History revision

• Hitler


  • He was a great speaker
  • After the Wall Street Crash, he promised to solve Germany's problems if they voted for his party
  • He had a well-organised party
• German voters


  • They were unhappy with the previous government
  • They feared communism
• Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in 1889
• At 18 he moved to Vienna
• He fought in WWI and won the Iron Cross twice
• His aim was to reverse the Treaty of Versailles as he thought the politicians who signed it were criminals
• He tried to get into power himself
• He wrote a book called Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
• While he was in for his first effort to power, he realised the route to power could be achieved by democratic means
• He started to make speeches across Germany saying they must reverse the 'akkar' (peace treaty)
• During the 1920s, Germany was doing very well
• This changed in 1929 when the Wall Street Crash in America happened, causing German businesses and loans to collapse
• People started to not listen to Hitler
• He promised two things: work and bread
• By 1932, the Nazis had become the biggest party in parliament
• By 1933, the German president had made Hitler Chancellor of Germany
• When the president died, Hitler took the opportunity and merged his office with that of the President's
• Hitler was a great speaker
• He promised to save Germany if they used his party
• The Nazi party was well organised
• German voters were unhappy with the previous government
• There was fear of communism
• Who supported the Nazis

  • Pensioners (Hitler promised to improve pensions)
  • Ex-soldiers (Hitler promised to make Germany powerful)
  • Judges (looking for a strong leader to solve the problem of too many parties & elections)
  • Stormtroopers (Hitler promised to make Germany great again and win back territory)
  • Small businessmen (to avoid the violence of the Stormtroopers)
  • Lots of ordinary Germans
• In Germany, many Jewish people served as lawyers, doctors, but when the Nazis came to power, they were persecuted and defined as scapegoats
• There were approximately 500,000 Jewish people in Germany in 1933 (less than 1% of the population)
• In 1941, the Nazis began to remove Jews from the country
• By the end, only one Jew remained alive in Germany as a refugee
• Timeline of laws against Jews

  • April 1933: All Jews banned from sports clubs, Jewish teachers sacked, Jewish lawyers and judges sacked, Jewish shops boycotted
  • September 1933: Race studies/Eugenics introduced into education
  • January 1934: All Jewish shops marked with a yellow Star of David
  • September 1935: Jews not allowed to vote, marriages between Jews and non-Jews banned
  • January 1936: No Jew allowed to own any electrical equipment, Jews banned from swimming pools
  • July 1938: Jewish doctors sacked
  • August 1938: More Jews must add the name Israel and women the name Sara to their first names
  • November 1938: Kristallnacht - Jewish shops had their windows broken, 200 synagogues burned down, 100 Jews killed, 20,000 arrested
  • December 1938: Jewish and non-Jewish people forbidden to play together
  • April 1939: Jews can be evicted from their homes for no reason
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• Secondary sexual characteristics

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• Secondary sexual characteristics in males

  • Body becomes muscular
  • Voice deepens
  • Facial hair
  • Body hair and pubic hair
  • Growth spurt
• Secondary sexual characteristics in females

  • Menstruation begins
  • Breasts develop
  • Hips widen
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