Topic 4 of 6Cambridge O Levels

Nazi Germany 1933-1945

Hitler's rise, totalitarian control, and the major events leading to WWII.

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Hitler's rise to power:

1919: Joins DAP, renamed NSDAP (Nazi Party)
1923: Beer Hall Putsch — failed coup, imprisoned, wrote Mein Kampf
1929: Wall Street Crash → economic crisis → Nazi support rises
1932: Nazis become largest party; July election: 37.4% of vote
January 1933: Hitler appointed Chancellor by Hindenburg

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Consolidating power:

Reichstag Fire (Feb 1933) → Decree for Protection of People and State (suspended civil liberties)
Enabling Act (March 1933) → Hitler could pass laws without Reichstag
Night of the Long Knives (1934) → SA leadership murdered; army swears loyalty oath
Hindenburg's death (1934) → Hitler becomes Führer

The Nazi state:

Propaganda: Goebbels controlled all media
Terror: SS and Gestapo controlled opposition
Youth groups (Hitler Youth, League of German Girls) for indoctrination

The Holocaust: Systematic murder of 6 million Jews and millions of others (Roma, disabled, political prisoners). Stages: discrimination, ghettos, Final Solution (1941), death camps (Auschwitz).

Key Points to Remember

1Hitler became Chancellor Jan 1933 after economic crisis boosted Nazi support
2Enabling Act 1933: Hitler governed by decree
3Propaganda (Goebbels) + terror (SS/Gestapo) = totalitarian control
4Holocaust: systematic genocide of 6 million Jews and millions of others

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