Dr. Joseph Goebbels was in charge of Nazi propaganda in Germany. The propaganda ensured that Germans could only be exposed to information promoting Nazi ideology, such as the superiority of Hitler and harm of Jews. Hitler exploited economic turmoil and the unpopularity of the Treaty of Versailles to gain widespread appeal for his message of restoring German power and pride. He was a skilled orator who manipulated Germans and consolidated power by establishing the Nazi Party and using violence.

1. Use of Propaganda
- Dr. Joseph Goebbels was in
charge of propaganda for
Hitler. You could only
read, see and hear what the
Nazis wanted you to.
Books and films released
to the public concentrated
on certain issues :
- The Jews, The greatness
of Hitler, The way of life for
a true Nazi.
- The majority of propaganda
use was mostly targeted at
children and were taught at
a young age Jews were
bad.

2. Exploitation of the Crisis 1930-33
• 1929-1930 Great Depression
• 1930 Hitler junior branches
established
• September 1920 The Nazi party
gained 18.3% of the Reichstag
election votes
• July 1932 became largest party
(37.4%)
• 3 Feb 1933 HITLER BECAME
LEADER

3. Loss of World War 1 and terms of the
treaty of Versailles
• Hitler said how he wanted
to abolish the Treaty.
Many Germans agreed
with this so they voted for
him. This was because the
treaty of Versailles took
away many things from
Germany mainly money
and the right to an army.
Treaty of Versailles had
four aspects.
Land, Reparations, War
Guilt and Military

4. Hitler learns from his time in jail
• During his sentence in
prison, he had time to
develop and organise his
ideas. He studied mistakes
made by previous rulers so
he could find better
solutions. Meanwhile he also
wrote a book called “Mein
Kampf” (My Struggles)

5. Germany's Glory Days And The Belief
In The Power Of The Empire
After World War
1, Germany was
struggling. Hitler
promised to restore the
power in Germany and
to bring back the spirit
in the beginning.

6. Widespread Distrust Of The Jewish
Population
• Throughout the
holocaust, Hilter
blamed the innocent
Jewish people for many
things, which caused
people to turn against
them and do what
Hilter ordered. Kill all
the Jews.

7. Weimar Republic - weak and divided
• The Weimar Republic was established after World
War I. This was a weak democracy that was
always associated with the Treaty of
Versailles. Hitler managed to exploit the
weaknesses of the Republic and play on peoples
desires for a strong government that could solve
Germany's many problems. Interestingly Hitler
was elected into power as in late 1932 his Nazi
Party was the largest party in the Weimar
Republic. Once invited to form a government by
Hindenburg he then sort to use his power to
establish a dictatorship.

8. Wall Street Crash and the Great
Depression
• Because of the Nazi party‘s views on
anti-capitalism, the Nazi party used
the Wall Street Crash and the Great
Depression to their advantage.
When the American Stock Exchange
collapsed, America called in all of its
foreign loans, which destroyed
Weimar Germany. Unemployment in
Germany rose to 6 million.

9. Economic Chaos and hyper-inflation
of early 1920's
• The hyperinflation in the Weimar
Republic was a three year period
between June 1921 and July 1924.
After losing WWI. Germany had to
pay huge amounts of reparations
because of the Treaty of Versailles
which they manage to eventually.
The allies did not believe this, and
invaded Germans most valuable
industrial area. The economy
started to suffer since workers
couldn’t produce goods. To repair
the economy Germany started to
print money.

10. Hitler's personality and skills
• Hitler's skills as a
powerful persuasive
speaker helped him to
manipulated Germany
into believing what he
said. He was well
organised and had
many qualities of a
good leader.

11. Use of Violence
• Hitler's willingness to
use violence to get
what he wanted led
to a twelve-year
reign and sparked a
war that led to the
deaths of some fifty
million people.

12. Creation Of The Nazi Party 1920
• The German army sent Adolf Hitler to spy on
the original group created by Anton Drexler.
He was impressed by Hitler's ability to talk so
he made him join. Later he managed to bribe
and convince people to join. He also renamed
the group called the Nazi Party and eventually
became the leader.

13. Ideology linked to what the people
wanted / widespread appeal
• By Portraying a world • His idea’s sound
where everything was back more appealing
on track……………. to his audience
which makes his
speech more
persuasive. This
helped Hitler's
rise.