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15 Cards in this Set
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Rudolf Hess
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• Wrote Mein Kampf, dictated to him.
• Only one of the inner circle to survive the war. • Parachuted over Britain to “end the war,” imprisoned, tried at the Nuremburg Trial. Imprisoned for life. |
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Ernst Roehm
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• WWI Army Veteran
• In command o the SA (Storm troopers, “Brown Shirts,” secret patrol, ground runners) • SA is the general security for Nazi movement and intimidators • Expert in small arms use • Left Germany in the 1920s to help South American dictators. Brought back by Hitler • Homosexual – preferred young boys • Hitler agrees to take him down and SA power in return for Regular German Army Support after Hindenburg dies |
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Heinrich Himmler
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• Previously a chicken farmer
• In charge of Hitler’s body guards (SS Officers) • Schemer – looking to elevate his own status • Second most powerful in Germany because he builds his own empire within the SS. SS was in charge of Racial Policies (cornerstone of Holocaust) SS had the blood of seven million on their hands by the end of the war in 1945 • Inherits the Gestapo by the end of the 1930s. |
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Hermann Goering
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• Second in command to Hitler
• Fighter pilot in WWI In charge of Airforce during rearming of Germany (Luftwaffe) • Called “air clubs” because it was illegal to train pilots. One of Europe’s strongest airforces. • He was least like the Nazi’s of all of Hitler’s inner-circle. He was also a drug addict. • Master manipulator, Hitler’s number 2 man “Reichsmarshal”= second in command • In charge of the Gestapo – Secret Police at the beginning of the Third Reich. Perfected the art of interrogation and torture. |
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Paul von Hindenburg
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• -In his 80s
• -Viewed Hitler as a vulgar commoner • -Knew Hitler represented some people -Closer Monarch, not a great defender of democracy. But was a German Patriot • Paul von Hindenburg vs. Hitler Hindenburg wins by a huge margin and appoints Hitler to Chancellor in 1933 • August 2, 1934 – Hindenburg dies • Hitler assumes full power, claiming himself Der Fuehrer and eliminating the office of President. |
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Joseph Paul Goebbels
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• Minister of Propaganda
One of the few intellectuals in the Nazi Movement Became one of the most fanatical, master manipulator of German mindset Controlled media, arts and cultural aspects of German life • Absolutely dedicated to Hitler In Hitler’s bunker with him in the last days. Shortly after he committed suicide, he and his wife gave their children poison. |
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Geli Raubal
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-Adolf's half niece, committed suicide
-As he rose to power as leader of the Nazi Party, Hitler was domineering and possessive of Raubal, keeping a tight rein on her.[ |
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Leni Riegenstahl
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• Director of “Triumph of the Will”
Hitler sought out someone to direct a propaganda film • Leni Riegenstahl is chosen o Did not die until 2002 at the age of 103 o Claims to have no regrets • Leni joined the Nazi party • Nuremberg Nazi Party rally (“Congress”) – Sept 1934 |
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Neville Chamberlain
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• Munich Conference (1938)
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (UK) and Edouard Daladier (FR). Czechoslovakian PM was there, but kept in another room while the fate of his country was decided. Agreement: There would be no war. Hitler would leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone. Chamberlain claims to have brought “The peace of our time” – Hitler and Mussolini never planned to keep agreement. • One year later, Hitler invades and the country is split and divided between: o Germany, Poland and Hungary |
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Edouard Daladier
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• Munich Conference (1938)
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (UK) and Edouard Daladier (FR). Czechoslovakian PM was there, but kept in another room while the fate of his country was decided. Agreement: There would be no war. Hitler would leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone. Chamberlain claims to have brought “The peace of our time” – Hitler and Mussolini never planned to keep agreement. • One year later, Hitler invades and the country is split and divided between: • Germany, Poland and Hungary |
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Count Ciano
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Gian Galeazzo Ciano (18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944)
-Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 -Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. On January 11, 1944 -Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany.[1] Ciano left a massive diary,[2] that has been used among others by William Shirer in his monumental The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, -His last words were "Long live Italy!" |
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
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• August – Hitler sends Joachim von Ribbentrop (foreign minister) to negotiate a peace treaty between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Soviet foreign minister (V. Molotov).
Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 • Signed the “end of Poland.” • Germans will also not interfere when Russia comes in from the East to take part of Poland. • Clears the war to the beginning of WWI. |
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Vyacheslav Molotov
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• August – Hitler sends Joachim von Ribbentrop (foreign minister) to negotiate a peace treaty between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Soviet foreign minister (V. Molotov).
Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 • Signed the “end of Poland.” • Germans will also not interfere when Russia comes in from the East to take part of Poland. • Clears the war to the beginning of WWI. |
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Joseph Stalin
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• Succeeded Lenin
Killed Trotsku Focused heavily on power, was not an intellectual • Famous for 5 year plans |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Elected President: 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944
• Hitler’s nemesis, they came to power around the same time. • If US must fight, FDR says it shouldn’t be in their “backyard” • 1936 – Roosevelt won by a landslide • “Quarantine Speech” (1938) “feeler” of public opinion- mixed reaction Compared countries at war (GR, JA, IT) to sick people Don’t do business with countries- quarantine them. • Rainbow 5 Hypothetical situation where US fight Japan, Germany and Italy • Must prioritize, Germany represented largest threat |