Fascist germany

• Fascism


  Began in Italy in 1919 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini
• National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)

  Also known as the Nazi Party, founded in 1919
• Rebellion Beer Hall Putsch

  Organised by Hitler and the Nazi Party in November 1923
• Mein Kampf


  Book written by Hitler while in prison
• Factors that helped the Nazis rise to power

  • Public's loss of faith in the Weimar government
  • The Great Depression
  • Hitler's leadership and policies
  • Nazi propaganda
• Hitler appointed Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany


  January 1933
• Methods used by Hitler to maintain control

  • Terror
  • Propaganda (posters, Nuremberg Rallies, rewritten textbooks, youth groups, Berlin Olympics)
• SS and Gestapo


  Enforced terror
• Hitler's policies to improve the German economy

  • Boosting private industry
  • Introducing public work schemes
  • Promoting the Volkswagen car
• Hitler's influence on German youth

  • Nazi youth groups (Hitler Youth, League of German Maidens)
  • Rewriting history books
  • Placing a portrait of Hitler in every classroom
• Women's expected role


  Stay at home and look after the family, revolving around the three 'Ks': Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church)
• Hitler's anti-Semitism


  Evident in Mein Kampf, the Nuremberg Laws, and Kristallnacht
• Hitler's policies had a positive effect on the economy, reducing poverty and unemployment
• Nazi propaganda and terror negatively impacted people's lives, especially those belonging to 'inferior' groups or criticising Nazi policy