Hitlers Consolidation Of Power Flashcards
(28 cards)
1932 ELECTION
Who?
Hitler vs Hindenburg
1932 ELECTION
Winner?
Hindenburg
1932 ELECTION
Hitlers % of vote?
37%
Higher than suspected
1932 ELECTION
Hitler got ____ by hindenburg
Appointed by chancellor
1932 ELECTION
When did Hitler get appointed
30th Jan 1933
THE OLD GANG
President Hindenburg
Thoughts on Hitler
Disliked
‘Bohemian Corporal’
THE OLD GANG
Historian Alan Bullock
Old gang is ‘shoddy deal’
Use him as a puppet
THE OLD GANG
Who described the old gang as a shoddy deal
Alan Bullock
THE OLD GANG
All names
6
- President Hindenburg
- Oskar Von Hindenburg
- Dr Otto Meissner
- Franz Von Pappen
- Hjalmar Schact
- Kurt Von Schliecher
THE OLD GANG
Oskar von Hinderburg
Who?
President hidenburgs son and army officer
THE OLD GANG
Oskar von Hindenburg
Opinion on Hitler
Doesn’t like him until he met him
Easy to control
THE OLD GANG
Oskar von Hindenburg
Influence
Son of Hindenburg - organise all his appointments and opinion valued
THE OLD GANG
Dr Otto Meissner
Who
Worked with Ebert and Hindenburg
THE OLD GANG
Dr Otto Meissner
Influence
Arrange Hitler and Von pappen talks
Represents Hitler in good light
THE OLD GANG
Franz Von Pappen
Who?
3
•Former aristocratic officer + politics
•Member of centre but anti-democratic
•chancellor after Bruning
THE OLD GANG
Franz Von Pappen
Time as Chancellor
•Led ‘Cabinet of Barons’ non political parties
•lost a vote of ‘no confidence’ - people didn’t trust him. Forced to resign
THE OLD GANG
Franz Von Pappen
Relationship with Hitler
•hated him but agreed with views (lifted ban of SA in streets)
•wanted him to be chancellor to get back at rival Von Schliecher
THE OLD GANG
Hjalmar Schact
Who?
Dawes and young plan
Supported Hitler ‘for the good of Germany’
THE OLD GANG
Hjalmar Schact
Beliefs
Unemployed turned to SA or KPD
rather KPD
THE OLD GANG
Kurt Von Schleicher
Who
•Aristocratic ex army officer
•Hindenburgs closest advisor
•Persuaded Hindenburg to remove Bruning
THE OLD GANG
The ______ intrigue
Backstairs
The old gang controlling Hitler by persuading Hindenburg to appoint him as chancellor
THE OLD GANG
Kurt Von Schleicher
Relationship with Hitler
Not Nazi but anti KPD
Killed in night of the long knives
WHY HITLER WAS APPOINTED CHANCELLOR
DISCO
D - determination of Hitler
I - backstairs intrigue
S - shoddy deal (Bullocks)
C - chancellors who failed (Pappen and Schleicher)
O - overwhelming public support
HITLER AS CHANCELLOR
How many nazis in cabinet?
3 (himself included)
