Changes made to the Nazi Party from 1926 Flashcards
What did the Nazi Party do to protect the image of the Fuhrer?
-Fuhrerprinzip->charismatic leader, absolute authority
-total obedience to Hitler
-trying to carry out his aims and unite the one party state
What was the impact of the Nazis trying to protect the image of the Fuhrer?
-image of a strong leader was appealing to German people due to the instability of the coalition governments
-key people in positions of power worked towards the Fuhrer by being loyal to his policies
What was the impact of the SA?
-his own private army->used to remove opposition
What was the impact of the Hitler Youth?
-helped him gain support from the children
What was the impact of the Nazi Teachers’ Association?
-helped spread the Nazi message
What was the Nazi Welfare organisation?
ran soup kitchens
What was the impact of the Nazi Welfare organisation?
-win over working class since they are helping them by providing food
What was the book that Hitler wrote in prison called and what did it start?
-Mein Kampf
-started Nazi ideology
What was the impact of the Mein Kampf (book Hitler wrote in prison) book?
-made Nazi propaganda more accessible to wider middle class support->he identified Jews with Russian Bolshevism (communism)
-ideas of a racially pure state and Lebensraum (living space) in Western Russia outlined
What was the impact of the Volkischer Beobachter newspaper with propaganda?
-used to convey and spread Nazi messages quickly as many read the newspaper
What did mass meeting and rallies help reinforce with propaganda?
-appealed emotionlly to the voters->reinforced exiting sympathies->more support->understood what people wanted
-reinforced existing sympathies
Who was the leader of propanganda from 1924?
Goebbels
What was the impact of Goebbels being head of propaganda?
-helped spread propaganda
Who were the core supporters of the Nazi Party?
peasantry
When was the the agricultural depression and what was a result of it?
-1927-1928
-Hitler wanted to target the groups affected by it
What were impacts of the Golden Age?
-less success in agriculture->falling incomes and increased debt
-German peasantry made up 1/3rd population->lower spending power
-German exports post WW1 were lower than pre-war
-Hindered by tariffs in many parts of the world
What was the impact of the Golden Age on the Nazis?
-Hitler targeted people who were struggling->they were looing for a new government and the Nazi Party appealed to them->rise in support
What was the new Party structure like? (Gaue)
-divided the Nazi Party into 35 Gaue regions ruled by a gauleiter
-below these were local branches which were run by a cadre (core unit) of activists
What was an impact of the new party structure? (Gaue)
-he had Nazi leaders in each region of Germany->crucial change because it spread his power/influence and made it easier for him to promote Nazi messages->became very powerful
