H&G Unit 3 - Rise of Nazis and Hitler

Mein Kampf

1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.

Weimar Germany

Weimar Republic was the German state from 1918 to 1933, as it existed as a federal constitutional republic. The state was officially the German Reich

Untermensch

a Nazi term for non-Aryan "inferior people" often referred to as "the masses from the East"

Fascism

a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

Beer Hall Putsch

also known as the Munich Putsch, was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8-9 November 1923, during the Weimar Republic.

Adolf Hitler

an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934

Aryan

relating to or denoting a people speaking an Indo-European language who invaded northern India in the 2nd millennium BC, displacing the Dravidian and other aboriginal peoples

November Criminals

the Nazi term for the German officials who signed the armistice that ended World War I.

Treaty of Versailles

the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. June 28, 1919

Nuremberg Laws

were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party