What did the Nazi Party stand for in the 1920s?

Question 1

What did the Nazi Party stand for in the 1920s?

Answer 1

• Extremist, right-wing, racist party with a nationalist agenda
• Swastika emblem said to represent the struggle of the Aryan man
• Wanted to seize power in Germany by destroying democracy and establishing a dictatorship under Hitler
• Hitler and Drexler developed the Twenty-Five Point Programme which tried to appeal to all classes (political manifesto of Nazi Party)

Question 2

How was the Nazi Party in 1920s?

Answer 2

• Membership grew from 2000 to 20,000 between 1920 ~1923
• Hitler was an excellent public speaker (spoke 31 times in his first year, attracting large crowds in Munich beer halls)

Question 3

Aims of the Nazi Party

Answer 3

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Socialism
• Antisemitism

Question 4

What were the nationalist aims of the Nazi Party?

Answer 4

• Abolish Treaty of Versailles and destroy Weimar republic
• Anti-democratic + anti-communist
• Union between Germany and Austria
• Strong central government

Question 5

What were the socialist aims of the Nazi Party?

Answer 5

• Nationalise large industries
• Educate gifted children using taxes
• Increase old-age pensions

Question 6

What were the militaristic aims of the Nazi Party?

Answer 6

• Rearm Germany
• Take back lost German land
• Conquer living space (Lebensraum) in the East

Question 7

What were the antisemitic aims of the Nazi Party?

Answer 7

• Only Aryan Germans could be citizens
• No Jewish person could be a citizen

Question 8

Who did the Nazi Party’s antisemitic aims appeal to?

Answer 8

Racist, anti-Semitic Germans

Question 9

Who did the Nazi Party’s socialist aims appeal to?

Answer 9

Working-class Germans

Question 10

Who did the Nazi Party’s nationalist aims appeal to?

Answer 10

Nationalists, the army and business

Question 11

Who did the Nazi Party’s militaristic aims appeal to?

Answer 11

Ex-soldiers and German army

Question 12

What did the Nazi Party look like by 1923? (Hint: SA)

Answer 12

• The SA had over 2000 members
• Organised like the military with different ranks

Question 13

How did the Munich Putsch come about?

Answer 13

• In 1923, after Stresemann agreed to restart reparation payments + called off passive resistance in the Ruhr, Hitler believed Nazis should topple Weimar government by force
• He hijacked a beer hall meeting and announced he was taking over Bavarian government
• Used 600 Stormtroopers to lead the rebellion organised by Rohm
• Rebellion failed, sixteen Nazis killed and Hitler arrested

Question 14

What was the significance of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 14

• Hitler received lots of media attention during his trial
• Given a light prison sentence
• Wrote Mein Kampf in prison
  (about how the Nazi Party would work within the democratic system in order to take power)