HSTR 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lebensraum, Mein Kampf, Stresa Front
22 Jan 2017
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Hstr 115: lecture 4 beginning of the war. Wrote mein kampf" while in prison- can see him talking about the things that he"s eventually going to do. Wouldn"t be possible to do lebensraum unless they tear up the treaty of versailles. Has a desire to create a unified national country without any divisions within germany: to achieve this the impurities" needed to get lost- eliminated i. e. jews, pols, Slavs in german territory- roma, and other who were dragging down germany- homosexuals and disabled persons. Both capitalism and communism are jewish conspiracy. Tries to come off as a respectable politician, gains support goebbels- in charge of propaganda. General statement that they were a fringe party; mary 1924 nazis got 6. 5% popular vote, December 1924 3%, may 1928 2. 6% of national vote: reflection that the weimar republic is settling in. 1928 great depression hit germany the hardest; millions of people lose their jobs,
