a new beginning

Question 1

how did hitler re-found the party?

Answer 1

feb 1925 he wrote an article in the peoples observer titled ‘a new beginning’

Question 2

how did Hitlers tactics change in prison?

Answer 2

• establish his own absolute control over the Party
• only way to achieve political power was to work within the Weimar Constitution and to gain power through legal methods not violence

Question 3

what did Hitler say about his new legal tactic?

Answer 3

“… we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the Catholic and Marxist deputies. If out-voting them takes longer than our shooting them, at least the result will be guaranteed by their own Constitution.”

Question 4

what were the several challenges Hitler faced?

Answer 4

• party was divided i.e Regional hostility existed in Germany nationalists (Bavaria) v socialists
• struggles with leader of the anti-capitalist faction of the party, Georg Strasser. in1926 disputes settled as Hitler re-established his supremacy over the party.

Question 5

how did hitler re-organise the Party Structure to effectively establish themselves across Germany?

Answer 5

• whole of Germany was divided into regions.
• each region was controlled by a Gauleiter
• Gauleiters had the responsibility of creating district and branch groups.

Question 6

who was Joseph Goebbels?

Answer 6

• Gauleiter of Berlin
• created the newspaper The Assault
• made chief of party propaganda in 1930

Question 7

how did membership increase from 1925 to 1928?

Answer 7

27,000 to 108,000

Question 8

when was the SS created?

Answer 8

This elite body of black-shirted guards swore absolute obedience to Hitler in 1925

Question 9

who was the leader of the SS?

Answer 9

Heinrich Himmler