How did the Nazis get so much support?

Question 1

Ideology Key features

Answer 1

• 25 point programme of 1926 appealed to be socialist
• Hitler writes ‘Mein Kamf’ to make Germany ‘Racially pure’
• Weimar to blame for Germanys economic problems
• Lebensraum: living space

Question 2

How did ideology help?

Answer 2

Presented hitler as a force for change in Germany

Question 3

Hitler - fuhrerprinzip Key features

Answer 3

• hitler wanted to destory weimar gov
• believed parliamentary democracy would lead to communism
• ‘stab in the back’ by november criminals regarded by Hitler and the Nazis and thought that Germany should be ruled by Fuher
• Hitlers speeches and charisma had a hypnotic and enticing effect

Question 4

How did Hitler help?

Answer 4

People believed Hitler even when he was lying since his speeches were so hypnotic, the army supported ‘stab in the back myth’ so supported desire to get rid of Weimar

Question 4

Propaganda Key features

Answer 4

• Joseph Goebbles in charge of propaganda
• used techniques such as newspapers, posters and leaflets
• hitlers speeches allowed him to appeal
• anti-semtic slogans were used in some areas

Question 5

How did propaganda help?

Answer 5

Promoted different things to different electoral areas , he played with the fears and emotions of people to gain support

Question 6

SA/Violence Key Features (SA is paramilitary organisation organised by Nazis)

Answer 6

• Nazis encouraged violence through the SA
• unemployments rate were so high many joined the SA
• main purpose of the SA was to intimidate opponents (communists)
• SA was banned for 3 months then re-introduced under chancellor Papen in 1932

Question 7

How did the SA/Violence help?

Answer 7

Many young men joined Hitlers Youth/SA out of deception due to the need of food and accomodation
The SA’s violence on the streets was viewed as essential to the partys power

Question 8

Anti-semitism Key features

Answer 8

• Hitlers saw the jews as responsible for German problems including responsibility for Germanys ww1 loss
• Jews also responsible for capitalism and represented badly in Germany propaganda (scapegoated)

Question 9

How did Anti-semitism help?

Answer 9

• Propaganda spread and promoted by Nazis painted jews as corrupt criminals who were responsible for all Germanys wrongs

Question 10

5 factors how nazi’s got support

Answer 10

• Hitler
• Anti-semitism
• Propaganda
• ideology
• Violence/SA