Hitler's Rise to Power
Weimar Republic
German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy.
August 2nd 1934
Hindenburg dies
January 30th 1933
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
20th April 1889
Hitler born
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts
Hitler took the entrance exam twice and failed both times.
High Treason
Hitler was found guilty of this after the failed Munich Putsch
Night of the Long Knives
June 1934
Reichstag Fire
27th February 1933
Dictatorship
A form of government in which the leader has absolute power and authority.
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler's book
Munich Putsch
November 1923
Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against Jews
Hindenburg
President of Germany who died and was replaced by Hitler
Austria
The country where Adolf Hitler was born
World War One
The one time Hitler felt direction in his life. It was a cause to which he could commit himself totally.
German Workers Party
The original name of the Nazi party
Fuhrer
The title Adolf Hitler gave himself. It means "leader" in German.
1919
The year Hitler joined the German Workers Party
Revolution
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
Enabling Act
enabled Hitler to pass laws without reference to parliament
Anton Drexler
founder of the Nazi Party
Ernst Rohm
head of the "Storm Troopers"; loyal aid to Hitler; killed by Hitler after the Night of the Long Knives
October 29, 1929
stock market crash in NYC
The Great Depression
the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
Treaty of Versailles
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers. It forced Germany to pay reparations, take blame for the war, reduce their army and give up territory.