Germany Topic 3 Rise of Nazis Flashcards
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Hitler Changes in party 1920-23
In charge of propoganda
in 1920 did over 30 speeches
With Drexler wroter 25 point programme - extreme nationalism - end TofV
Introduced swastika and salute
Created SA - disrupt private meetings
Brown shirts - called the Gymnastics and Sports section
Munich Putsch
9th Nov 1923 Ebert declares national state of emergency
2k armed nazis stopped by police
14 killed - Hitler and Ludendorf arrested
Trial reported by newspapers - presents Hitler as standing up for rights of german people
Minimum sentence of 5 years when could have been death - only servers 9th months - writes Mein Kampf
Party Reorg 1924-28
New HQ in munich
Set up hitler youth 1926
SA restructed and trained harder
By 1929 100k members
Struggled politically - 12 seats only in 1928
18% vote in farming but less than 1% in urban areas
Wall Street Crash
Reliant on US loans - which stopped in 1929
Germany economy couldn’t withstand withdrawls
1931 many german banks collapsed
By 1932 industrial production had fallen to 58% of 1928 lvl
1933 unemployment at 6 mill
Great Depression
Bruning feared inflation, wanted deficit budget. Muller of SPD wanted to adopt Keynesian economics. Couldn’t agree.
Muller resigns, bruning becomes chancellor - uses A48 to pass controversial economic measures
increased unemployment - 6 mil by 1933
diseases like tb reappeared
Great Depression (on nazis)
Nazis seen as viable alternative for big business support as they were anti-communist
Hitler delivered 2hr speech in industry club to wow leaders
Fritz Thyseen donated 1 mill
Germans liked nazi job promise
1928 - 2.6% nat vote 12 seats
1932 37.4 230 seats
presidential elections 1932, hitler got 36%
Propoganda
Goebbles organised media, radio, parades, marches
Nazi had 8 newspapers
Hitlers popularity increased
He flew in a plane to adrees rallies all over germany
April 1932 36% of presidential votes
Use of SA
Stronger priv army
400k members
disrupt rival meetings
used violence to threaten opposition
largest party in reichstag by 1932
Hitler worried they were too powerful
Rohm and brownshirts saw themselves as new army to replace germany army
Situation in bavaria
Leaders were hostile to Weimar gov
Bavarian army sympathetic to right wing - ignore SA violence
Bavarian gov refused to suppress nazi newspaper
Hitler suspected they wouldn’t go against him
He was incorrect, Von Kahr didn’t fully support him anymore due to economic situation bettering
Hitler Poor Leader Ship (MP)
Hitler hadn’t properly planned to sieze power in Berlin
Hitler though police and army barracks were occupied he said in speech on 8th nov but they weren’t
Lossow betrayed - told bavarian army about them
Failure of Weimar politicians
Bruning - failed to solve problems of GD - abused A48 to release controversial economic policies
Von Papen - weak replacement government - removed in sep 1923
Von schleicher - failed to split nazis, plan to suspen constitution leaked to nazis - removed
