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Strong Arm Tactics
-The "Brownshirts" or SA (Stormtroopers) were used to put down opposite parties
-Threatened and beat up Jews and anti-NAZI voters
-Wore brown shirts, pants and boots
-Numbered almost 400, 000 by 1932 -
Treaty of Versailles
-The allied nations met to determine the destiny of Germany
-Germany was not invited to the conference
-The Big Four blamed Germany for the entire world war
-Germany had to pay reperations -
Hitler's joining of the German Workers Party
-Hitler was sent to investigate this group in Munich
-He gave a speech
-Was asked to join the group, to which he accepted -
Beer Hall Putsch
-Hitler held a rally in Munich beer hall and declared revolution
-He led 2000 men in take over of Bavarian government, but he failed -
Hitler's Trial and Imprisonment
-Hitler was charged with treason
-At his trial he spoke about the NAZI platform and spread his popularity
-He was sentenced to 5 years in jail, but only served about 9 months
-In prison he wrote a book "My Struggle"
-The book sold 5 million copies -
Hitler's Rise to Power
-After he got out of prison, Hitler began talking to large audiences about making Germany a great nation again
-NAZI Party:
-1930 = 18% of vote
-1932 = 30% of vote
-Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1933 -
Concentration Camps
-NAZI's began to create these camps to hold political or "enemies" of the regime
-Camps were unhealthy, cold, and inhumane
-Were spread across Germany, with the largest, deadliest ones located away from the borders of France
-The number of camps expanded to 300+ between 1939 and 1942
-The "emenies" held were; slave labourers, Jews, political leaders, homosexuals, Gypsies, mentally or physically challenged, and criminals -
Night of The Long Knives
-The NAZI's carried out a series of political murders
-At least 85 people died, but the death toll may have been in the 100's
-Hitler began to kill anyone who opposed him, including those in his army or already under his control -
Ghetto
-It was part of the city blocked off for a particualar group; in this case it was for the jews
-People were forced to wear uniforms, idenification numbers and carry around their identification at all times
-Living conditions were brutal. In the ghetto of Odrzywol, 700 people were forced into an area previously occupied by 5 families, between 12 to 30 people in each small room. -The jews were not allowed out of the ghetto and food rations were only around 253 calories per jew. -
The Final Solution
-Plan to destroy the Jews of Europe.
-Jews were rounded up under the excuse of a resettlement program and moved East
-When in reality they were only getting sent to death.
-Around 8000 people were killed per day.
-Between 6-8 million Jews were killed
