Bruning As Chancellor Flashcards
Between 1930 and 32 how many emergency decrees did Bruning use?
109
How did Bruning lose Hindenburg’s support?
Failed to win support for a plan which would give Hindenburg indefinite power
What did Hindenburg describe Bruning’s land reform proposals as?
Agrarian Bolshevism
Brunings mistake 1930
Called elections, which allowed the nazis to become the second largest party in the Reichstag
What was surprising about the 1932 presidential elections?
Hitler took Hindenburg to a second round
Nazi % votes in 1930 election
18.3%, second largest party in the Reichstag
Presidential election votes 1932
First round
First round:
Hitler’s- 11.34 million
Hindenburg 18.65 million
Presidential election votes 1932
Second round
Hitler- 13.42 million
Hindenburg-19.36 million