Rise Of The Nazis

Question 1

DAP

Answer 1

German Workers Party
Anton Drexler (founder) was impressed at Hitler’s first Speech

Question 2

Munich Putsch date

Answer 2

1923

Question 3

Munich Putsch

Answer 3

After Hyperinflation/Ruhr, there was increased support for extremist parties
- many politicians in Munich were against Weimar so didn’t try to stop the Putsch
- Hitler invades a Beer Hall meeting and declares he is taking over
- he holds some members of govt to gunpoint demanding support
- Nazi’s rob a bank to pay 2000 supporters
-1000 SA members + 2000 supporters marched the streets to declare Hitler as the leader

Question 4

Munich Putsch results

Answer 4

Shoot out
- 16 Nazis and 4 police killed
- Nazis banned
- Hitler arrested (originally 5 years, but only for 9 months!)

Question 5

25 Point Programme

Answer 5

1920
Nationalist, Socialist added to name to appeal to more people
- NASDP
- it was the party’s new manifesto (very anti-Semitic)
- unite all german people = volksgemeinschaft (people’s community, strongest race dominate)
- abolish TofV

Question 6

Lean Years

Answer 6

1924-29
Hitler released from jail in 1924
These years were the reorganisation of the party
SS = Hitler’s personal bodyguards (very loyal) (used for intimidation) (higher status than⬇️)
SA = exsoldiers, army (semi-independent from Hitler and eventually seen a threat)

Party members grew to 100,000 by 1928
But they only had 12 seats as it was the golden age so no-one voted for extremism

Question 7

Bamburg Conference date

Answer 7

1926

Question 8

Bamburg Conference

Answer 8

5 hour speech (very anti-Semitic) where Hitler appointed people (eg. Strasser and Goebbles)
- creates SS
- sets up Hitler Youth
- an socialist elements were now dropped

Question 9

How many party members and seats in parliament did the Nazis have in 1928?

Answer 9

100,000 members
12 seats

Question 10

Propaganda they used

Answer 10

• Mein Kampf
• Goebbles experimented with new techniques
• posters, public speeches
• rallies (eg. Nuremberg rallies)

Question 11

Great depression date

Answer 11

1929

Question 12

Great Depression

Answer 12

Economy collapsed and the US loans stopped coming
Just before he died, Stresemen said Germany was “dancing on a volcano”
Hunger Chancellor: Bruning
- reduced benefits
- extreme shortage of food
- struggling to pass anything so enforced article 48 and resigned
People began to look towards extremism and democracy collapsed 😢

Question 13

How many were unemployed during the Great Depression ?

Answer 13

6 million

Question 14

1930 election

Answer 14

Breakthrough election for Nazi’s!
107 seats

Question 15

1932 election

Answer 15

230 seats
Largest party in Reichstag!
- after Von Papen and Von Schleicher fail, Hindenburg has no choice but to make Hitler chancellor

Question 16

When does Hitler become chancellor?

Answer 16

30th jan 1933