Rise of Hitler Timeline

The Italian Fascist Party was led by Benito Mussolini. He created this party after the discontent of the public at that current time. Mussolini formed a paramilitary group, in which he called "Black Shirts". These "Black Shirts" terrorized political opponents and helped influence the Fascist Party's ideas.

The adult version of the Hitler Youth. Original Paramilitary group of the the Nazi Party. This group was referred to as the "Brown Shirts". Commitment, effectiveness, and political reliability, not class or education determined how far people succeeded in this organization. Complete and total loyalty, as well as obedience were stressed to the point until death.

Hitler controlled this political party known as the NSDAP (National Socialist German Worker's Party). Hitler began to increase NSDAP's prominence in German politics. He increased it by delivering speeches to the public concerning his views when it came to the state of Germany.

This was a paramilitary youth group that promoted the ideals of fascism and the Nazi Party. It was made up of different sections due to the many age groups, specially males ages 14-18, 10-14, and some girls too. Hitler Youth was viewed as the future "Aryan supermen" and were taught Antisemitism. This organization put more emphasis on physical military training rather than academics.

The Nazi Party's attempt to overrun the German government and assume control for itself, but sadly it failed. This was the reason Hitler was trialed and then imprisoned.

The failure of the Beer Hall Putsch caused Hitler to be trialed for treason and soon imprisoned for 5 years. During his trial, Hitler attempted to turn the tables and put the German Government on trial as traitors, but that failed drastically and he was sentenced. In prison, he was treated very well and wrote his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle).

Membership was about 100,000 members and growing, and the increase in popularity was due to Hitler's promise. He promised to relief to the economic struggles that hurt Germany. Popularity grew some more due to the people viewing Hitler as a good leader who could return pride to Germany.

The Nazi Party's member grew from 100,000 to now a whooping 800,000. The Nazi Party was now the largest party in the German parliament (Reichstag).

The fire was blamed on communists to build onto the people's previously existing fears that a communist revolution was underway in Germany.