3.3 The re-organisation of the Party Flashcards
When was Mein Kampf published?
1925
What key ideas were there from Mein Kampf?
A Master Race: The superiority of the Aryan race (peoples of northern Europe). This linked with the idea of anti-Semitism, that the Jews were leading a conspiracy to undermine the Aryan race.
Nationalism: Hitler had visions of a greater Germany that would include all ethnic Germans. This would need lebensraum so that the Aryan population could expand.
Volksgemeinschaft or People’s Community: A community of people who shared a common race and would work for the good of each other. Germany’s wealth must benefit German working people, not the rich.
Anti-Communism: He focused on the Jewishness of communism and saw it as an international Jewish conspiracy. He claimed democracy is weak and Germany needed one leader to organise everything.
Where did Hitler put the new HQ?
Munich
How did Hitler divide Germany to gain support?
Divided Germany up into 35 districts to increase support, they were then further divided up into Kreis and Ortsgruppenleiters to cover every town and city
What did Hitler do at the Bamberg Conference?
Bamberg Conference: In 1926, he called for a conference where he was confirmed leader and based it around the idea of Fuhrerprinzip which gave him supreme power. He persuaded the party members to re-adopt the 25 point plan.
When and where was the first Nazi rally held?
1926 in Weimar
What interest groups were created?
The party organised interest groups such as the Hitler Youth (192), the National Socialist Teachers’ Association (1929) and the Office for Agriculture (1930) to bring the message to more people
How was the SA restructured?
Given more training - often from the actual army
What was the SS?
A new private bodyguard called the Schutzstaffel
Who was in charge of propaganda? What did he emphasise?
Goebbels was in charge of propaganda and emphasised the Nazis opposition to the Jews. This was a popular message.
How did the Nazis use public meetings?
The Nazis held public meetings and trained their members to be effective public speakers - over 6,000 passed through their training schools by 1933
What sector did the Nazis focus on winning support from?
The party concentrated on winning the support of farmers as agriculture was suffering in the late 1920s
By 1929, how many members did the Nazi Party have?
100,000
How many seats did the Nazi Party win in May 1924
32
In 1928, the Nazis only got 12 seats. Why did they get 20 less than in 1924?
Stresemann did a great job with the economy and people were not looking towards extreme parties
Stresemann had restored confidence in Germany on an international stage
In 1925, Hindenburg became president, he had been a commander in WWI and so was popular with more conservatives and nationalistic Germans
