Rise of Nazism

By katiekeenan

  • Hitler Joins Nazi Workers Party

    Hitler Joins Nazi Workers Party
    The German Workers' Party, like many similar groups of demobilized soldiers. Adolf Hitler joined this small political party in 1919.
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  • German Workers Party

    German Workers Party
    The Germans Workers party adopts the Swastika as their national symbol.

  • Hitler Imprisioned

    Hitler Imprisioned
    Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison.

  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    While imprisoned Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf". Hitler's book became the base for the Nazi Party's racist beliefs and murderous ways.

  • Election

    Election
    The Nazi Party achieved just 12 seats in the Reichstag.

  • First anti-Jewish action

    First anti-Jewish action
    The SA began its first major anti-Jewish action on 13 October 1930.

  • Hitler becomes Reich

    Hitler becomes Reich
    After the elections in 1933, Von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reich Chansellor to keep the Nazi party "under control"

  • Hitler becomes Führer

    Hitler becomes Führer
    On August 19, about 95 percent of registered voters in Germany went to the polls and gave Hitler 38 million votes of approval (90 percent of the vote). Thus Adolf Hitler could claim he was Führer of the German nation by direct will of the people.