3.4. Appeal Of Nazism Flashcards
What percentage of the vote did the Nazis receive in 1928?
2.6%
What percentage of the vote did Hitler receive in the 1930 and July 1932 elections?
- 3%
37. 3%
What percentage of the vote did the Nazis receive in the 1st and 2nd Presidential ballots of 1932?
- 1%
36. 8%
Which 3 groups were most over represented in Nazi membership and give percentages?
White Collar workers: 21% of membership, 12% of society
Self employed + artisans: 17% of membership, 10% of society
Civil servants: 6.5% of membership, 4.8% of society
Which 2 groups were most under represented in Nazi party membership?
Workers: 33% of membership, 46% of society
Peasants: 13% of membership, 21% of society
Which age group was most over represented in Nazi membership?
18-30: 62% of membership, 31% of society
Which age group was far less likely to be Nazis supporters?
41+
What 4 factors were key to Nazi appeal?
Propaganda
Hitler
Communism
Ideology
Name 2 Nazi publications (propaganda)
Dur Sturmer (magazine) Volkischer Beobachter (party paper)
What was the Nazi slogan for the 1932 presidential election? (Propaganda)
“Hitler Uber Deutschland”
Where did the Nazis hold their mass rallies? (Propaganda)
Nuremberg
What is the Volksgemeinchaft?
Racial community
What did Hitler think about war and conflict
That it was completely natural, and that whoever won was right to do so. This is based on his social Darwinism
How could Hitler claim to be national- socialist and yet anti-socialist at the same time.
Society would come together as a unified race thereby guaranteeing everyone’s adherence to the general good as it would be their good also. By ridding Germany of different racial factions, everyone would be United in common goal, with the pursuit of this not needing confiscation of property.
What was the Nazis effective manifesto?
25 point programme
What was the Fuhrerprinzip?
That Germany needed a strong leader who could unite the country, protect the people as a Leviathan, and defeat Jewish democracy
Give 2 examples of strong leadership from Hitler before he became Chancellor.
Faced down Bamberg rebels in 1925
Refused mergers with other parties
Won round former opponents such as Goebbels.
Which 3 states was Nazi support strongest?
Saxony-Anhalt (40.9% in 1932)
Prussia (36%)
Bavaria (32.5%)
What was clever about the range of Nazi ideology?
It was wide, meaning people from both left and right supported the party. This is embodied in their name, National-Socialists
Who was one of the main businessmen to support the Nazis when he joined the party in 1932?
Fritz Theyssen, chairman of United Steelworks
What was Hitler’s overall ambition in foreign policy?
To reverse Versailles
To gain Lebensraum
When did Hitler make his speech to 650 businessmen and what did he NOT say?
January 1932 at the Industry Club in Dusseldorf. He did not mention anti-Semitism.
