World+War+II

Hitler's Slow Rise to Power

**Europe’s Economy ** Before the Great Depression, Europe was already affected because Germany was suffering paying all the reparations. U.S has provided some exports and since they crashed, Europe went down with them. The buildings in Europe were gone because of WWI. Banks lost their value. Europe borrowed loans from the U.S but since they are in a depression, they asked for their money. Europe and U.S pressures Germany to come up with the money so German banks repossess. European taxes increase drastically. Since everyone is poor, some groups are going to take advantage of others for money. Europe had to reevaluate all their treaties and their main target was China; this led to civil wars.

**May 4th Movement ** China declared war on Germany in hope of recognition but the Treaty of Versailles still made them weak. Students protested in Beijing. In 1921, the Chinese Communist Party formed. They allied with Guomindang to spread communism.

**Long March ** Guomindang attacked the Communist with advice from Germany. They wanted to starve the communists, which was led by Mao Zedong and Russia. Russia turned them against Mao but Mao made an attack from the rear, which allowed the communists to retreat.

**Mohandas Gandhi ** He was an Indian man who resisted tyranny through civil disobedience or total nonviolence, which gained Indian independence.

**Hitler Slowly Building Power ** First he targets the Communists. They are an easy target because everyone in the world hates them due to the Red Scare in the U.S. Since Hitler was right about the Communists, everyone listened to him when he said to target the Jews. He slowly controlled the people because everything he did and said was right at first so the people had to continue believing him. Hitler used fear and intimidation among the people to dismantle democracy. He changed society by teaching the youth and the adults to hate the Jews and those who were not part of the Aryan race. He made the SA, which was an army of thugs and criminals. But later he eliminated the SA by ordering the Gestapo and the SS to kill them in their homes. In the eyes of the people he was a savior who protected them from evil such as the Jews and the thugs.


 * Kristallnacht **

Kristallnacht- (night of broken glass, 1938) series of attacks on Jews in nazi germany. SA and civilians destroyed jewish property and 250000 jewish men were taken to concentration camps. (synagogues and homes were burned. 17 year old kid shot German diplomat, which started the attack.

Kristallnacht began the Holocaust. Some of the worst concentration camps were Dachau, Aushwitz, and Treblinka. Civilians rioted against the Jews. They "removed" the cause to end the riot so they displaced the Jews.

SA troopers were destroying property below the residence of a Jewish family. The family was frightened, but knew what was going to happen when they reached their home. SA intruded the home and created chaos. The father was taken to Dachau and 4 months later he returned with his head shaved. Why was the father the only one taken from the home?

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