National Socialism in GermanyHistory 104 / April 10, 2013

Cover of the first edition(1925)

Munich, November 1923

- a radical young nationalist leads the “Beer Hall putsch”

Josef Goebbels (1897-1945)NSDAP leader in Berlin region; later Minister of Propaganda

The SA (brownshirts): marching & brawling

“Black Friday”on Wall Street(Oct. 25, 1929)

The Great Depression hits Germany, 1929-1933

The SA combines a soup kitchen & election headquarters

Communist agitation during the depression- “Bring down this system!”

“Hitler – our last hope”

Election results for the NSDAP:

1928 - 2.6%1930 - 18.3%

July 1932 - 37.3%Nov. 1932 - 33.1%

President Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as Chancellor

Jan. 30, 1933:torchlight parades signal

the beginning of a new era

The burning of books

The Enabling Act (March 1933)

The “Night of the Long Knives” (June 1934)

The SS rises to prominence

- led by Heinrich Himmler(1900-1945)

NSDAP party rallies: orchestrated expressions of loyalty

The Autobahn

“Strength through Joy”: new experiences and

exotic vacations

The “Strength through Joy”vacation dorm on the

island of Rügen

The “Strength through Joy” Wagon(engineered by… Volkswagen)

The Saar – a coal-rich territory

detached from Germanyin 1919

Jan. 1935:In a plebiscite in the Saar, 90% vote to join the Third

Reich

March 1935: Hitler re-introduces the draft for German men

March 1936: Hitler re-militarizes the Rhineland

April 1, 1933: the SA organizes a boycott ofJewish-owned businesses

“Jews not permitted in our German forests”

The concentration campat Dachau (est. 1933)