Growth in Nazi support Flashcards
When was the wall street crash?
1929
What is the wall street crash?
Share prices began to fall on the wall street stock exchange in the USA
- Failing shares meant that people investments fell in value
- worried about losing money people rushed to sell shares.
What was the economic effect in Germany?
- caused banking crisis. German banks lost so much money that German people feared they wouldn’t have access to the money in their banks.
- People rushed to the banks to get their money out- this caused banks to run pout of money. This meant that people lost their savings.
- Caused a general economic collapse because to pay out the demands by their account holders German and American bank needed cash.
- These banks demanded the money bank causing German industries and farming to cut back on production.
- The economy collapse
How were people unemployed?
When banks demand their money back German industries and farmer had to close. This made the workers unemployed
-They economic crisis was world wide. German companies sold their goods abroad found the sakes fell. they made more people employed.
German workers that were unemployed were poorer, thy couldn’t afford to buy a s much.. This meant that sales fell further.
What was the impact of unemployment on people?
Unemployment- As the number of people out of work grew, the government became unable to supply unemployment benefits. Taxes were raised and unemployment benefits were cut, causing more problems for the unemployed
What was the impact of unemployment on savers?
Savers- People had savings invested in shares. When share prices crashed, the value of their savings drop. This meant that they had no savings to fall back on.
What was the impact of unemployment on workers?
Workers- Those in work suffered, as their taxes went up. Employer’s cut wages.
What was the impact of unemployment on homeless?
- many people couldn’t afford their rent and became homeless. Fights broke out on streets. Increase in theft on Berlin
What did people demand?
Political action
How did the government fail to deal with unemployment?
The Weimar government failed. From 19030-1932 the president was Heinrich Bruning. He proposed higher taxes to pay for the unemployment benefit. Then he put fixed time limits on unemployment benefits to make payments affordable
-This pleased none, right winged didn’t like higher taxes a d the left wing opposed reducing benefits, May people didn’t want to support the government.
How did this help in the rise of support for the NSDAP?
Life became harder and people left the moderate parties and joined extremist parties such as the NSDAP
How did this lead top the rise of the KPD?
As Germany’s social and political problems increased so di the support for the German communist party. Support for the KPD was strong due to :
1) Growing unemployment
2) Falling wages
Many working people saw the communist as the only to defend their job and their wages.
However support for the Nazi grew faster. Fear of communism became a reason for the support of the NSDAP.
How did Hitler appeal to people?
-Germans were fed up of Weimar government. Thought it was weak and saw Hitler and Nazi as an alternative.
Saw Hitler as a strong leader and was very popular.
Nazi had support from wealthy businessmen, this provided them with vital funding for the cost of propaganda.
How did SA cause an increase to the support of the Nazi party?
Uniformed SA made nazi seem more organized and reliable. During economical problems the SA made the Nazi party look strong.
SA was used top disrupt other parties
How did the Nazi appeal to big business?
-Were targeted by the Nazi. Hitler persuaded wealthy businessmen that the Nazi party was their best hope from the communists. As a result wealthy businessmen poured money inti the Nazi party.
