Development Of The NSDAP 1920-29

Question 1

Describe Hitler’s early career

Answer 1

Fled to Munich to escape military service in Austria

Volunteered to join German army as messenger - provided purpose

Won the Iron Cross (1st and 2nd Class)

Was in the hospital when the Armistice was signed

Question 2

What were Hitler’s thoughts at the end of the war ?

Answer 2

Angered by Germany’s surrender

Blamed the November Criminals

Accepted the Dolchstoss (stab in the back theory)

Question 3

Who founded the German Workers Party (DAP) ? When?

Answer 3

Anton Drexler (socialist and nationalist)

1919

Question 4

What did the DAP stress on?

Answer 4

The völkish idea (nation of pure German people)

Question 5

Why did the political department of the army become interested in this right wing party ?

Answer 5

They were on the lookout for a party that might be indoctrinating people in socialist ways

Question 6

What happened to Hitler after the war?

Answer 6

Stayed in army and became an informant

Question 7

How did Hitler’s join the DAP?

Answer 7

Hitler’s was asked to go to a DAP meeting and report back
During meeting he was angered by some comment and therefore made a string speech
This speech impressed Anton Drexler
Drexler asked Hitler to join the DAP

Question 8

What was Hitler responsible for in the DAP?

Answer 8

Recruitment

Propaganda

Question 9

What were the main themes Hitler stressed on ?

Answer 9

Dolchstoss 
Treaty Of Versailles 
Communism 
Jews
November Criminals

Question 10

What happened in February 1920?

Answer 10

Hitler and Drexler wrote the 25 Point Programme

Question 11

Why was NS added to DAP?

Answer 11

Nationalist

Socialist

Question 12

When did Hitler become the leader of the NSDAP?

Answer 12

July 1921

Question 13

Führerprinzip

Answer 13

Hitler thought he had absolute power over the party and he was answerable to no one

Question 14

Some points of the 25 Point Programme are..

Answer 14

Union of all Germans
Scrapping the TOV
Citizenship was only granted to German blood
Only German citizens could vote
Foreign nationals were deported
All non Germans who came after 1914 had to leave
Nationalize businesses
Newspapers editors had to German to be printed
Religious freedom (if views didn’t threaten Germans)

Question 15

SA

Answer 15

Sturmabteilung

Question 16

What was the role of the SA? Who was it lead by?

Answer 16

Ernst Röhm

Protected Nazi speakers during meeting
Disrupted meetings by the Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party

Question 17

When was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 17

9th November 1923

Question 18

Reasons for Munich Putsch

Answer 18

Hitler believed the Nazi Party was in a position that could overthrow the gov in Munich due to the economic and political crises in 1923

German humiliation
Hated WR & TOV
Won support of General Ludendorff
Confident that Kahr, Seisser and Lossow would support

Inspired by Mussolini

Question 20

How was the Munich Putsch stopped?

Answer 20

9th November Seisser and Lossow charged their minds and organized troops to resist Hitler’s march

Question 21

What happened to Hitler after the Putsch?

Answer 21

Hitler managed to escape how’re two days later he was arrested

Question 22

What was the impact of Hitler’s and Ludendorff’s trial?

Answer 22

The trial lasted a month therefore this gave Hitler a lot of publicity (national press) and time to put forward his political views in trial. He soon became famous all over Germany

Ludendorff wasn’t charged
Hitler was sentenced 5 years in prison however he only served 9 months

Question 23

What happened whilst Hitler was in prison?

Answer 23

He wrote his autobiography - Mein Kampf. He was allowed many privileges such as visitors and any books.

The Nazi Party became less popular because the WR became more stable. NSDAP was banned but still secretly survived.

Question 24

Discuss the impact of the Munich Putsch on the Nazi Party.

Answer 24

Trial was used as propaganda

Hitler realized he needed complete control of the party to guarantee future success

Also realized that the Nazi Party was going to have to use legal terms to win power (elections)

Question 25

What happened when Hitler left prison?

Answer 25

Hitler convinced the president of Bavaria to lift the ban on the Nazi Party and the party was re-launched in February 1925 and ‘gaue’ (branches) were introduced

Question 26

When was the Bamber Conference and what happened ?

Answer 26

1926

Hitler used the conference to eliminate rivals:
Strasser - propaganda
Goebbels - Gauleiter in Berlin
Röhm was forced to resign

SS
Hitler Youth

Point 17 was charged so that only Jewish private land was taken way - pleased farmers

Question 27

Why was Ernst Röhm forced to resign?

Answer 27

Hitler was concerned that the SA would continue to be a violent group and couldn’t guarantee Röhm would follow his orders

Question 28

What happened on November 8th and why?

Answer 28

Hitler and 600 Nazis seized a huge beer hall in Munich where Kahr, Seisser and Lossow (part of gov in Bavaria, hated WR) that were attending a meeting. The three were held at gunpoint and eventually all agreed to help.

Hitler need support from an army if the march was going to happen