1929-1934 Flashcards
(46 cards)
Three points about SA?
- Formed in 1921
- protected Nazi speakers
- leader was Ernst Rohm
Three points about NSDAP?
- set up in 1923
- Hitler was Fuhrer
- formally known as DAP
When was the Munich Putsch?
8 November 1923
What happened in the Munich Putsch?
- On the night of 8 November 1923
- Hitler and stormtroopers burst into a meeting that KAHR and LOSSOW were holding at the local Beer Hall.
- Hitler forced them to agree to rebel - and then let them go home.
- The SA took over the army headquarters and the offices of the local newspaper.
- The next day, 9 November 1923, Hitler and his Nazis went into Munich on what they thought would be a triumphal march to take power.
- Kahr had called in police and army reinforcements.
- There was a short scuffle in which the police killed some Nazis
Results of Munich Putsch?
- The Nazi party was banned, and Hitler was prevented from speaking in public until 1927.
- Hitler went to prison, where he wrote Mein Kampf. Millions of Germans read it
- Hitler decided that he would never come to power by revolution. He realised that he would have to use constitutional means,
What did Hitler say in Mein Kampf
- Volkgemeinschaft (nationalism
- Abolish Treaty of Versailles
- Social dwarfism (aryan)
- Anti-Semitism (jews)
- Anti-communist
- Lebensraum (all German speaking people, one nation)
When was the Bamberg Conference
1926
What did Hitler do in the BAMBERG CONFERENCE
- won over possible rivals, like Josef Goebbels by giving them key positions in the party
- created his own bodyguard, the SS
- introduced Hitler youth
Why did the Nazi’s gain less votes in 1928 than 1924?
When did the US stock market crash?
- October 1929
- -caused the Great depression
How did the great depression effect Germany?
- withdrew loans made in Dawes plan
- demand for goods fell, forced to lay off workers
- factories closed
Why did many people turn to extremist groups such as the Nazis?
-as they believed they would be able to relieve their suffering
How many were unemployed in 1932
6 million
What happened in 1930, that shifted power in Germany?
- President Hindenburg appointed Heinrich Bruning as Chancellor, he did not have majority
- he had to rely on article 48 and he barely used the Reichstag
- end of parliamentary democracy
When did the Nazi’s have their breakthrough?
General election in September 1930
- became second biggest party in Germany
- Bruning still did not hold majority
What did Bruning’s government do during the GREAT DEPRESSION?
- cut unemployment benefits
- became known as ‘Hunger chancellor’
How did the nazis gain support within the middle classes?
-as they were afraid of a possible communist takeover
How did the nazis gain support within the middle classes?
-as they were afraid of a possible communist takeover
When did the Nazi’s start to use propaganda?
1929-1933
Who was in charge of propaganda and what did he do?
- manipulate huge audiences by
- Nazi message was simple and repeated
- Nazis owned many newspapers and many people read them
Who was in charge of propaganda and what did he do?
- manipulate huge audiences by
- Nazi message was simple and repeated
- Nazis owned many newspapers and many people read them
- Josef Goebbels
Who did Hitler stand against in 1932 election?
-Hindenburg
What did Nazi’s use in the election of 1932?
- using an aeroplane (Hitler spoke in up to five cities a day)
- his message spread through films, radio and even records
What happened in the votes in the election of 1932?
Hitler lost both rounds of voting against Hindenburg
-but there was greater success in votes than before
