- Hitler and the Rise of Nazism
Notes:
- 1920 Hitler joined the German Workers Party (Anti-Weimar Republic)
- He soon became its leader
- Changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)
- this party created the Brownshirted S.A led by Ernst Rohm a paramilitary forced designed after Mussalini's Blackshirt
- in 1928 12 nazis are elected to the Riechstag
- Brownshirts- hitlers henchmen Led by Ernest Rohm
- the Enabling act allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting Reichstag
- all political parties were outlawed
- President Hindenburg dies and Hitler runs and wins with 99.9% of votes
Summary: After Hitler became the leader of the NAZI party in 1920, he created a paramilitary force known as the Brownshirts, after Mussolini's Blackshirts. The Enabling act is created, which allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting Reichstag, and he soon outlaws all political parties.
Subjective question: If the Enabling Act was never created, how powerful would Hitler and the Nazis be?
Quote: "Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all." - Adolf Hitler
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