unit 4 - the crisis of the weimar republic (1929-1933) Flashcards
(25 cards)
when was Paul von Hindenburg elected president of the weimar republic?
1925 April 25th
what was Hindenburgs attitude to the nazis?
hostile to the nazis, but tolerated them to go against the nazi’s
what was hindenburgs relationship with hitler like?
untrusting, but appointed him chancellor in 1933 due to political pressure and hitlers popularity
when did the wall street crash occur?
29th October 1929
how many people were unemployed in 1932?
6.1million
how many businesses went bankrupt during the GD?
50,000
What social issues stemmed from the GD?
widespread poverty, trauma and long-term untrusting in government
this meant that people voted more extremist
when did muller resign due to the coalition failure?
March, 1930
why did political extremism grow during the GD?
economic crisis radicalised people, making them vote KPD or Nazi as they promised a solution
germany also has a history with authoritarian gov
how many seats did the KPD get in 1928 to 1930 reichstag elections?
54 in 1928
77 in 1930
who was gregor strasser?
the previous leader of the NSDAP, known for more socialist policies - against hitler
who was Kurt von Schleicher?
chancellor from 1923 to 1933
what did schliechers term look like?
failures to create a new government:
- planned to invole the left and the socialists from the nsdap
he failed as hitler and von papen were together to make a authoritarian government
when was hitler appointed chancellor of germany?
january 30, 1933
why was hitler allowed to appointed as chancellor? by who?
popularity
elite right (von paten) thought they could use his popularity to stabilise government.
what is the timeline of chancellors?
Muller (1928-30)
Bruning (1930-32)
Papen (1932-32)
Scheicher (1932-33)
Hitler (1933-)
how many emergency decrees compared to acts were passed during brunings time as chancellor?
109 emergency decrees
29 small acts
hinenburg allowed this
why did Bruning fall from grace?
banking crisis (1931 - collapse of Danat bank)
people preferred the right-wing
what example is there of Bruning was abusing his power/political turmoil during the collapse?
after proposing to cut budgets, declined by reichstag (256 votes to 193) he used article 48 to put it through
what was papen like as a chancellor?
made a government of rich politicians and industrialists
dissolved the reichstag in july 1932 to involve hitler in his government
which resulted in LOTS OF VOTES FOR THE NSDAP
why did papens government fail? evidence?
no confidence in government, 512 vote of no confidence
what did scheicher want in a government?
a stable political landscape:
- support from the left
- socialists from the NSDAP
why did scheicher fail?
hitler and von papen were working together, wanted an authoritarian gov
how many votes did hindenburg and hitler get in the 1932 election for president?
hindenburg - 19.3 million
hitleler - 13.4 million
