Hitlers Rise To Power Flashcards
Who was the president of Germany? And what is his role?
Paul Van Hindenburg.
He appoints and dismisses the chancellor.
He can dismiss the Reichstag and call new elections
He can over rule the Reichstag if there is an emergency. Article 48
When was they’re at depression?
1930-1933
How many seats did the nazis have in 1928 and then in 1930?
2% 12 seats
18% 120 seats.
Who was the next chancellor worth mentioning?
Franz Von Papen
What were the publics view on Hindenburg?
He was old and easily manipulated by the army
Who was Franz Von Papen?
He was a member of the centre party and when Hindenburg hired him as chancellor he thought he would be very dependent. E centre party doesn’t have the majority.
Why did Papen go to hitler in the first place?
He needed agreement from the nazis to form a right-wing non-party cabinet. The nazis had a lot of votes.
What were the conditions that hitler put forward so that he would agree to accept Von Papens deal? And did Papen agree?
Remove move the ban on SA and SS
A new election
Von Papen had to agree.
What did the 1932 elections in July?
The nazis got the most votes 230 seats 37% of the vote.
Why did Von Papen call another election?
After offering hitler the option of vice chancellor and hitler declined because as he wanted to become chancellor. This was unacceptable to Papen and Hindenburg. So they called a new election.
What happened to the election results of November 1932?
The nazis were still the biggest but they had lost some votes because the public thought the nazis were all talk and no action.
Why did Von Papen have to go?
Papen still wasn’t able to secure a majority therefore he had to go. He was also reluctant to rule through art.48
Even though Papen had stopped being chancellor, what had Papen suggest to Hindenburg.?
Papen wanted to control hitler by making him chancellor and making his position uncomfortable. Papen would be vice chancellor. There would only be 3/12 of hitlers cabinet nazis.
When was hitler appointed chancellor?
January 30th 1933
