist and was primarally buit around the idea of race while a socialist was built around class and one's superiority. Since Hitler wants power he found that the communists prohibited that since communism is a political and economic system that is viewed to be a classless society, that everything is owned by the public. -
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Adolf Hitler - Concentration Camps(Konzentrationslager/KZ)
These German concentration camps held well over 27,000 people in "protective custody". Many of these concentration camps worked their prisoners to death, if they were to be sick or physically unwell they would be killed by the gas chambers located on the premises. The last concentration camp to ever run was Buchenwald. -
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Adolf Hitler - Chancellor
Named Chancellor of Germany after President Paul von Hindenburg's death on 1934. Hitler anointed himself as "Fuehrer" - "Leader" and became Germany's supreme leader along with having his photographs and portraits everywhere in Germany. -
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Reichstag Fire
The German Parliament was burned down, the Nazi leadership and their partners lied to the public stating that this was the start of the planned uprising of the communists. This destroyed a large number of constitutional protections and led to Nazi dictatorship -
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Nuremberg Law
Anyone with three to four Jewish grandparents were considered a Jew, and if you had only two then you would be considered a "half-breed". Because of this law Jews became routine targets for stigmatization and persecution. -
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Hitler youth
These youth groups were designed to spy on the religious classes and bible studies. It was designed to undermine the values of traditional structures of German society, but also influencing these young children to learn the ways of what Hitler wanted them to believe in. -
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The League of German girls
Sports and Summer camps were provided at the League of German girls, at the time it was the only legal female youth organisation during this time. It would teach these young girls to become the perfect wife, homemaker, and maid. -
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Kristallnacht
"The night of Broken Glass" The destruction of German synagogues(Jewish assembly) that were smashed along with some Jewish people being killed and thousands arrested. Many fled
Germany between 1933-1939 primarily after this broke out, but the ones who stayed started to live in constant fear and worry during their stay. -
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How the Jews were treated during the Kristallnacht
Jewish men were sent to these concentration camps and were tortured by SS guards and chosen by random to be beaten to death. Forced the Jews to be excluded from public transportation, schools, and hospitals. This poor treatment was prolonged throughout Hitler's rain. -
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Ghettos
Ghettos were poor living conditions in Germany and housed many Jews to segregate them from society. The were three types of Ghettos, closed, open, and destruction ghettos. The largest one was in Poland where more than 400,000 Jews were crowded into. -
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WWII
German police forced polish Jews outside of their homes by collecting them and placing them into ghettos, and their taken properties were given to "real" Germans. These places where they were kept in had high walls and barbed wire and were closely monitored; they almost seemed like captive city-states. This caused widespread unemployment, disease, poverty, hunger, and overpopulation. -
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Hitler's start of the WWII
When German forces entered Poland other nations started to take a stand and declared war. Hitler saw this as a chance to grow and become prosperous through this war. The mistake was made when he tried to invade Russia, ended up failing and being pushed back by them and they were slowly beaten by the opposing forces. -
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The Holocaust - Auschwitz
"Arbeit Macht Frei" - "Work sets you free"
Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp during the Holocaust era, they had been setting up this concentration camp during the 1930's . Throughout its activity they treated the Jews most poorly and the SS men"political soldiers" described their life being worthless and less valuable than the rest. -
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The Holocaust
"The persecution and mass murder of millions European Jews, Romani people, disabled, dissidents and homosexuals" -
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The Holocaust - Goal
Adolf Hitler wanted to kill all of the non-pure Germans and keep all of the Aryans (pure Germans that have blue and blonde hair) by mass killing all of them and expanding his empire by taking over land from neighboring countries including France, Poland, etc. -
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Deaths
Jews were deported to these camps not only from all over Europe, but territories allied with Germany. The most people who were deported took place during summer and fall of 1942 more than 300,000 people from Warsaw ghetto alone. -
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The fall of Nazi Rule
In his last will and political testament, dictated in a German bunker that April 29, Hitler blamed the war on “International Jewry and its helpers” and urged the German leaders and people to follow “the strict observance of the racial laws and with merciless resistance against the universal poisoners of all peoples" the Jews. The following day Hitler committed suicide. Germany’s formal surrender in World War II came around a week later, on May 8, 1945.