Germany+1920-1930

Germany 1920-1930

Mackenzie Travis, Spencer Ford Story American History II 9 January 2013

__Germany 1930-1930 Timeline:__
 * 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Nazi party
 * August 1923 Beer Hall Putsch coup attempt failed in the German state of Bavaria (Hitler imprisoned)
 * 1925 Hitler is released from prison and dedicates himself to reforming the Nazi Party.
 * 1925 Locarno Pact formed
 * September 1926 Germany enters league of nations
 * 1929 United States stock market crash collapses German economy

During the 1920’s Adolf Hitler held power in Germany and quickly became the leader of the Nazi party in 1921. Hitler gained his power by becoming involved with the nazis and working with them. Once Hitler realized the power that he possessed he created a fierce government. This government was called the Third Reich which was a dictatorship where Hitler was in control of everything. Hitler took this government and recreated judicial law in order to take care of all their political and military needs ( "Nazi Germany”). While Hitler was in power he had one specific goal and that was to get rid of all the Jews. Many of the Jews rights were taken away from them while others were ordered to leave the country. This decision against the Jews was made while Hitler was part of the National Socialist Worker’s Party. With this group Hitler was able to become chairman and gained absolute power within the party ("Adolf Hitler”). Hitler began to tell his German people that they deserved to rule the world and to do this they needed to become a one-party state and go to war. These goals are what ultimately led to WWII. Hitler created tension between other countries when he began to exterminate the Jews and created chaos between countries when he fought them with his troops. Hitler caused many people and countries confusion, harm,and stress which greatly contributed to the start of WWII ("World War II”).  From 1923 to 1929, Germany settled the issue of war reparations, obtaining loans from the United States that aided its economic condition. Germany agreed to the peaceful resolution of any outstanding border questions under the Locarno Pact of 1925 (“Nazi Germany”). The Locarno Pact proposed that a security pact be formed in which Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy would undertake not to engage in war, and the United States would serve as guarantor of the agreement. The Locarno Conference end result was the creation of the "Rhineland Pact," which emphasized non aggressive acts concerning the German, French, and Belgian borders: Britain and Italy were guarantors. The British delegation at Locarno declared that Britain intended to keep its options open in case of conflict in central and eastern Europe ("Locarno, Treaty”). In September 1926, Germany was offered entrance to the League of Nations in recognition of overcoming its image as aggressor in World War I.  In 1929 the stock market crash in the United States caused a worldwide economic depression that affected millions of Germans. By 1932, 33 percent of the labor force in Germany was unemployed and impoverished. American banks called in the loans they had issued to Germany in the early 1920s. This in turn affected the way voters acted in the election of 1930. The election became a turning point for the Nazis, as voters abandoned the existing democratic parties and looked to the Nazis and Communists to effect change (“Nazi Germany”).

Adolf Hitler saluting in Nuremberg, Germany.



Adolf Hitler discussing with other Nazis.



Locarno Conference in October of 1925



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