Munich, Germany (August 1914)

Time magazine cover (March 1933)

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

Mein Kampf, 1925

Chapter 2: Leadership & Will: Adolf Hitler & Nazi Ideology [29-51]

“Big Picture” Questions:1) What was Hitler’s background & how was

his worldview shaped by broader events (WWI, Great Depression)?

2) What was Hitler’s worldview (Nazi ideology) & who were the members of his inner circle?

3) How & why did the Nazis (NSDAP) rise to power & what factors contributed to the end of democracy in Germany?

4) Was the rise of Hitler & the Nazis inevitable?

“Big Picture” Questions:1) In what ways did the Nazis implement Hitler’s ideology during the peacetime years?2) What was life like for different segments of Germany’s population under early Nazi rule? Responses of masses?3) What was the Nazi revolution at home & in foreign policy?4) What made the Nazi reforms routine (systematizing violence, centralizing power, legalizing brutality)? [72-80]

Chapter 3: From Revolution to Routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938 [53-80]

1928 Reichstag election poster

Caption: "Break the Dawes Chains."

Nazi poster (ca. 1930)

The Red War.

Mother or Comrade?

Man or Machine?

God or the Devil?

Blood or Gold?

Race or Bastard?

Popular music or jazz?

National Socialism or Bolshevism?

Reichstag election poster (Sept. 1930)

Words coming from snake:

usury, Versailles, unemployment, war guilt lie, Marxism, Bolshevism, lies and betrayal, inflation, Locarno, Dawes Pact, Young Plan, corruption, Barmat, Kutistker, Sklarek, prostitution, terror, civil war.

Election poster (1932)

Top: "We are voting for Hindenburg!“

Middle: “We are voting for Hitler!”

Bottom: "Look at these faces and you'll know where you belong!"

Why did Germans support Hitler & the Nazis?

Poster (March 1936)

"No German must freeze. 11.5 million cubic meters of coal have been provided by the Winter Relief. That is 4 times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. That is one of the Führer's accomplishments. Give him your vote!"

Poster (March 1936)

German construction expenditures rose from 10.9 billion Marks in 1932 to 14.5 billion in 1935. "That is what Adolf Hitler has done for German craftsmen. All classes vote on 29 March for freedom, peace and construction."

Poster (1936)

"The Führer promised to motorize Germany. In 1932, 104,000 motor vehicles were manufactured, 33,000 people were employed, and goods with a total value of 295,000,000 marks were produced. In 1935, 353,000 vehicles were manufactured, Over 100,000 people were employed, and the value of goods produced was 1,150,000,000 marks. The Führer gave 250,000 people's comrades jobs in the auto industry and its suppliers. German people: Thank the Führer on 29 March! Give him your vote!"