The Rise of Nazi Germany
Censorship and Propaganda
Radios played military music and
speeches that exalted Nazism.
Posters that played on Jewish stereotypes
sought to defame and represent Jews badly.
Meanwhile, pro-ethnic German propaganda
was also widespread in an attempt to make
Germans proud of their blood and willing to
fight for Germany. This was also done to increase
tensions with non-Germans such as Jews.
Hitler also referred to himself as the 'Führer,'
meaning leader in German. This title was used to
glorify him in propaganda.
Book burning were also used to
silence other viewpoints that did not
support Germany.
Indoctrination
The Nazis intruded into multiple aspects of life,
including press and education.
At school, children were encouraged to
join the Hitler Youth League, an organization
that taught Hitler's ideals and military skills.
As well, they participated
in Hitler's book burnings,
where "un-German" books were burnt
in a public spectacle.
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Roman Catholic schools were forced to close. In 1935,
Hitler attempted to convince Protestant churches
to preach pro-Nazi sermons.
Nazis blamed the Jewish for all of Germany's
economic troubles, and people eagerly followed him.
Extreme Nationalism
Hitler was leader of the National Socialist party.
Hitler became antisemitic, which
created his desire for an ethnically 'pure'
Aryan Germany.
Hitler wanted to build an 'Aryan' Germany,
where the 'superior' ethnic Germans would rule over
less ethnically strong peoples such as the Slavs.
Hitler was devoted to creating a racially pure Germany,
a form of extreme nationalism.
"The state is only a means to an end. Its end and its purpose is to preserve and promote a community of human beings who are physically as well as spiritually kindred. Above all, it must preserve the existence of the race" - Adolf Hitler
"It was a filthy crime against the German People, a stab in the back of the German Nation. [In response to Germany's defeat in World War I]" - Adolf Hitler
Limited Human Rights
When the Reichtag building was
destroyed, Hitler convinced president
Hindenburg to abolish laws protecting
free speech rights
and freedom of assembly.
Jews were subject to many dehumanizing laws.
In 1933, Hitler banned Jews from teaching
positions at universities as well as
government positions. Later on, Jewish
medical practitioners and law practitioners
were also banned.
Essentially, he was taking his ideas from his
book 'Mein Kampf' and putting them into
reality.
Einstein was a German-
Jew that emigrated away
during this time.
In 1935, marriage between Jewish and
ethnic Germans was outlawed. This was under
the Nuremberg Laws.
Jews were also made to wear a Star of David
and register with the government.
Legalized Police Terror
Hitler collected his political
enemies in June 1934 and executed
them all.
Hitler set up the Gestapo,
his secret police. They arrested
those who disagreed with Hitler's regime.
After the murder of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath
by a Jewish youngster, Nazis organized "riots"
with the intention of destroying Jewish buisnesses
and synagogues. Jews were killed and 20,000
were sent to concentration camps.
This event was called "Kristallnacht," or the Night of Broken
Glass.
