chapter 17 section D Hitler and the rise of nazi germany
Schutzstaffel
SS: Hitler's personal security
Protection squadron
Schutzstaffel (SS)
Concentration camps
Detention centers for civilians considered enemies of the state
Final solution
Final solution of the Jewish question-murder of every single Jew-had begun-mass arresting, and trafficking of Jews to the concentration camps-mass killings occurred as well in the gas chambers
Reichstag
German Parliament
Gestapo
German secret police
Der Fuhrer
Hitler's title as leader of Nazi Germany
First Reich
Holy Roman Empire
Kristallnacht
"Night of Broken Glass"
Lebensraum
"living space"
Mein Kampf
'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession
Nuremburg Laws
1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood
Dawes Plan
A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.
Aryans
A race of people from ancient India and Pakistan, but whom Hitler believed became the first Germans. The Nazis called all Germans by this name.
Second Reich
Period in German history in which Bismarck formed a united Germany
Third Reich
The Third German Empire, established by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.
NAZI
The doctrines of nationalism, racial purity, anti-Communism, and the all-powerful role of the State. The National Socialist German Workers Party, otherwise known as the Nazi Party. Nazism was advocated by Adolf Hitler in Germany.
Weimar republic
Was the democratic government which ruled over Germany form 1919 to 1933. Was Germany's first democracy and it failed miserably. It had leaders such as Stresseman and Hindenburg.
Adolph Hitler
german leader of Nazi Party. 1933-1945. rose to power by promoting racist and national views
