ch5 nazis

Question 1

what was the nazi party newspaper ?

Answer 1

völskischer

Question 2

what relation gave nazi party respectability?

Answer 2

support of Hermann Goërring - Bavarian aristocrat

Question 3

‘The Munich Putsch of 1923 was a disaster for Hitler and the Nazi Party’ How far do you agree with the statement? thesis

Answer 3

-1923 putsch, taken inspiration from Mussolini’s march on Rome, may be seen as surface level failure.However, beneath the façade of failure and Nazi defeat was the long term tool that the putsch became elevating Hitler’s public popularity and arguably paving the way for the Nazi’s 1930s success.Ultimately, Hitler overcame the short term failure and capitalised on what should have been the end of the Nazi rise to power.

Question 4

P1-short term failure ( disprove points to drive thesis forward)

Answer 4

• -hitler’s overestimation of support made him look foolish (CA - right wing generals impressed by confidence)
• Kahr + Lossow betray in 11th hour
• NSDAP banned - a party could never gain back support (CA - hitler utilised time in prison to write mein kampf + bias from media drew up support)

Question 5

P2-hitler’s capitalisation on popularity

Answer 5

-Hitler utilised propaganda - landsberg prison - wrote mein kampf
→ capitalised on attention - evoked admiration for patriotism
-minimum 5 years sentence to 8 months ⇒ elements of support already existed → suggested to public hitler not guilty
-CA- 1928 election nazis only won 12 seats and party abnned until 1925 HOWEVER - the fact that nazis still existed with seats is influential - populairty escalated rapidly and this can be due to success of stressemans policies - when they failed people turned to hitler

Question 6

P3 - reframed Nazi approach to gaining control

Answer 6

-hitler realised power couldn’t be taken by force so began taking control from within
→ introduced more peaceful methods – use elections to gain control (more points found in further fc on nazis methods)