Germany- Hitler becoming chancellor

Question 1

where geographically did the Nazis do well and not well

Answer 1

well- Protestant north, east and centre (religion/urbanisation)
not well- catholic areas, industrial areas

Question 2

which classes tended to vote Nazi

Answer 2

Mittlestand, farmers

Question 3

how did Nazis appeal to farmers

Answer 3

promised higher prices/ protection from imports

Question 4

what % of 20-30 year olds who became members of political parties joined Nazis

Answer 4

61%

Question 5

which historian expressed the idea of ‘politics of anxiety’ and what was it

Answer 5

T. Childers- voters united by contempt for current political and economic system

Question 6

what was the NSDAP seen as by 1932

Answer 6

first ‘volkspartei’ (people’s party)

Question 7

what % of the 1932 election did Hitler win

Answer 7

37%

Question 8

what % of the Nazi voters in 1930 were manual labourers

Answer 8

27%

Question 9

what was Hitlers concept of ‘people’s community’

Answer 9

Volksgemeinschaft

Question 10

what was Hitler’s idea of ‘Fuherprinzip’

Answer 10

one party state led by Hitler

Question 11

what were Hitler’s main 3 aims

Answer 11

i) reverse ToV
ii) establish ‘Greater German Reich’
iii) secure Germany its ‘Lebensraum’ to settle its people and provide it with the food and raw materials needed to sustain it as a great power

Question 12

how were Jewish people described by Hitler

Answer 12

‘a parasite in the body of other nations’

Question 13

what is proof that Hitler hid his anti-semetism politically

Answer 13

in Jan. 1932 Hitler addressed 650 businessmen at Industry Club in Dusseldorf and didn’t even make a single mention of Jewish people in 2 ½ hour speech.

Question 14

what was a favourite chant of the SA

Answer 14

‘Juda verrecke’

Question 15

who led the Nazi’s propaganda

Answer 15

Joseph Goebbels

Question 16

how was Nazi propaganda different (canvasing)

Answer 16

appealed to specific problem in areas

Question 17

how did Hitler take advantage of modern tech to publish propaganda

Answer 17

used loudspeakers, radios, films etc

Question 18

how many major speaking events were organised for Hitler to spread propaganda in 1932

Answer 18

3

Question 19

what were 3 key unifying themes of Nazi propaganda

Answer 19

i) Fuher cult
ii) Volksgemeinschaft
iii) German nationalism

Question 20

who were 3 key scapegoats in Nazi propaganda

Answer 20

i) November criminals
ii) communists
iii) Jewish people

Question 21

how many votes did KPD gain between 1928 and July 1932

Answer 21

2 million

Question 22

what were some communist newspapers

Answer 22

‘The Red Flag’
‘The Workers’ Newspaper’.

Question 23

what % of votes did the KPD gain in November 1932

Answer 23

16.9%

Question 24

when did Hitler become Chancellor

Answer 24

30 Jan 1933

Question 25

when did Papen lift ban on SA

Answer 25

June 1932

Question 26

when did the Reichstag pass vote of no confidence in Papen's government

Answer 26

September 1932

Question 27

when was Papen forced to resign and who was he replaced by

Answer 27

December 1932- Schliecher

Question 28

how many days did the Reichstag sit for in 1932

Answer 28

13

Question 29

what was Papen's cabinet nicknamed and why

Answer 29

'cabinet of barons'- most positions taken up by landowning and industrial elite

Question 30

what happened on 17th July 1932

Answer 30

largely communist area was host for an SA march, police panicked killing 18 and injuring over 100

Question 31

what % of the vote in July 1932 was for democratic parties and how many for extreme parties

Answer 31

democratic- 39.5% extreme- 51.6%

Question 32

how many voted for/ against Papen in the vote of no confidence

Answer 32

for- 42 against- 512

Question 33

what were 3 fundamental weaknesses of democracy in germany

Answer 33

i) Elites against it ii) continuous economic crisis iii) lacked political support