The Fall of the Weimar Republic

Fall of the Weimar Republic

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> 1) Background

> * The fall of the Weimar Republic goes hand in hand with the

> rise of Hitler and the Nazi regime

> * The Weimar Republic came into existence after WWI and

> promised to give democracy, freedom of speech, return to the 8-hour

> workday, and improvements in social security.

> * The more power Hitler got, the closer he got to becoming a

> complete dictator which would obviously put an end to any sort of

> possible Republic at the time.

> * The Nazi party seemed like a valid option in the eyes of the

> German people because after the war ended the German economy was

> struggling and they were in need of a push for militarism and

> nationalism, this is what the Nazi party offered.

> 2) The early rise of Hitler and the Nazi party wrote about in Mein Kampf:

> * Hitler wrote an autobiography, Mein Kampf, during his

> sentence in prison in Vienna as in his early 20's, after he held a

> public rally in Munich for his new German working class party.

War sign!

Hitler (left), standing behind Hermann Göring at ...

English: Dust jacket of the book Mein Kampf, writt...

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> discusses many of these occurrences in his autobiography

> * In this book he discussed these years he spent in Vienna

> where he met groups such as Jews and Socialists, to whom he had

> immediate dislike.

> * In his early 20's Hitler became affiliated w/the German's

> working party - Dap

> * He drew more than 2,000 people to his first rally where he

> suggested the new name for this party- NSDAP, aka Nazi

> * Hitler then came up with the "25 Points", mainly discussed

> his anti-Semitism, and the working class

> * Cancellation of...