Today we discussed how Hitler and the Nazi movement began as a small, fringe, radical group in Germany after WWI. Most people in Germany didn’t take them seriously as there was a new, democratic government in Germany called the Weimar Republic. Hitler actually tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic in 1923 and was sent to jail for a short time. During his time in prison, he wrote a book called “Mein Kampf” in which he blamed Germany’s problems on its Jewish citizens. By 1933, Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany. He quickly dismantled Germany’s democracy. WWII is declared when Hitler’s forces invade Poland in 1939.