This web page focuses on the political, social and economic conditions as Nazis rose to power under Hitler's leadership in Germany. This includes:
1921: Brown shirts (SA) formed
1926: Hitler Youth founded
Oct. 1929: Wall Street Crash/Great Depression - effect on Germany
1933: Hitler Becomes Chancellor
1933: Goebbel's propaganda machine
Become familiar with the vocabulary in the Vocabulary box .
National Socialists Party (Nazis) - The National Socialist German Workers' Party, commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945
Conscription - the practice of ordering people by law to serve in the armed forces (from merriam-webster.com)
Propaganda - ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc. (from merriam-webster.com)
Brownshirt - a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms. (from freedictionary.com)
Reichstag - the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. (from dictionary.com)
Chancellor - the head of the German government who ran the parliament
von Hindenburg - Paul von Hindenburg was a military officer and second President of Germany from 1925-1934
von Papen - Franz von Papen was Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler from 1933–1934
von Schleicher - Kurt von Schleicher was second Chancellor of Germany under the Weimar Republic from 1932-33
Goebbel - Joseph Goebbel was a right hand man for Hitler and was in charge of the propaganda program for the Nazi party.
Informational Resources:
General:
Summary of 8 factors that led to Hitler's rise to power
Social Conditions:
Hitler Youth Hitler Youth - Hitler quote - only read the quote by Hitler about the Hitler Youth at top
Brown Shirts (Sturmabteilung or Storm Detachment, also called Stormtroopers or SA) first 5 paragraphs only
Economic Conditions:
Circumstances in Germany - Depression Effects
Additional Material:
Nazi Attitudes Toward Jewish People
Videos:
1. The Rise of Hitler Part 2 (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y26XsANjgjU&t=78s)
2. Hitler: The Rise To Power (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-CJdVVGlo)
3. How Did Hitler Become Chancellor in 1933? (from https://goo.gl/4dMa15)
4. The Brown Shirts (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MzARnOPCs)
5. Hitler Youth (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn7zvv0PSbU​)
6. Goebbel's Propaganda Machine (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHAGSXBYl1g)