Why Was The Nazi Party Able To Gain Support And Come To Power In The Period From 1929 To January 1933

Question 1

What was unemployment in Germany between 1928-1933?

Answer 1

January 1928: 1.8m
July 1928: 1m
January 1929: 2.8m
July 1929: 1.2m
January 1930: 3.2m
July 1930: 2.7m
January 1931: 4.8m
July 1931: 3.9m
January 1932: 6m
July 1932: 5.3m
January 1933: 6m
July 1933: 4.4m

Question 2

How much of the workforce was unemployed in 1932?

Answer 2

1/3

Question 3

What happened to the government during the Wall Street crash?

Answer 3

Less revenue was raised from taxes, yet at the same time government expenditure rose due to the increase in benefit payments

Question 4

When the benefit system was introduced in Weimar how menu people was it assumed that it would not have to cope with?

Answer 4

800,000 unemployed

Question 5

Which bank collapsed in July 1931 making the crisis worse, with people withdrawing their money from other banks?

Answer 5

Austrian bank Kredit Anstalt

Question 6

Which country blocked a emergency loan to Germany to ease the crisis?

Answer 6

France

Question 7

Who was the Chancellor under the Great Coalition government of 1928, with a broad coalition of left-wing and moderate parties?

Answer 7

Muller

Question 8

Why did Muller’s cabinet resign?

Answer 8

When Hindenburg refused to grant Muller emergency powers to approve his budget

Question 9

Which right-wing conservative did Hindenburg appoint in March 1930 as Chancellor?

Answer 9

Heinrich Brüning

Question 10

Why did Bruning use Article 48?

Answer 10

Because his Centre Party did not have a majority in the Reichstag

Question 11

Who increased there seats from 12 to 107 in the 1930 election?

Answer 11

The NSDAP

Question 12

When was Bruning dismissed from office, after winning re-election in spring 1932?

Answer 12

May 1932

Question 13

What ban of Bruning did Hindenburg not like?

Answer 13

A ban imposed imposed on the SA, though also on communist paramilitaries

Question 14

In the May 1932 elections how much of the electorate voted for democratic parties?

Answer 14

43%

Question 15

What was the vote increase in the May 1932 election for the NSDAP?

Answer 15

107 to 230, winning 37.3% of the popular vote

Question 16

Which ex-Centre Party and right winger was Chancellor between June to December 1932?

Answer 16

Franz von Papen, who ruled using emergency decrees

Question 17

Which non-party affiliate was Chancellor between December 1932 and January 1933?

Answer 17

General Kurt via Schleicher, who also ruled using emergency decrees

Question 18

Who was the last Chancellor of Weimar?

Answer 18

Hitler

Question 19

What was the vote share of the KPD between May 1924 and 1933?

Answer 19

May 1924: 62
December 1924: 45
1928: 54
1930: 77
July 1932: 89
November 1932: 100
1933: 81

Question 20

What was the vote share of the NSDAP between May 1924 and 1933?

Answer 20

May 1924: 32
December 1924: 14
1928: 12
1930: 107
July 1932: 203
November 1932: 196
1933: 288

Question 21

What were some party-affiliated organisations of the NSDAP?

Answer 21

Hitler Youth and the Students League

Question 22

Why did the Nazi’s get much electoral success in the 1930s?

Answer 22

The Weimar government appeared weak and unable to deal with the crisis
Unemployment rose and the Nazis offered public work schemes to combat it
Many people feared communism, partially after the events in the Soviet Union

Question 23

Which group of peoples support was instrument in the Nazis electoral success?

Answer 23

Industrialists,, as they feared communism, with media mogul, Alfred Hugenberg, making donations to the party

Question 24

What was crucial to the Nazi Parties success and gave them a clear and consistent message?

Answer 24

The Nazi Party reorganisation during the 1930s. with Local party leaders well trained to ensure they gave a clear and consistent messgae

Question 25

What promises did the Nazi’s make that was crucial for electoral success?

Answer 25

The Nazis offered a flexible approach to polices, as a result they appeared to offer something to every group in society, unemployed jobs, farmers higher prices, shopkeeper protection from large department stores

Question 26

What was a reason for electoral success of the Nazis in terms of opposition?

Answer 26

Weakness of opposition, with many underestimating the Nazis and many parties thought that the Nazi promises were so unrealistic that voters would not trust them

Question 27

Who was in charge of propaganda in the Nazi Party?

Answer 27

Goebbels

Question 28

How many rallies did Goebbels make Hitler do a day when Goebbels made Hitler fly around and do rallies all day?

Answer 28

3 or 4

Question 29

What promises did the Nazis make in Nazi propaganda?

Answer 29

To make Germany ‘great’ again and attacked communism

Question 30

What election suggest the Nazi bubble had burst?

Answer 30

The November 1932 election

Question 31

Why did the Nazi have a decline in support?

Answer 31

Funding

Question 32

Why did Hindenburg lose trust in Schleicher?

Answer 32

He failed to gain a majority

Question 33

Who aimed to be vice-Chancellor to Hitler?

Answer 33

Von Papen

Question 34

What are some points that the appointment of the Nazis in January 1933 could have been avoided?

Answer 34

The Nazi Party was virtually bankrupt
There were some signs that the economy was starting to recover
Support for the Nazis was falling