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Questions on the ABC documentary, “Evil Rising”
1) Why was WWI so important to Hitler?
2) What was “the stab in the back” myth?
3) Why were paramilitary organizations, such as Rohm’s Stormtroopers, permitted by the Weimar government?
4) Why did Hitler lead the attempted “beer hall Putsch” in Munich in 1923? What was the result?
5) Why did Hitler get off so lightly at his trial? What book did Hitler write while in prison?
6) How did the Nazi party develop its base of support during the Depression years?
7) Who were the Nazis major political opponents? Why did the German public approve of Nazi violence against
these opponents?
8) What was Hitler’s powerful message that appealed to the German people?
9) When and how did the Nazis gain a stronger voice in the German government?
10) How did Hitler ultimately become Chancellor in 1933?
11) Why was the Reichstag fire a stroke of luck for Hitler?
12) What was the effect of the “enabling law”?