Hitlers Rise To Power 1919-33 Flashcards
When was the nazi party first founded and who made it
1919 by anton drexler
What were the key points of the nazi manifesto
-union of all Germans to form a greater Germany
-scraping the treaty of Versailles
-citizenship only to be granted with those of German blood. No Jewish people
-right to vote only for German citizens
-foreign nationals to be deported if it became impossible to feed the country
-all non Germans who entered the country after 1914 to leave
-nationalising all businesses that had been turned into corporations
Who founded stormabetlung and when was it founded
Ernst rohm , 1921
What did they do
Thy were the private army of the nazi party
What were the stormabetlung also called
Brown shirts because of the brown shirt they used as uniforms
Growth of Nazi party in the years of 1920 to 1923
1,100 in 1920 to 55,000 in 1923
Munich putsch key events
-8th November 1923 hitler and 600 members of the Nazi party stormed a lark beer hall in munich
-the nazis had 2000 rifles but they were no Mach for the actual armed forces 16 Nazi members died and 4 police officers died
-hitler dissappeared but was arrested 2 days later
-resulted in the Nazi party being banned
Impacts of Munich putch
-hitters trial was publicised essentially spreading Nazi propaganda to all of Germany
-hitler was imprisoned for 5 years writing mein kamf in the process
-hitler realised that coups did nothing and that gaining political power would be most beneficial effective
-Hitler became famous and his ideals in mienkanf were spread nationwide
Lean years 1924 - 1928
- hitler split the party into branches called a gaue led by a Gauleiters
-hitler forced ernst rohm to resign because he was concerned that the sa would become to violent
-he created his own bodyguards (ss)
-he also created hitlerjugend (hitler youth) in 1926
What year did the Wall Street crash take place
1929
What happened to Germany during Wall Street crash
-unemployment rose to record rates and more factories began to close
-chancellor brüning cut wages 2.5% for civil servants and raised taxes
Impact on Weimar government
-bruning called an election hoping to win majority seats
-nazis made a breakthrough winning 107 seats
-social democrats won 143 seats
-Bruning was called the hunger chancellor due to the years of shortages
Who was josef goebbels
-was one of the key people in charge of nazi propaganda
Growth in support for nazi party
-Hitler traveled by plane to have as much reach as possible
-1932 election nazi party won 11 million votes first round and 13 million votes second round
Financial support from nazi party
-received money from leading industrialists like thyssen , Krupp and Bosch