NAZI DEPRESSION Flashcards
(14 cards)
Nazis broadened their appeal
who liked them?
4
- lower-middle class (mittlestand)
-one rural area farmers 68% nazi vote - Upper-middle scared of communists
- Protestants
- youth and traditional women
Who didn’t like them?
- KPD
- SPD
- Protestants
Mittlestand meaning
lower-middle class
% of farmer votes in one rural area
68%
NAZI IDEOLOGY
Types
- power of will
- emphasise war struggle
- Volksgemeinschaft
- Fuhrenprinzip
- Propaganda
- Elites
- KPD threat
- Power of the will
to force a change in germany
-Hitlers charisma
-Mein Kampf and Hitlers 25 point plan
- Emphasise war struggle
National saviour
War would redeem Germanys pride
- Volksgemeinschaft
community based on race
-Jews stab in back myth / scape goat
-unpopular and people voted for other reasons
- Fuhrenprinzip
One strong leader
- Propaganda
Anti-semitism
Made by Josef Geobbles
Funded by Thyssen
- The elites
Rich business men
-Alfred Hugenberg - owned newspapers and right winged parties
-Thyssen - steel company. Funded and links
Who is Alfred Hugenberg
owned newspapers and right winged parties
Who is Thyssen
steel company. Funded and links
- KPD threat
lesser if two evils
Middle / upper class feared communism