2.3Growth In Nazi Support 1929-1932 Flashcards
What and when was the Wall Street crash?
1929 shares began to fall on wall on Wall Street stock exchange (New York)
What was the impact on the Wall Street crash?
-caused people’s investments to fall in value
-meaning people rushed to sell shares before they fell Further
- 13 mil shares sold by October 1929. Prices that once had $20,000 were $1000
-investors lost $4000 million
What economic affects did the Wall Street crash have in Germany?
-German banks lost lots of money. So people feared they would not have access to money in there bank accounts
=people rushed to remove money from bank. Leading to banks, like civil servant to go bust) hence people lost savings
- German and American banks increased demand for loans to be payed back in industry and agriculture. So some had to close down completely
How did the Wall Street crash in Germany affect unemployment?
-banks demanded money back from German industries and farms. Reducing there production. So made worker unemployed
-companies selling good abroad had sales fall(was worldwide) unceasing unemployment
-unemployed Germans became poor. So couldn’t buy much, decreasing sales. Creating more workers unemployed
What statistics in Germany show unemployment farfalloso from Wall Street crash?
1929-32 40% fall in industrial output and 6.1 million unemployed
How did unemployment impact people?
-gov couldn’t pay people unemployment benefits. Instead increased taxes
-savings for people crashed, so they had nothing to fall back to
-employers cut wages as poeole were desperate for work
-people became homeless. Caused fights to break out between police and young men bands (increase 24% arrest in theft in berlin)
How did the Weimar constitution fail the Germans following the Wall Street crash?
Brüning suggested, A higher taxes and limits on unemployment benefits pleased no one. As upper and middle class opposed taxes. Working class oppose benefit cut
256 votes to 193 in reichstag from this policy. Making reichstag seem powerless to make policy’s. So it was used less often
Brüjing used article 48 in constitution. Ask president to pass emergency decree in 1930 . By 1932 it was used 66 times
Therefore brünin lost control and resigned may 1932
Why did the KPD( communist) gain support in 1928-1932?
-unemployment reached 5 million in 1932
- real wages in 1932 were lower than in 1928 by %15
So people views communist as only way able to defend jobs and wages
Why did Nazis grow in support from 1923 to 1933?
•hitlers appeal
•SA appeal
•And appeal to different sections of German society
How did Hitler appeal lead to growth in nazi support?(1929-1933)
-people views Hitler as a strong leader who could:
• restore law and order
• force other countries to scrap treaty of Versailles and test Germans fairly
-was popular. Was in nazi posters and spoke in may parts of country as possible
How did the SA appeal increase support for Nazis in 1929-1933?
Uniformed SA made nazis seem organized and disciplined.
-made nazis look strong
-army stronger than communists(1930, 400,000 storm troopers
-tore down opposition poster
How did Nazis appeal to German society in 1929 to 1933?(6fcts)
-Hitler persuade big businesses , that nazis was best hope to protect them from communist rise(More money fro wealthy businessmen) (hudenburg, allow goebbels to use his newspaper for prpoeganda)
-work class: Nazis attracts working class with more traditional German values and promise ‘work and bread’
-middle class were afraid of lost savings and companies. Saw Hitler as someone who could help them, protect them from communists, return to traditional values
-farmers: promised by Hitler that land only removed by Jews. Reassured protection from communists
-young people: Hitler speeches stirring and party exciting. (Rallies full of atmosphere)
-young women: Nazi propaganda claimed voting for NSDAP was best for country and families. Women views this as attractive, but feared at first
