Rise Of Hitler

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Hindenburg

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President of Germany until 2 August 1934 (death)

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Backstairs Intrigue

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Secret, clandestine negotiations/meetings

Reichstag fire, Night of Long Knives, Hitler'a appointment as chancellor

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Von Papen

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German statesman, nationalist

Major role in dissolving the Republic

Became chancellor in 1932

Persuaded Hindenburg to allow Hitler to become Chancellor with himself as vice chancellor

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Schleicher

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Became chancellor late 1932 after persuading government ministers to remove Papen

Resigned from chancellorship due to discontent

Targeted in the Night of Long Knives

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Work, Freedom, Bread

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Nazi party slogan

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1923 Trial Speech

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Speech made by Hitler at his trial for the Beer Hall Putsch incident

Gained him popularity

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Hitler over Germany

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Name of political campaign where Hitler flew around Germany

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25 Point Programme

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NSDAP manifesto outlining goals and aims

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Fuhrerprinzip

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Leadership principle, where leader has the ultimate authority

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Hold our noses and enter the Reichstag

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Hitler's way of recognizing that violence was not required to gain power, but it could be attained from within the Reichstag

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Anton Drexler

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Instrumental in formation of NSDAP

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Dawes Plan

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1924 attempt to solve reparations problem through loans, and evacuation of Ruhr

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Great Depression

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Worldwide economic downtime spurred by Wall Street Crash of October 1929

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Article 48

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Article of the constitution that allowed the President to take measures without consent front he Reichstag

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Goebbels

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Propagandist expert of the Nazi party

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Hess

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Helped Hitler write Mein Kampf

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Himmler

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Ran extermination camps, led the SS and later the Gestapo

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Coalition

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Alliance between parties

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Mein Kampf

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Hitler's manifesto, written in 1924 when he was in jail

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Blood and Soil

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Nazi philosophy which emphasized that true Aryans lived rural, unsheltered lives

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Unsere Letzte Hoffnung

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"Hitler our last hope" propaganda poster caption

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Arbeit, Freiheit, Brot

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"Work, Freedom, and Bread"

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Hyperinflation

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Situation where prices increase so quickly and so greatly that the value of the currency is eroded

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November Criminals

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German leaders who had signed the Armistice on November 11, 1918

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Stab in the Back

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Notion that Germany did not lose WW1, but was betrayed by civilians and Weimar politicians

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Reparations

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Money Germany owed to the Allies for WW1

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Ruhr Crisis

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French occupation of the Ruhr between 1923-1925 which paralyzed German economy

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Spartakists

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Communists who had tried to seize power in January 1919

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Freikorps

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Independent volunteer regiments raised by anti-communist ex-army officials

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Nuremberg Rallies

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Massive rallies carried out by the Nazi party annually to spread propaganda

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SA

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Original paramilitary wing of the Nazi party

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SS

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Originally a small paramilitary wing devout to Hitler, grew under Himmler to become a large and powerful force

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Hitler Youth

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A youth organization originating in 1922 that imposed Nazi ideals on children

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Propaganda

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Manipulation of information to influence public opinion

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Rohm

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Set up and ran SA for Hitler in 1921, killed in the Night of Long Knives

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Beer Hall Putsch

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Attempt by Hitler to seize power in Munich, Bavaria in November 8/9 1923

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PR

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Propaganda