Rise of the Nazis

Question 1

changes for the nazis 1923-29

Answer 1

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

Question 2

propaganda used by nazis

Answer 2

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

Question 3

fear of communism

Answer 3

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

Question 4

the final days what happened

dates and events

Answer 4

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

Question 5

what happened in the reichstag fire

Answer 5

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

Question 6

how did the reichstag fire help strengthen hitlers position

Answer 6

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

Question 7

what happened in the enabling act

Answer 7

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

Question 8

how did the enabling act help strengthen hitlers position

Answer 8

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

Question 9

what happened in the night of long knives

Answer 9

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

Question 10

how did the night of long knives help strengthen hitlers position

Answer 10

it consolidated his power
eliminated opposition
reinforced hitlers authoritarism

Question 11

what happened with the death of hindenurh and path of allegiance

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

what was attractive about the Nazi party

Answer 13

well dressed (uniform, boots…)
organised

Question 14

what did the nazis stand for

Answer 14

they refused to co-operate with other parties

Question 15

what did the nazi party offer

Answer 15

order, dicipline and strong government

Question 16

what did the nazis think of TOV and Weimar

Answer 16

they ruined and betrayed germany (november criminals)

Question 17

who was blamed for the november criminals

Answer 17

factory owners, jews, politcians…

Question 18

what happened in october 1929

Answer 18

wallstreet crashed and hit germany the hardest

Question 19

how did the depression impact germany

Answer 19

6.5 million unemployed
17 million had social benefits

Question 20

how did nazi policies change in the lat 20’s

Answer 20

their stratagy is to get all votes and disrupt communist meetings

Question 21

what did the brownshirts do

Answer 21

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

Question 22

who were the stormtroopers or brownshirts

Answer 22

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

Question 23

what was hitlers remarkable ability

Answer 23

his ability to influence a popular assembly in an extordinary manner

Question 24

3 points for the nazi program of aims

Answer 24

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

Question 25

what did hitler achieve in the munich putsch

Answer 25

he wanted to topple the weimar government

Question 26

in what way was the putsch a disatster for the nazis

Answer 26

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

Question 27

what was mein kampf

Answer 27

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

Question 28

what are 2 ideas mentioned in mein kampf

Answer 28

• National Socialism - stood out for loyalty to Germany
• Armed forces - Hitler believed that war and struggle were an essential part of development

Question 29

what strategic decision did hitler come to in prision

Answer 29

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

Question 30

what were 4 reasons for the rise of the nazis

Answer 30

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

Question 31

how did the depression help the nazis

Answer 31

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%

Question 32

how did the communist threat help the nazis

Answer 32

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

Question 33

how did nazi policies and campaigns help the nazis

Answer 33

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

Question 34

how did failures of democracy help the nazis

Answer 34

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

Question 35

what was another thing the nazis used to help them rise

Answer 35

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

Question 36

what were hitlers 3 policies

Answer 36

end unemployment
tear up TOV
blame the jews

Question 37

what is article 48 and how is it bad

Answer 37

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.

Question 38

why did hindenburg invite hitler to become chancellor

Answer 38

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