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changes for the nazis 1923-29

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hitler realised that victory would only happen through voting
farmers and ex-soilders were targeted
sucess was limited
by 1928 = 12 seats in reichstag

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propaganda used by nazis

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posters
marches and rallies
speeches on radio
pro nazi newspapers
visits using airplane

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fear of communism

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by 1929-32 the only other party with votes were the communists
they promised equality
many germans feared of what happened in russia
the nazis were seen as the only alternative

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the final days what happened

dates and events

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july 32 - nazis have 230 seats and largest
von papen becomes chancellor
november 32 nazis win 196 seats
con schleicher becomes chancellor
january 33 - hitler offered chancellorship

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what happened in the reichstag fire

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feb 33
the reichstag building was set on fire. Hitler blamed the communists
the nazis used their powers to arrest the communists

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how did the reichstag fire help strengthen hitlers position

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he expelled the communists from parliment and imprisioned many giving nazi overall votes

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what happened in the enabling act

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the EA allowed the reich government ot issue laws without consent of germany’s parliment
he had to get the center of the party to agree with him

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how did the enabling act help strengthen hitlers position

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it transformed hitlers government into a legal dictatorship which gave him power

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what happened in the night of long knives

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banning of political parties
killing of people who dont follow rules and people who threat
the SA was not disband but the SS was

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how did the night of long knives help strengthen hitlers position

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it consolidated his power
eliminated opposition
reinforced hitlers authoritarism

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what happened with the death of hindenurh and path of allegiance

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hindenburg died
hitler became führer
august 34 the army swore loyalty to hiter
hitler brought back rearment and conscription

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how did hindenburgs death and the oath of allegiance help strengthen hitlers power

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the army swore PERSONAL oath to hitler only not the countru which meant the whole country was backing him

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what was attractive about the Nazi party

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well dressed (uniform, boots…)
organised

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what did the nazis stand for

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they refused to co-operate with other parties

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what did the nazi party offer

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order, dicipline and strong government

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what did the nazis think of TOV and Weimar

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they ruined and betrayed germany (november criminals)

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who was blamed for the november criminals

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factory owners, jews, politcians…

18
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what happened in october 1929

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wallstreet crashed and hit germany the hardest

19
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how did the depression impact germany

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6.5 million unemployed
17 million had social benefits

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how did nazi policies change in the lat 20’s

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their stratagy is to get all votes and disrupt communist meetings

21
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what did the brownshirts do

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they spread the word, handed out leaflets and attacked the communists

22
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who were the stormtroopers or brownshirts

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they were hired thugs which protected Hitler’s meetings
they were people within the party who wore a brown shirt

23
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what was hitlers remarkable ability

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his ability to influence a popular assembly in an extordinary manner

24
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3 points for the nazi program of aims

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unite germany
only allow true germans to live in germany
abloish the TOV

25
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what did hitler achieve in the munich putsch

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he wanted to topple the weimar government

26
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in what way was the putsch a disatster for the nazis

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The putsch has miscalculated the mood of the German people and the Nazis were humiliated. Some people did not rise up to support him and some Nazis were arrested

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what was mein kampf

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It is Hitler booked which translates to my struggle which clarified and presented Hitlers ideas about Germany’s future

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what are 2 ideas mentioned in mein kampf

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  • National Socialism - stood out for loyalty to Germany
  • Armed forces - Hitler believed that war and struggle were an essential part of development
29
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what strategic decision did hitler come to in prision

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He came to conclusion that the Nazis would not be able to seize power by force and that they would have to work within the democratic system to achieve power and then they would need to destroy power

30
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what were 4 reasons for the rise of the nazis

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the impact of the depression
the communist threat
nazi policies and campaigns
failures of democracy

31
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how did the depression help the nazis

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when the depression began, chancellor brüning began to cut government spending and wefalre benefits and made germans make sacrfices

unemployment was around 6 million and many german income was falling 40%

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how did the communist threat help the nazis

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during this time the communists were also rising
there were so many street battles
business leaders feared the communists because of their plans and their strengths

33
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how did nazi policies and campaigns help the nazis

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they used film, radio and records
hitler was a very powerful speaker
there were posters and pamphlets everyhewre

they used slogan such as:
uniting the people
traditional values
these made it hard for people to critisize them

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how did failures of democracy help the nazis

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democracy was a big problem
when the depression started the chancellor tried to deal with it but then called new elections
this gave nazis an opportunity to exploit the disconent in germany

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what was another thing the nazis used to help them rise

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negative cohesion
this meant they would bring people together not by sharing the nazi ideas but the fears

36
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what were hitlers 3 policies

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end unemployment
tear up TOV
blame the jews

37
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what is article 48 and how is it bad

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the president had emergency powers if he felt that there was an emergency and something needed to be done
it did not clearly define what an ‘emergency’ was, so the power was overused, which weakened Germans’ confidence in democracy.

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why did hindenburg invite hitler to become chancellor

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Hindenburg is desperate to appoint a chancellor who has reichstag support and in order to avoid violence Hitler is appointed

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