1934 Night of Long Knives 1933-1935 Jews humiliated and excluded from public jobs 1935 Nuremberg Laws separation of Aryans and Jews – 1932 1936 6 million to 1.5 million unemployment by 1937 only 400,000 labor shortage – – Cartels, unions a part of the political party 1938 Kristallnacht 1933 1939 $8 million to $135 million spent on army armed aggression – – – 1942 - Wannsee Conference The Final Solution\Himmler – Steps to War 1931 seizes Manchuria 1935 (March) Hitler tears up the Treaty of Versailles (Oct.) Italy invades Ethiopia 1936 (March) German troops reoccupy the Rhineland \ Tipping Point France was stronger and Hitler would have backed down. Why? Gives Hitler confidence and shows Europe’s weakness Military and popular support for Hitler swells in Germany 1936 (July) Spanish War 1936 (Oct.) Rome Berlin Axis 1937 Japan and China go to war Lebensraum 1938 (March) Germany Anschluss Austria 1938 (Sept.) Munich Conference Appeasement Sudetenland part of Czech. – Poland the line in the sand
1934 Night of Long Knives 1933-1935 Jews humiliated and excluded from public jobs 1935 Nuremberg Laws – separation of Aryans and Jews 1932 – 1936 – 6 million to 1.5 million unemployment by 1937 only 400,000 labor shortage Cartels, unions a part of the political party 1938 Kristallnacht 1933 – 1939 – $8 million to $135 million spent on army – armed aggression 1942 - Wannsee Conference – The Final Solution\Himmler Steps to War 1931 seizes Manchuria 1935 (March) Hitler tears up the Treaty of Versailles (Oct.) Italy invades Ethiopia 1936 (March) German troops reoccupy the Rhineland \ Tipping Point France was stronger and Hitler would have backed down. Why? Gives Hitler confidence and shows Europe’s weakness Military and popular support for Hitler swells in Germany 1936 (July) Spanish War 1936 (Oct.) Rome Berlin Axis 1937 Japan and China go to war Lebensraum 1938 (March) Germany Anschluss Austria 1938 (Sept.) Munich Conference Appeasement Sudetenland – part of Czech. Poland the line in the sand