Hitlers Rise To Power Flashcards
Who saw the new Weimar culture as a bad thing?
People living in the country mainly
When was Weimar Germany seen to be at its strongest?
Early 1929
How did Hitler improve Germany’s economic situation in 1933?
Reduced unemployment
Tore up treaty of Versailles
How did hitler consolidate power?
Dealt with those who spoke out against nazis harshly
Banned all other political parties
Propaganda
Controlled people’s free time
Why was Hindenburg powerless in 1933?
The Reichstag voted powers to Hitler that allowed him to be a dictator
What are Gauleiters?
Regional nazi party leaders
What type of government did nationalists want?
A Kaiser like rule
Who started the German workers party?
Anton Drexler
What is DAP?
German workers party
When did hitler become a member of DAP?
1919
What did hitler change the name of DAP to?
National socialist German workers party
When did hitler become party leader of NSDAP?
1921
What were the results of the Munich Putsch on Hitler?
He was jailed for year, emerged a national figure, and he wrote Mein Kampf in prison
What does Mein Kampf mean?
My struggle
Why did Hitler believe that the Munich Putsch may lead to a revolution?
Germany suffered a year of hyperinflation
There were French troops in Rhineland, and stresemann had called off resistance
Nazis were strong in Bavaria
Bavarian state gov were very right wing
Hitler had support from general Erich von Ludendorff
How did Hitler benefit from his trial?
He used the publicity to push his nazi messages
What are Bolsheviks?
Russian communists
What is social Darwinism?
Applications of Darwin’s idea of survival of the fittest to different groups of people
Where did hitler try to gain entry to, before politics?
The academy of art
When did hitler join the German army?
1914
Why did Hitler initially join the German Workers Party?
He had been asked to spy on them by the German army
What were the views of the majority of people about the nazi party, before 1929?
They were seen as a joke
Why did views of the nazi party change after 1929?
Mainstream politics had led Germany to disaster, so people looked for different types of politics
Who were the 4 main men who helped Hitler gain power?
Hermann Goering
Josef Goebbels
Ernst Rohm
Heinrich Himmler