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2. Source Z: SAMPLE
Mein Kampf (English In Mein Kampf Hitler outlined his political philosophy. He argued
: My Struggle or My that the German (he wrongly described them as the Aryan race)
Battle) is a book by was superior to all others. Hitler believed that Aryan superiority
Nazi leader was being threatened particularly by the Jewish race who, he
Adolf Hitler published argued, were lazy and had contributed little to world civilization.
between 1925 and
(Hitler ignored the fact that some of his favourite composers
1926
and musicians were Jewish).
In Mein Kampf Hitler declared that: "The external security of a
people in largely determined by the size of its territory." If he
won power Hitler promised to occupy Russian land that would
provide protection andlebensraum (living space) for the German
people. This action would help to destroy the Jewish/Marxist
attempt to control the world: "The Russian Empire in the East is
ripe for collapse; and the end of the Jewish domination of Russia
will also be the end of Russia as a state.”

3. Source A
A Nazi election poster from July 1932.
The Nazis proclaim ‘We build!’ and
promise to provide work, freedom and
bread.
Riverside Secondary School 2010/SA1/ History /3E

4. Source B
A Nazi propaganda
poster drawn in the
1930s
Source D: http://www.wwii-collectibles.com/adolf-hitler-ex.html

5. Source C
This Nazi poster of
1932 says: ‘Hitler – our
last hope’.
Source E: http://www.johndclare.net/Weimar7.htm

6. Source D
An extract from an article “Hitler’s Popularity”,
written by a Jew who lived in Nazi Germany in the
1930s.
Hitler used his strong nationalistic convictions and oratory skills
to the fullest. His message was simple: “Germany did not lose
the war but was stabbed in the back by the Jewish traitors. The
Versailles Treaty was the root of all evil. The Jewish Capitalists
and the Communists are the mortal enemies of the German
people. The Germans are a superior race destined to rule the
World. Hitler was not capable of making mistakes in all matters
of life and death, and the destiny of Germany was in his hands.”
The message was well received. Hitler skillfully and convincingly
told the Germans what they wanted to hear, and they voted for
him and he was appointed Chancellor.
taken from “Hitler’s Popularity” by Alexander Kimal

7. Source E
A description of one of Hitler’s rallies in 1931, taken
from a book written by Albert Speer, a German
architect and Nazi Minister.
Here it seemed to me was hope. The perils of communism could be
checked; instead of hopeless unemployment, Germany could move
towards economic recovery. He had mentioned the Jewish problem
only in passing and his comments did not bother me. It was during
these months that my mother saw a Stormtrooper parade. The sight
of discipline in a time of chaos seems to have won her over.
as quoted in The 20th Century: As It Was Lived by Nigel Kelly

8. Source F
An extract from an article on hyperinflation.
• Hyperinflation refers to out of
control or extremely rapid inflation,
where prices increase very quickly
that the concept of money becomes
meaningless.
• Perhaps the most well known
example of hyperinflation occurred
in Germany from 1922-1923 where
the average price for all goods and
services increased 20 Billion times.
Prices doubled every 28 hours for 20
months! Some Germans were seen
carrying cash in wheelbarrows to buy
a loaf of bread.

9. Source G
German children
playing with
stacks of money.
The German
currency had very
little value in the
1920s.
http://www.usagold.com/germannightmare.html

10. Source H
German woman using
money as fuel in
her wood burning stove.
During the 1923-1924
hyperinflation in
Germany, it took
less paper money to
generate the needed
heat in the stove by
burning the money
than it did to use it to buy
wood to burn.

11. Source I
Hitler’s private
army, the Sturm-
Abteilung or
Stormtroopers,
showing off the
Nazis’
organizational
effectiveness.

12. Source J
A profile of Adolf
Hitler from a
history textbook

13. Source K
Reports on the
organisation of
the Nazi party
from a history
textbook

14. Source L
A comic on
Hitler’s path to
becoming the
Chancellor in
1933

15. Source M
A telegram from an old army general to German President Hindenburg
on the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933
By appointing Hitler Chancellor of the Reich, you have handed over our
sacred German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time.
I prophesy to you that this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss
and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation. Future generations will
curse you in your grave for this action

16. Source N
The Reichstag fire (German: Der Reichstagsbrand) was an act of arson
(setting fire) on the Reichstag building, place of meeting of the German
Parliament, in Berlin on 27 February 1933.
A Berlin fire station was called, and by the time the police and firefighters
had arrived, most of the building was covered in flames. Inside the building,
Marinus van der Lubbe was found. He was a Dutch communist. the Nazis
used it as a proof that communists were beginning a plot against the
German government.
This is an account from an eyewitness (Rudolf Diels – the head of the
German secret police or Gestapo)
Shortly after my arrival in the burning Reichstag, the Nazi elite had arrived. On
a balcony jutting out of the chamber, Hitler and his trusty followers were
assembled… Hitler turned to the assembled company. Now I saw that his face
was purple with agitation and with the heat. He shouted uncontrollably, as I
had never seen him do before, as if he was going to burst: "There will be no
mercy now. Anyone who stands in our way will be cut down. The German
people will not tolerate leniency. Every communist official will be shot where
he is found. Everybody in league with the Communists must be arrested.”

17. Source O
The poster reads, “Bolshevism
brings war, unemployment and
famine.”
This poster was published by
the German Association for
conquering Bolshevism in 1918.

18. Source P
An account of a meeting between Hitler and von Papen in a friend’s house in
Cologne (town in Germany), January 1933
On 4 January 1933, Hitler, von Papen, and other German leaders came to my house in
Cologne. Hitler, von Papen and I went to my den where we were closeted in a
discussion lasting about two hours. … Von Papen told Hitler that it seemed to him the
best thing to have the conservatives and nationalists who had supported him join with
the Nazis to form a government. He proposed that this new government should, if
possible, be headed by Hitler as Chancellor.