Germany - Hitlers rise to power Flashcards
describe the process of the great depression
US calls in loans
german industry loses finance, lowers production, fires workers
people spend less, prices drop, demand falls
industry loses more money, lowers production, fires workers
people spend less, prices drop
depression
how high was unemployment in germany by 1933
6 million unemployed
how did bruning attempt to solve the great depression
raised taxes
reduced unemployment pay
had to use article 48 to pass laws
what was article 48
the allowance to pass laws in emergency without parliament agreeing upon them
which two parties grew most in popularity from 1928 - nov 1932
nazis
KPD
how did the depression make people vote nazi
nazis were saying ToV was a crime to germany, jews are to be blamed, germany needs to be reborn
desperate germans want to believe them
how did hitlers appeal get people to vote nazi
could speak passionately and convincingly for hours
could fill concert halls with interested voters
spoke in nazi uniform to emphasize military order - convinced many hitler knew how to solve the problems
how did weimars failure get people to vote nazi
democratic weimar was not working and kept disagreeing with eachother
wasnt solving the issue
became drawn towards extremist political parties with clear extreme views of how to solve things
how did the fear of communism make people vote nazi
russian communist revolution scared middle-upper class germans and religious people
hitler promised to deal with communist threat (sent SA to fight communist gangs)
how did the nazi parties structure make people vote nazi
nazi offices set up over germany to recruit
use of propoganda to persuade people
hitler took part in fabulous parades
hitler youth organisation recruited young people
by 1932 how many men were in the SA
400,000
when did joseph goebbels become chief propagandist
1928
how did the nazis utilise new technology
1932 - hitler used aeroplane to take himself to 20 cities in a week to make election speeches
constant use of radio showed how in touch and modern nazis were
what propaganda methods did the nazis use
leaflets
posters
newspapers (owned munich observer)
radio
why did farmers vote nazi
nazis saw farmers as pure - ‘blood and soil’ emphasised these things made germany
nazis hated communist who would take over farmers land if they had control