Lean Years

Question 1

When were the Lean Years?

Answer 1

-1924-1929

Question 2

What were the Lean years?

Answer 2

-there the Nazi Party didn’t have a lot of support and still suffered the results of the Munich Putsch

Question 3

When was the Bamberg Conference?

Answer 3

-1926

Question 4

What was the Bamberg Conference?

Answer 4

-meeting between all the leaders of the Nazi Party->party conference
-brought unity within the Nazi Party and asserted new strategies to increase their support and strength

Question 5

What were the aims and results of the Bamberg Conference?

Answer 5

-wanted to unify the Nazi Party
-brought unity within the Nazi Party and asserted new strategies to increase their support and strength
-meant Hitler had total control over the Nazi Party

Question 6

Why was the Bamberg Conference held?

Answer 6

-the Nazi Party had become increasingly divided due to the Munich Putsch and Hitler being in prison
-the Nazi Party needed to become more unified

Question 7

What did the SS have to do in 1925 which helped Hitler have more control?

Answer 7

-swore obedience

Question 8

What was the SS like in 1925?

Answer 8

-members were Aryan which was a marketing tool
-Hitler’s private bodyguards->gave him more power

Question 9

What was the Gaue System?

Answer 9

-the Nazi Party was organised into 35 regions (Gaue) to spread Nazi ideology unique to different regions

Question 10

What did Gaue Regions do?

Answer 10

-gave responsibility to powerful individuals who ruled their own Gaue while working towards Hitler’s aims

Question 11

What was Goebbels the Gauleiter of and what did this mean?

Answer 11

-Berlin
-he was the chief of propaganda so Germany’s capital was getting the majority of Nazi ideology

Question 12

How were Gaue regions beneficial for Hitler?

Answer 12

-it didn’t detract from Hitler’s own position of authority as leader