Chapter 10- the appeal of Nazism and Communism Flashcards
July 1932 Reichstag election NSDAP vs KPD comparison
NSDAP: 37% of vote
KPD: 14% of vote
Mein Kampf
Hitler’s book written in prison explaining his beliefs
Struggle and War
War was inevitable in order for the Nazis to have their lebensraum and ethnic cleansing
SA promoted as a chance to demonstrate masculinity
Volksgemeinschaft
People’s community
A community of racial purity by only having Aryans
Fuhrerprinzip
hitler believed too many voices in government was ineffective
hitler saw a dictatorship as the solution to the faults of the November criminals
Hitler had sole control of the party and, from 1933, the state
Hitler’s aggressive nationalist aims (3)
To reverse humiliation suffered under TOV-restore German land taken in it
To establish a Greater German Reich- all germans live inside borders
to secure Germany its “lebensraum”
Lebensraum
“living space”
This would require a war as Hitler wanted more land for this
The Role of Anti semitism in Nazi electoral success
Used Jews as a scapegoat for all of Germany’s problems
Hitler only spoke of anti semitic beliefs when he believed it would win votes, otherwise, he kept his mouth shut
nazi propaganda surrounding anti-semitism changed often.
Hitler’s speech to businessmen (the one where he didnt mention jews)
two and a half hours
650 businessmen
in Dusseldorf
hitler knew anti semitic views wouldn’t convince them so he didnt mention it once
Rise of SA on anti-semitism
They often beat up Jews in the street
chanted “judo verrecke” or “down with the Jews”
Nazi newspaper name
Der Sturmer
Goebbels role and when he had it
Reich propaganda chief from 1928 to 1945
Main Nazi message in propaganda
Weimar responsible for economic depression and national humiliation
KPD gains in-between election 1928-32
gained 2 million votes
KPD membership increase between 1929 and 1932
117000 to 360000
What did the KPD call the SPD
“social fascists”
