appointment of hitler as chancellor

Question 1

when was hitler appointed chancellor?

Answer 1

30th January 1930

Question 2

oct-dec 1929 rise of nazis

Answer 2

october 1929 - wall street crash led to severe depression and mass unemployment in germany

december 1929 - Hitler’s breakthrough in politics (bread and work) against young plan

Question 3

1930 rise of nazism

Answer 3

march 1930 - collapse of grand coalition, Bruning as Chancellor, ndroduction of presidential decree and end of parlimentary democracy

september 1930 - reichstag election, gains for Nazis and KPD

Question 4

1931 politics

Answer 4

depression worsened and increased KPD v Nazi violence

Question 5

1932 politics

Answer 5

april - presidential election, Hitler received 37% of votes

may - collapse of bruning’s government, papen elected as chancellor

july - reichstag election, nazi largest party with over 37& of votes

november - collapse of papen’s government due to losing armt and schliecher support and setback in nazi votes, schleicher elected as chancellor

Question 6

how many seats and votes did the nazis lose after schliecher was mad chancellor

Answer 6

2 million votes and 34 seats

still the largest party

Question 7

why did hitler lose hindenburg’s trust

Answer 7

he refued to join a coalition unless made chancellor

Question 8

backstairs intrigue

Answer 8

• papen conspired with Hitler who agreed to be part of a coalition as long as he was made chancellor
• hindenburg, papen and hitler agree to take down schliecher bur hindenburg had doubts
• papen assured hindenburg that they could manipulate hitler because he was uneducated
• schliecher asked for dictator powers but hindenburg refused and so he resigned
• hitler made chancellor at the head of a coalition government, hindenburg and papen were in the cabinet