Its role during much of the war was the train the German military. This force was under the control of Heinrich Himmler and answered only to Hitler himself. The SS was recognisable by their black uniforms. From its beginning as the personal bodyguards of Hitler and other Nazi leaders, the SS quickly expanded both in size and in responsibility.
They also oversaw the intelligence department, which was known as the Sicherheitsdienst SD. TV A new online only channel for history lovers. Sign Me Up. Tim Bouverie has a look at the old questions about appeasement. Was it right to appease Hitler in order to buy time to re-arm? Many of my German friends tell me that their fathers or grandfathers avoided talking about what happened during that terrible war — or in the years of Nazi rule that led up to it.
Heinz not only acknowledges the facts about that period of violence, war and genocide, but he also correlates what he experienced with what another young generation is going through in this period. The main insight he wants to give me is that there are strong parallels between the Nazis and the Islamic State. Although they called themselves the National Socialist German Workers' Party, the leaders of that movement aimed to rule the world, particularly the Eurasian landmass.
Heinz makes a distinction between Islam, which he calls a religion of peace and goodwill, and the ideology of Islamic State, which he considers overtly political — just as the ideology of the Nazis was essentially about political domination. Both movements had one heroic supreme leader, inspiring for young people, Heinz adds. The enthusiastic response of young people is the other great parallel Heinz draws between Nazis and the Islamic State.
To make the point, he cites his own example. Heinz does not hesitate to acknowledge that he became a member of a special Schutzstaffel better known as the SS unit, albeit at the lowest level, when he joined at the age of The war was almost over by then, but he was strongly convinced about the Nazi ideology even at that late stage of the war.
A group of important industrialists, including Hjalmar Schacht and Gustav Krupp, also wrote outlining their support of Hitler to President Hindenburg. Once elected, the conservative elite soon realised that they had miscalculated Hitler and his intentions.
Despite the party restructure, the reorganisation of the SA and the initial development of their propaganda under Goebbels, the Nazi Party gained very little in the elections. They won just 2.
The following year however, the Wall Street Crash and the resulting economic and political instability swung the conservative elite and electorate in their favour. Goebbels carefully tailored propaganda slowly became considerably more attractive.
In , the Nazis attracted eight times more votes than in They managed to secure The continuing failure of the government to stabilise the situation only increased the Nazis popularity.
In February , Hitler ran against Hindenburg to become president. To emphasise this point, Hitler flew from venue to venue via aeroplane. Hitler lost the election, with Despite losing, people now viewed Hitler as a credible politician. Following another Reichstag election in July , the Nazis became the largest party with seats and Hitler was not immediately appointed chancellor after the success of the July elections, despite being leader of the largest party in the Reichstag.
It took the economic and political instability with two more chancellors failing to stabilise the situation to worsen, and the support of the conservative elite , to convince Hindenburg to appoint Hitler. Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany on the 30 January The Nazis were now in power. Image shows a copy of the Editorship Law. On 3 October , shortly after its defeat, France introduced its first antisemitic law under occupation - the Statut de Juifs. Section: How did the Nazis rise to power?
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How and why did the Holocaust happen? Resistance, responses and collaboration Survival and legacy Resources Educational Resources Timeline Survivor testimonies About us How to use this site. Advanced content hidden Showing advanced content. One of the factors that helped the Nazis rise to power was propaganda.
In this image, Hitler can be seen crowded around by a group of young men. This topic will explain how Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power. Following his release from prison, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party.
One aspect of this was to create Nazi Party groups for different professions and ages. One of the most popular of these was the Hitler Youth, pictured here. The BDM advocated traditional national socialist ideas to indoctrinate girls in Germany in Nazi values. In the same year, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party to make it more efficient. Both are wearing the traditional brown SA uniform. Hitler established the Schutzstaffel or SS in They soon became essential to the Nazi Party.
Hitler pictured with Dr. Dietrich, who was the press chief of the Nazi Party from until his dismissal shortly before the end of the Second World War. Whilst Goebbels played the primary role in creating Nazi Propaganda and the Hitler myth, Dietrich was also key in spreading the Nazi ideology through publications and newspapers from an early stage.
Posters like this one were key in creating the Hitler myth, portraying Hitler as a strong and patriotic leader who would save Germany. This enhanced the attractiveness of the Nazis propaganda messages.
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