joder illa

Question 1

Which circumstances allowed Nazi Party to gain power?

Answer 1

Impact of World War 1
Social divisions
Economic factors
Weakness of political systems (Weimar Republic)
Persuasion, coercion, and force

Question 2

Who were the SA?

Answer 2

• The Nazi Party’s paramilitary organization (smol army)
• Not to be confused with SS
• SA men protected party meetings, marched in Nazi rallies, and physically assaulted political opponents.

Question 3

Impact of the 1929 Great Depression on Germany?

Answer 3

German banks collapsed, many lost life savings → led to extremist groups rising, including Nazi Party → threats + protests led to multiple chancellors stepping down + wishing for an authoritarian state

Question 4

Hitler’s image?

Answer 4

• charismatic, appealed to the audience’s emotions and specific grievances
• opposed the treaty of Versailles
• Hope, nationalism
• Supported workers’ rights

Question 5

Role of Hitler’s propaganda?

Answer 5

Propaganda (posters, radio, press, own newspaper ‘People’s Observer’)
→ displayed strengths of Nazi Party and himself
→ vilified the enemies of Nazis (Marxsits, Jews)
→ promoting a better future for Germany

Question 6

Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany?

Answer 6

1933, by Hindenburg

Question 7

First major step for creating Authoritarian Germany. 
This restricted:
*free expression of opinion*
*freedom of the press*
* right of assembly*
*right of association*
What was it?

Answer 7

Reichstag Fire, February 1933 –> A fire that Hitler blamed on communists and exploited to arrest opposition

Question 8

The Enabling Act, 23 March 1933, passed with a majority

What did it enable?

Answer 8

led Hitler to becoming a dictator, building up his

‘legal dictatorship’

Nazi Party the only party

Question 9

Which economic crisis preceded the 1929 Great Depression?

Answer 9

The Ruhr Crisis:
Hyperinflation occurred in 1923 because of the French/Belgian occupation of the Ruhr

made money virtually worthless → German people suffered, lost confidence in Weimar Republic

Question 10

What allowed Hitler to

Allowed him to pass legislation without the approval of either parliament or the President?

Answer 10

The Enabling Act 1933 :*

Question 11

Economic Problems - Failure of Weimar Germany

Answer 11

Inherited costs of WWI
Post-war reconstruction
Allied reparations
New welfare benefits ~ health insurance, housing + benefits for disabled
Hyperinflation occurred (1923)
Great Depression (1929)

Question 12

Who would actually support Hitler roflmao

Answer 12

· industrial workers
· middle-class people
· nationalists

Question 13

Gleich-schal-tung

Answer 13

idek remember this

Question 14

1933, Herman Goring creates an essential force for maintaining Nazi power…

what was it?

Answer 14

German secret police - Gestapo

• above the law
• had the authority of “preventative arrest,” and its actions were not subject to judicial appeal.
• leftists, intellectuals, Jews, trade unionists, political clergy, and homosexuals simply disappeared into concentration camps

Question 15

Who were the SS then?

Answer 15

Started off as the personal bodyguards of Hitler and other Nazi leaders,

expanded both in size and in responsibility. By the start of World War II in 1939, the SS was about 250,000 men.

Question 16

When did SS>SA ting happen?

Answer 16

The Night of the Long Knives, June 1934 - 200 SA leaders killed to eliminate political and military opposition and to get the army on his side

important soldiers take personal oath of loyalty to Hitler