Hitler's Rise To Evil: Important Names and Places

FÜHRER

German word for leader

Joseph Goebbels

Hitler's minister of propaganda.

GELI RAUBAL

Hitler's niece that shot herself.

EVA BRAUN

Hitler's photographer. In 1945, Hitler married her two days before they committed suicide together at the end of the war in Europe.

Hindenburg

President of Germany during Hitler's rise to power.

THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

The agreement that ended World War I. Hitler used the harsh terms of the treaty for purposes of propaganda.

MUNICH

The capital city of Bavaria.

Fritz Gerlich

The founder of "The Straight Path" and a voice of reason against Hitler.

NAZI

The shortened name of the National Socialist German Workers' Party; the Nazis' strategy was to gain power through elections.

The HANFSTAENGLS

Wealthy industrialists who were early supporters of Hitler for their own economic and personal advancement.

Ernst Rohm

—admirer of Hitler and leader of the SA also known as the Brownshirts.

HERMANN GÖRING

—early leader in the Nazi Party and later appointed by Hitler to head the Luftwaffe (German Air Force).

MEIN KAMPF (MY STRUGGLE)

A somewhat autobiographical book by Hitler.

HOFBRÄUHAUS

A famous German beer hall in Munich that was also the site of Hitler speeches.

REICHSTAG

The German parliament (Congress).