NSDAP

Question 1

Where was he from?

Answer 1

Born in an Ausrian town near the German border

Question 2

Art? 🎨

Answer 2

He left school at 16 and tried to join the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna but failed the entrance exam

Question 3

1913 Conscription 🪖 🇩🇪

Answer 3

• 1913 He was conscripted to the Austrian army
• He went to Munich to avoid it
• A few months later volunteered for the German army

Question 4

Life in service? 🪖🥇

Answer 4

• Was never promoted as he ‘lacked leadership skills’
• Rescued a dog
• Enjoyed service
• Was awarded a medal of honour
• Devistated when Germany surrendered

Question 5

When did he join the party?

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

How did he improve the party 1920?

Answer 6

• He was made chief of propaganda
• Changed the name
• Introduced the new flag
• Established the 25 point program

Question 7

What was the new and old name of the party?

Answer 7

• German Workers Party
• Notional Socialist German Workers Party

Question 8

What does the flag represent?

Answer 8

Red - Socialist ideas
White - Nationalist
Swastika - The mission of the aryan race

Question 9

Increase in membership 1920 -23?

Answer 9

1920 - 2,000
1923 - 55,000

Question 10

What was the date of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 10

8th - 9th November 1923

Question 11

Who was the leader of the Bavarian state government?

Answer 11

Gustav von Kahr

Question 12

Why did he think the Bavarian government would join him?

Answer 12

• They were right wing
• Openly opposed the Weimar government

Question 13

What happened 8th November 1923?

Answer 13

• He stormed a beer hall and declared that the Bavarian leaders join him
• They agreed at gun pointv

Question 14

What happened on the 9th November 1923?

Answer 14

• He aimed to march on Berlin from Munich
• He was met by police resistance that led to a shoot out
• He had overestimated Kahr’s support
• 16 SA members killed
• He was found hiding at a friend’s house

Question 15

What we’re the results of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 15

• Sentanced to 5 years, 9 months on good behaviour
• The judge was right wing and sympathised with him
• He was now known outside of Bavaria
• Papers published his ideas
• Publisity lead to an increase of support
• The death of SA members was used as propaganda

Question 16

His time in prison ⛓️

Answer 16

• Dictated Mein Kampf
• It was written by Rudolff Hess
• Outlined all his ideas
• He was sent many gifts
• It was a comfortable cell

Question 17

What year was the wall street crash?

Answer 17

1929

Question 18

When was the Bamberg conference?

Answer 18

1926

Question 19

What was the Bamberg conference?

Answer 19

A conference where Hitler reestablished his authority over the party which was now divided in its beliefs

Question 20

What did Gregor Strasser do in 1926?

Answer 20

He opposed Hitler
He wanted more left wing beliefs
He favoured using strikes rather then using democracy
He wanted to take land from the elite

Question 21

How did Hitler reorganise nazi party structure?

Answer 21

He set up a hierarchy that gave him total control
Everyone leader of each subdivision was responsible to the person above them

Question 22

When was the SS set up?

Answer 22

1925

Question 23

Who was Head of the SS?

Answer 23

Himmler

Question 24

How did membership change from 1925 - 29

Answer 24

1925 - 27,000
1929 - 178,000
From 12 to 107 seats

Question 25

Economic impact of the wall street crash

Answer 25

• Price of agriculture dropped • People lost savings and banks collapsed • 6 million unemployed • Reduced demand for goods • Government had a deficit in budget • US called back loans

Question 26

Political impacts of the wall street crash

Answer 26

• NSDAP and KPD gained more votes • Muller resigned he was the last person with the majority • Right and Left couldn't agree • Hindenburg used article 48

Question 27

How did left and right deal with the wall street crash?

Answer 27

Right - cut taxes and let people look after themselves Left - Raise tax to pay for unemployment

Question 28

Who advised Hindenburg on who to appoint as Chancellor?

Answer 28

Von Schliecher

Question 29

Who was Chancellor after Bruning?

Answer 29

Von Papen

Question 30

What was Papen's aims as Chancellor?

Answer 30

To make a more authoritarian state

Question 31

What was von Papen's cabinet called and why?

Answer 31

The Cabinet of Barons Because it was made up of landowners and industrialists who weren't elected into the reichstag

Question 32

Why did the Nazis agree to von Papen being Chancellor?

Answer 32

They agreed that there would be new elections They would remove the ban on the SA and SS

Question 33

What happened to Nazi vote in the July 1932 elections?

Answer 33

They had 230 seats and were the majority in the Reichstag

Question 34

Evidence von Papen was a weak Chancellor?

Answer 34

He could not get the majority He had to rely on Hindenburg's support The Reichstag supported a vote of no confidence

Question 35

What happened in the November 1932 elections?

Answer 35

National votes declined They had 196 seats They still had the majority

Question 36

What radical plan did von Papen suggest?

Answer 36

Dissolve the Reichstag Declare martial law Dictatorship

Question 37

Why was von Schleicher disagree with von Papen's plan?

Answer 37

He thought it would lead to civil war The army was not strong enough to fight the left and right opposition

Question 38

What we're von Schleicher's ideas to create stability?

Answer 38

Appeal to the left by suggesting public work schemes Tried to split the Nazis by appointing Gregor Strasser as vice Chancellor

Question 39

Who was Chancellor after von Papen

Answer 39

Von Schleicher

Question 40

When did Hitler become Chancellor?

Answer 40

30th January 1933

Question 41

Why did von Papen want revenge on von Schleicher?

Answer 41

Because he stopped supporting him He made an agreement with Hitler and make himself vice Chancellor