Hitler+before+WWII

Trevor Griffith Hitler in the years leading up to WWII

**Gaining power in Gov** -soldier in WWI gained good reputation -Germany hurt econ and reputation after war and Guilt Clause  -Started Nazi party after failed Weimer Rep -arrested in Beer Hall Putsch -gained pwr w/ propaganda, Hitler Youth, Olympics -Hindenburg president -Fureeprinzip, leadership principle -Reichstag fire  -Took pwr in 1932, Enabling act gave Hitler sole pwr of Germany

**Anti-semetic acts**  -Wrote Mein Kamf (auto Bio)  -influenced by Wagners Opera, Antisemitism, and Lebenstraum (Living Space by Haushofer) -Nuremberg laws stripped Jews of rights  -Kristallnact  -Himmler put in charge of SS and police

**Events toward WWII** -used appeasment to advantage  -took Rhineland, annexed Austria, Sudentanland, invaded Poland  -Non-aggresion pact  -SA or Brownshirts used to keep order and lower opposition

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