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
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-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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Axelrod, Alan. "Hitler, Adolf." Encyclopedia of World War II, Volume I. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2007. Modern World History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?
ItemID=WE53&iPin=WWII0291&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 24, 2011).