Appeal of Hitler and the Nazi Party: Methods of Nazi Party

Question 1

Rebuilding/reorganisation of Nazi Party

Answer 1

• Increased party membership by expanding parties
• Established Young wing to encourage youth to join his cause and by attracting them since young, Hitler would have a group of supporters

Question 2

Establish protection squad (SS or Black shirts) to restore law and order

Answer 2

• SS as Elite personal bodyguards utterly loyal to him
• Started as a small force but eventually expanded under Heinrich Himmler who became leader of the SS

Question 3

Propaganda

Answer 3

• Appealed to people’s emotions
• Portrayed Nazi as a strong party using leaflets, newspaper an radio broadcast to blame the Weimar politicians
• Mass rallies such as the Nuremberg rallies from 1933 to 1938 to gain support to convince the Germans to pledge their loyalty to the Nazi party

Question 4

Fear of Communism

Answer 4

• Use fear of communism to scare Germans/ Businessmen that their land
  would be taken away
• Hitler took advantage of the situation and broke up communist
  meetings
• Defeated the communist and made Weimar government look bad