Hitler's rise to power, 1919-33

Question 1

Early development of the Nazi
Party, 1920-22

Answer 1

•Hitler’s early career: joining the German Workers’ Party and setting up the Nazi Party, 1919-20.
• The early growth and features of the Party. The Twenty-Five Point Programme. The role of the SA.

Question 2

The Munich Putsch and the lean years,
1923-29

Answer 2

• The reasons for, events and consequences of the Munich Putsch.
• Reasons for limited support for the Nazi Party, 1924-28. Party reorganisation and Mein Kampf. The Bamberg Conference of 1926.

Question 3

The growth in the support for the Nazis,
1929-32

Answer 3

• The growth of unemployment - its causes and impact. The failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with unemployment from 1929 to January 1933. The growth of support for the Communist Party.
• Reasons for the growth in support for the Nazi Party, including the appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, the effects of propaganda and the work of the SA.

Question 4

How Hitler became Chancellor,
1932-33

Answer 4

• Political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher.
• The part played by Hindenburg and von Papen in Hitler becoming
Chancellor in 1933.