Day 2
Lecture Notes:
1.
Democracy is and ideal
2.
An ideal needs everybody to play the rules
3.
Democracy is fragile and not forever
4.
German 1930s:
a.
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated and fled to Holland
creating a vacuum
b.
It was crushed by the TOV
c.
Weimar republic is new and unstable
d.
Rampant poverty
e.
Great depression
f.
Failed harvests
g.
France seized more territory when Germany failed
to make payments in 1923 (coal areas)
h.
The Nazi party begins
i.
They had solution
j.
A young man, poor, started joining the meetings à Hitler
k.
By 1932, the Nazi party was the largest in the
Reichstag
l.
In 1933, the president of Germany appointed
Hitler as chancellor.
m.
Media was taken over
n.
Education was modified to political purposes
o.
Jews become targets
p.
In 1933, Hitler and the Pop signed a “concordat”
q.
Industry improved
r.
Re-armament begins
s.
Proclamation of freedom to rearm rally in 1935
t.
Autobahn created, world fastest highway
5.
The Volkswagen
6.
Ferdinand Porsche à
Porsche car
7.
Hitler created autobahn
8.
Hitler also created Prora à a 4.5 km long hotel
(10 000 rooms)
