APPOINTMENT OF HITLER AS CHANCELLOR

Question 1

What happened in Nov 1932?

Answer 1

Fall of papens gov but setbacks for nazi elections

Question 2

What happened in July 1932?

Answer 2

Reichstag election - nazis = largest party 37.2%

Question 3

What happened in may 1932?

Answer 3

Collapse of brunings government and start political crisis

Question 4

What happened in April 1932?

Answer 4

Presidential election hit they receive 37% of the second round vote

Question 5

What happened in 1931?

Answer 5

Depression deepened and street violence between Nazi SA and KPD red front intensify

Question 6

What happens in September 1930?

Answer 6

Election- major gains for Nazi party and KPD - losses for moderate parties

Question 7

What happened in March 1930?

Answer 7

Collapse of Mullers grand coalition

Question 8

What happened in December 1929?

Answer 8

Campaign against young plan gave Hitler a chance to make a breakthrough

Question 9

Who became chancellor after Papen and why?

Answer 9

Schleicher, although he preferred to manipulate politicians from behind scenes had no alternative but to become chancellor

Question 10

What did scheliecher want to do?

Answer 10

Restore and authoritarian form of government in Germany dominated by old elites but understood he needed alliance with Nazi party

Question 11

Why was the Nazi party position weakened ?

Answer 11

Lost 2 million votes and 34 seats
support continued to fall
Middle class voters has been alienated by Hitler attacks on Papen his refusal to join the coalition
divisions beginning to appear in the party over Hitler tactics

Question 12

What was the role of backstairs intrigue?

Answer 12

small group advisors guided hindenurg decisions
including his son Oscar and otto mesiner was part of this circle influence
Schleicher lost influence plotting against papen
all involved in the BI that got Hitler into power in January 1933

Question 13

What was step 1?

Answer 13

Schleicher tried to construct a stable government
Papen conspired with Hitler who now agreed to be part the coalition providing he was chancellor
Hugenberg was prepared to be part of the coalition

Question 14

What was that two of BI?

Answer 14

Further to take place between Hitler Papen Hindenburg and Meisner
when it was agreed to bring down the Schleicher and form a coalition government in which Hitler would be chancellor

Question 15

What was step three of BI?

Answer 15

President Hindenburg had doubts about Hitler’s suitability
Oscar Hindenburg convinced him that Hitler was poorly educated and they had no experience in government.
They would be able to control him.

Question 16

What was that four of BI?

Answer 16

Schleicher asked Hindenburg to suspend the constitution and give him dictatorial powers.
Hindenburg refused and Schleicher resigned.

Question 17

What was step five of BI?

Answer 17

Hitler was appointed chancellor on the 30th of January 1933.
At the head of a coalition government in which Nazi ministers were in a minority the cabinet included papen and Hugenberg

Question 18

What was one of Schleicher’s tactics to construct the stable government?

Answer 18

Schleicher tried to persuade Gregor strasser a Nazi to join his government
by putting pressure on Hitler to do the same
Hitler purge strasser and reasserted his control over the Nazi party

Question 19

What was another tactic Schleicher used?

Answer 19

Tried to persuade the trade unions to support his government with the promise of progressive social policy with measures to help the unemployed and restore wage levels
failed as it did not attract much trade union support