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a small political party that pushed for nationalism and used anti-Jewish/ anti-Semitic ideas
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Hitler is head of party (fuhrer), believes his orders should be followed strictly, creates group of thugs to beat up Nazis enemies (SA/Stormtroopers)
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the NSDAP was appealing to groups like farmers, small business owners, and middle-class people who felt ignored
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-the Weimar government failed to respond to the Great Depression, so Germans looked to other parties like the Nazis and Adolf Hitler. The Nazis ended up winning the Reichstag votes
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President Paul von Hindenburg didn’t want Hitler to have chancellorship, but Franz Von Papen was on Hitler’s side and he helped him to change Hindenburg’s mind. This worked and Hitler became chancellor and was allowed to form government
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There was a large fire in the Reichstag building (the congress building) located in Berlin. Although no one knows who or what caused the fire, it helped Hitler gain ultimate power.
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This act gave Hitler the power to govern without say from the Reichstag. Hitler could pretty much do anything, and didn’t have to follow the constitution. This act only passed because the Nazis arrested members of opposing parties
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Hitler started concentration camps that were for prisoners that disagreed with what the Nazis believed in
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When president Hindenburg died, Hitler took control of the government. He pushed for a constitutional change to have the new leader, which was himself, to be head of state, government, and the military. Many Germans again voted yes for this change.
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Hitler started his Four-Year Plan to prepare for war. This helped Germany gain many soldiers and a lot of war resources.
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Hitler told the Austrian Chancellor that his votes for Austria’s independence was rigged. After Hitler warned the Chancellor about invasion or just agreeing Austrian Nazi power, the Chancellor tried to fight back but then backed down because of the limited help he had. Finally, Hitler connected Austria and Germany under his one government.
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After meeting several times, Hitler and the British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Edouard Daladier (France) agreed on a Nazi takeover in Sudetenland. That was the only place in Czechoslovakia that he was allowed to have.
