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G9: WW II: Hitler's Rise and Nazism

Primary Sources

German History Docs: Nazi Germany
Primary sources documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history.
German Propaganda Archive
A collection of English translations of National Socialist propaganda from 1933-1945 made available through Calvin College.
Eurodocs: Nazis and WW II
Online Sources for European History
Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations
Nazism
Internet History Sourcebook
British Archives Lesson Plan: Hitler
Use the sources to find out how Hitler was viewed.. Was he regarded as a ‘passionate lunatic’ who would take over Europe? Or an odd eccentric who was rebuilding Germany?

Articles

Hitler and the Law: 1920-45
Ken Rise explains the process by which Hitler’s will became the law in Nazi Germany.
Coming of the Third Reich
Hitler's rise to chancellorship

German Propaganda Archive (Calvin University)
The Nazi Eugenics Program (Georgetown University)
Understanding the People's Participation in the Third Reich (Florida Gulf Coast University)
Hitler Youth (includes audio & video, historyplace.com)
Fall of Berlin (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

Links

Hitler's Rise to Power (BBC Bitesize)
Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933. His rise to power was the result of many factors: the impact of the Depression, the weaknesses of Weimar democracy and the strengths of the Nazi party.
Rise of Hitler (historyplace.com)
Extensive list of articles covering Hiler's rise to power, from birth to being named Dictator.
Rise of Adolf Hitler (BBC)
How did Adolf Hitler rise from an aimless drifter and failed artist to become the most destructive politician of the 20th century? Professor Jeremy Noakes examines a remarkable transformation.
How Adolf Hitler Turned a Year in Jail Into a Step Toward Power (excerpt, time.com)
In his new book 1924, Peter Ross Range explores how the year Adolf Hitler spent in jail was a crucial step in his rise to power.
Establishing Dictatorship (Keene University)
Hitler was not inevitable. It would be a critical misunderstanding to buy the self-propagated Hitler myth that it was his “will” and genius that brought him to power.
The Nazi Party (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party—also known as the Nazi Party—was the far-right racist and antisemitic political party led by Adolf Hitler.
Beer Hall Putsch (history.com)
From November 8 to November 9, 1923, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, a failed takeover of the government in

Beer Hall Putsch

Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial: Pernet, Weber, Frick, Kriebel, Ludendorff, Hitler, Bruckner, Rohm, and Wagner.

Enabling Act

Adolf Hitler addressing the Reichstag on 23 March 1933, seeking assent to the Enabling Act.

Speech, 1920

Hitler delivers the Nazi Party Platform to a large crowd in Munich.

Initial Rise

Hitler and Nazis Come to Power

Holocaust

Holocaust Encyclopedia (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

How Europe stumbled into World War II