Rise of Hitler Flashcards
What year did he join the German Worker’s party?
September 1919 and became leader by 1920
- All members disliked the Weimar Republic and wanted to make Germany great again
- He was sent by the army to spy
When was he borN?
1889 Austria
Where was Hitler when WWI started?
Munich - he joined the Germany Army
What did Hitler’s officers notice about Hitler?
Talent for being a good speaker
- Given job of countering enemy propaganda whenever leaflets were showered in German trenches
When was the armistice and the German revolution during the same time Hitler was in hospital from a gas attack?
November 1918
What was Hitler’s response to Germany’s WWI defeat?
Balmed the communists & Jews, believing that they had ‘stabbed him in the back’.
He was left bitter
How many members did the German Workers’ Party have when Hitler joined?
Only 6 members
Outline Hitler’s experience with the German Worker’s Party
He found that he agreed to many of the group’s ideas (caused him to become a member)
Leader saw Hitler’s speaking talent - By Feb 1920 he appoints Hitler to draft the party’s programme
1920 - Part renamed to ‘National Socialist German Workers’ Party’.
Saw the Democratic government as a Communist government, made no secret of their plans to overthrow it.
Bavaria - good base for the party
- Had right-wing government & ordinary people in Southern German were opposed to the Social Democrats
What does SA stand for and when were they set up?
Sturm-Abteilun/Storm Troopers - 1921
Description of the SA
Consisted of young men
- some former members of the Freikrops
Dressed in brown (referred to as brownshirts sometimes)
SA supposedly formed to protect speakers at Nazi meetings from intimidation by left-wing opponents
In practice - SA often started the violence by breaking up meeting of the Social Democrats Party - often ended in drunken brawls
