Reasons for growth in Nazi support after 1929

Question 1

What happened after 1929?

Answer 1

The depression and a return to large support for extreme Nationalist and Communist Parties.

Question 2

What happened to the Dawes Plan because of the Depression?

Answer 2

It was cancelled because the USA no longer had any money to loan to Germany after the Wall Street Crash.

Question 3

When was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 3

1929.

Question 4

What happened to the unemployment rate after 1929?

Answer 4

It increased drastically from september 1929 to January 1933.

Question 5

By how much did the unemployment rate increase after 1929?

Answer 5

1.3 million to 6.1 million.

Question 6

What happened to German banking?

Answer 6

Some German banks ran out of cash and many people lost their savings.

Question 7

What happened to the German factories?

Answer 7

They had to reduce their production which meant people lost their jobs.

Question 8

What was Chancellor Brunings proposal for dealing with the growth in unemployment?

Answer 8

He suggested that Germany raise taxes so that unemployment benefits could be paid for.

Question 9

How did Chancellor Brunings proposal affect Germany?

Answer 9

It made peoples financial situations worse.

Question 10

What were moderate Parties unable to do during this time of crisis?

Answer 10

They were unable to work together to create a solution to the crisis.

Question 11

Why did Bruning resign?

Answer 11

He had been unable to deal with the crisis.

Question 12

What led to Brunings resignation?

Answer 12

He had lost control of the Reichstag, the economy and the streets.

Question 13

How many seats did the Communists win in the 1930 election?

Answer 13

77.

Question 14

How many seats did the Nazis win in the 1930 election?

Answer 14

107.

Question 15

How did the Nazis appeal to big business?

Answer 15

Said they’d be protected from the effects of Communism.

Question 16

How did the Nazis reach out to the working class?

Answer 16

Stood for traditional values and promoted ‘Work and Bread.’

Question 17

How did the Nazis appeal to the middle class?

Answer 17

They promised an end to Weimar excess.

Question 18

How did the Nazis appeal to farmers? (2)

Answer 18

Promised no confiscation of land.

Promised money to support farms.

Question 19

How did the Nazis reach out to the young people of Germany? (3)

Answer 19

The Nazi party seemed exciting to young people.
They seemed colourful, exciting and full of atmosphere.
Hitler was a great speaker and appealing to young people.

Question 20

How did the Nazis seem an attractive option for government during the Depression years?

Answer 20

The Nazis promised to put people back in jobs and to restore Germany to its former greatness.

Question 21

How did the Nazis reach out to women?

Answer 21

Said that the women had a duty to vote for the Nazis, to help fix the mess men had created.
The Nazis said that a woman’s place was in the home and that they should be raising children for the future of Germany, German women began to see this as very attractive.

Question 22

What kind of party was the KPD?

Answer 22

Communist.

Question 23

Why did support for the KPD particularly increase in working class areas?

Answer 23

Working class people saw the Communists as the only party who would defend their jobs and their wages against employers and landowners.

Question 24

Why did the Upper and Middle class prefer the Nazis to the communists? (3)

Answer 24

The idea of a communist government was scary to middle and upper class Germans.
They feared that they would suffer and lose their wealth and land.
They saw Hitler and the Nazi party as their best hope against the Communists.