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Hitler

seizes power

A FASCIST becomes German chancellor,

leading to another terrible world war

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The Nazis often
After World War I, there was political
held rallies and
unrest in Europe. Some believed
other public events in
communism (power to the workers) was
a show of power.
the answer. Others, such as Mussolini in
Italy and Hitler in Germany, believed in
a form of nationalism called FASCISM,
where a strong leader controlled a
society made up of people of
the same race, while those of
different races were persecuted.

The Nazis
Hitler became leader of the fascist NAZI (national socialist)
party in 1921. When the German economy collapsed in
1927, the Nazi Party began to gain seats in the Reichstag
(German parliament). Hitler’s speeches blamed the Jews and Mussolini became
an ally of Hitler’s.
other minorities for Germany’s problems, and promised to
make the country strong again.
How it changed

Total power As dictator, Hitler began
In January 1933, Hitler became to kill the Nazi Party’s
CHANCELLOR (leader) and formed a enemies. His attempt to
government. In March, he took advantage expand Germany’s borders
of an arson attack on the Reichstag (left) to led to World War II, in
the world
cement his iron rule. By August 1934, he was which millions died.
dictator of Germany, and his destructive
reign would change the world forever.
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