Hitler and the Rise of Nazism
The Great Depression: Main Ingredient
- Unemployment Brownshirts (S.A.) - Hitler's Henchmen - Used through the late 20's and 30'2 to harass opposition parties unmercifully - Led by Ernst Rohm - After Hitler The Burning of the Reichstag - February 1933 - Dutch communist "convicted of the crime" - Hitler bullies (with the help of the Brownshirts) the Reichstag into passing the enabling act to face the coming "communist revolution' The Enabling Act - Agreed to by th eReichstag in 1933 under threats from the Brownshirts (S.A.) - Only 93 Social Democrats voted against it - Allowed to do what they want The Night of the Long Knives - 30 June 1934 those killed were: Any would be internal challengers were murdered |
Hitler takes ideas from Mussolini. Series of events that Hitler uses to his advantage to introduce his ideas.
“The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don’t ask for their love; only for their fear.”
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