How did Hitler rise to Power?
Lesson Objectives
• To analyse Hitler’s early life
• To understand how Hitler
and the Nazi party gained
complete power in Germany
Starter
• Read carefully all the following statements, which could have been made by
someone you should have heard of.
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I like to be well turned out and presentable
I enjoy my mountain top house, especially the view
I feel that I have helped people
As leader of my country I have had many criminals arrested
I have made sure that top grade roads cross the country
Jobs are important, and I have invested lots of money to make millions of jobs
My country is now very well respected across the whole world
People have described me as a hero and a saviour
Young people adore me
I enjoy playing with my dog
I do not smoke or drink
I am a vegetarian
I like to go for long walks in the country
Starter:
When you see this man what words come
to mind?
Early life
• Adolf Hitler was born on 20th April 1889 in
Austria.
• The young Hitler was a good student in
elementary school. However he had a poor record
at high school and left, before completing his
tuition.
• Hitler had a troubled childhood, as his father was
violent to him and violent towards his mother.
Early career
• Hitler had an ambition to become an artist and
moved to Vienna to fulfil his dream
• The Vienna Academy of Art rejected his
application.
• He drifted in and out of jobs and sold some of his
paintings or advertising posters whenever he could.
• It was in Vienna that his hatred for the Jews
developed as Vienna had a large Jewish community.
Hitler and World war one
• The outbreak of the First World War provided him
with an opportunity for a fresh start. It was a chance
for him to become involved in proving that Germany
was superior to other European countries.
• Hitler claimed that when he heard the news of war:
"I was overcome with impetuous enthusiasm, and
falling on my knees, wholeheartedly thanked
Heaven that I had been granted the happiness to live
at this time.”
• Rejecting the idea of fighting for Austria, Hitler
volunteered for the German Army.
• Hitler won five medals including
the prestigious Iron Cross during
the First World War.
• In October 1918, Hitler was
blinded in a British mustard gas
attack. He was sent to a military
hospital.
• While he was in hospital Germany
surrendered. Hitler went into a
state of deep depression
Task
• Your task is to design a
social network page
containing information
all about Hitler’s life.
• you need basic
information e.g DOB
• Early life and education
• Role in world war I
• Growth of the Nazi party
• Munich Putsch
• Rise to power
Adolf
Hitler
About Hitler life
The Nazi Party’s Rise to Power:
1928-1933
• In 1928 Hitler’s Nazi Party
were a small, insignificant
party. They enjoyed little
success in elections.
• By 1933 Hitler was the
chancellor of Germany.
• The Nazi’s had risen from
obscurity to power, total
power.
Rise to power
1. (economic situation) Germany was poor
2. Hitler was a great public speaker
3. The SA and SS disrupted the work of political
opponents
4. The Nazi’s aimed at lots of different people with
their promises
5. Nazi propaganda was effective
6. People were fed up of ineffective governments and
the current situation
Adolf Hitler and
the Nazi Party
Task:
Read the information sheet and
produce a timeline with pictures
that explains how Hitler and the
Nazi party rose to power
Extension
• 1) Write a paragraph explaining how Hitler
came to power in 1933
Hitler made himself
the leader of the
Nazi Party, very
powerful dictator
Army, ‘SA’
terrorised and
locked up
opponents
Secret Police,
Gestapo, spied
on everyone,
Became
Chancellor in
1933, promising
to make
Germany great
again
Hitler and the
Nazi Party
Hitler had his
own private
army, the ‘SS’
Nazis controlled
TV, radio,
newspapers, filmsonly pro-Nazi and
anti opponent
messages
Aryan race
superior to
everyone else
Saw Jews as a
‘problem’ that
needed a
‘solution’
Who was Adolf Hitler?
• Leader of the Nazi Party; he was very popular
and became very powerful = GERMAN
DICTATOR!
• Hitler came to power as Chancellor in 1933
promising to make Germany great again
• The Nazis controlled the TV, radio,
newspapers and films - they broadcast proNazi messages and criticised their opponents
• Had army ‘SA’ (Stormtroopers) to terrorise
and lock up anyone who opposed the Nazis
ideas
Who was Adolf Hitler?
• Hitler had his own personal army the ‘SS’
to protect him
• Secret police (Gestapo) who spied on
everyone, this led to fear and suspicion
• Created an idea that the Aryan race (blue
eyed, blonde hair) was superior to everyone
else
• Saw the Jews as a ‘problem’ or a
‘threat’ that needed a ‘solution’
Activities
1.
In pairs put the factors effecting Hitler’s rise to
power into order of importance. (Think carefully
about the order that you have placed them in. You
may decide that some of them are of equal
significance)
2.
Then place the factors into the correct column of
the chart. Are these factors strengths of
Hitler and the Nazi’s
Weaknesses of other political parties
factors beyond the control of German politicians
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Rise to power
Wall Street
Crash
(depression)
German people
Annoyed with
government
Show of Rising
strength Unemployment
by Hitler
Opportunity
for Nazi’s
Pressure on
government
Rise in
Interest in
votes for extreme ideas
Nazi’s
Apparent
weakness of
Government
Life in Nazi Germany
Task:
Watch the clips and fill in the
sheet about life in Nazi
Germany.
Clips on BBC learning zone Broadband. Secondary,
History, Nazi Germany.