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The slaughter and deportation of millions during the Holocaust didn’t begin with actions. It began many years earlier with Words. Terms and phrases that gradually and secretly convinced an entire nation.
Adolf Hitler and his Nazis crushed resistance through legal moves, fear, and, most importantly, intimidation. Propaganda kept the population in line. And a change in economic and foreign policies encouraged overall support.
Hitler may have been a bit held back as chancellor. But when President Hindenburg died of old age, Adolf merged the offices of President and Chancellor and became leader of the German Army.
He took the title of Fuhrer and managed to take on complete dictatorial powers. We know what happened in the following years. But how did he do it so effortlessly? Let’s break it down!
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