Hitler: 1924 -1929

Question 1

How did Hitler gain national publicity?

Answer 1

He gained it through trial as he failed the Munich putsch.

Question 2

How long was Hitler sentenced to jail for, What did he do in jail and how long did he spend in jail?

Answer 2

Hitler was sentenced to five years jail, however he only served ten months of this with a two year ban of public speaking. During this time Hitler wrote a book, Mine Kampf, and decided the best way to gain power was legally.

Question 3

Why did Hitler change his method of gaining power?

Answer 3

Although Hitler was not a fan of using democracy, he was certain he would gain power.

Question 4

When did Hitler recreate the Nazi party?

Answer 4

February 1925

Question 5

What is propaganda?

Answer 5

The use of false or distorted information to win peoples’ support.

Question 6

Who was Joseph Goebbels and what was his job?

Answer 6

• Joseph Goebbels a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
• Joseph Goebbels served as minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler—a position from which he spread the Nazi message

Question 7

What was the Nazi’s greatest weapon?

Answer 7

• Adolf Hitler, he was a master orator and became widely known for his speeches.
• Propaganda

Question 8

What did the Nazi’s do that the other parties didn’t?

Answer 8

The targeted curtain groups and tailored their speeches to attract them.

Question 9

Problems of the Weimar Republic throughout the Golden Years

Answer 9

• It would only work whilst conditions were good.
• This was dependent on American loans.
• Stresemann always struggled to make politicians work together (it got harder as things got better).
• There were too many parties that did not support democracy
• The Republic Extremists were ready to pounce when conditions would go bad again.