Adolf Hitler's rise to power was completed in August 1934 when German President Paul von Hindenburg died. Hitler merged the Chancellorship, which he had been granted in January 1933, with the Presidency and became the Führer of Germany.
After taking power, Hitler and the Nazis turned Germany into a complete dictatorship. The time had arrived for the Nazis to bring German society in line with Nazi ideals. Many politically-suspect and Jewish civil servants were dismissed. Trade unions were forcibly replaced, which prevented workers from organising any opposition. And as early as April 1, 1933, the Nazi government took official action against the Jews. It announced a major boycott of Jewish products, which was the first step in a series of anti-Jewish measures that would end in the Holocaust.
Time and again, the Nazis used legal means to give their actions a semblance of legality. Step by step, Hitler managed to scrape away at democracy until it was just a hollow shell. Things did not end there, though. During the twelve years that the Third Reich existed, Hitler continued to strengthen his hold on Germany and infiltrate almost all aspects of everyday life.
Please check out the animated video below, created by The Armchair Historian, to learn more about life in Nazi Germany!
To manipulate the public's, and more specifically, women's attitudes towards Hitler, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda used this photo to make Hitler appear kind-hearted, friendly & family-oriented (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
As well as taking part in sports & learning Nazi ideaology, the Hitler Youth carried out camping trips (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
The Nazis used children’s leisure organisations to indoctrinate young people in their National Socialist ideology. Here members of the League of German girls practice gymnastics in the mid-1930s (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
In Nazi ideaology, cooking was one of the main activities for women, in line with their focus on Küche, Kinder and Kirche (kitchen, children and church). This cookbook was published in 1931 (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
Members of the Hitler Youth marching in the 1930s (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
This poster was used by the Nazis to show that any music not approved of by the Nazis, such as music by Jewish or black artists or Jazz, was corrupt (courtesy of the Wiener Holocaust Library Collections).
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Very good John very interesting 👍