Statistics 1929-1945 Flashcards
What were the number of people unemployed on 1928 compared to 1930?
Unemployment in 1928 was at 1.4 million people, with 3.1 million unemployed by 1930
What were the percentages that Hitler and Paul Von Hindenburg got in the 1932 elections?
Hitler got 36% of the vote, only beaten by Hindenburg at 53%
What were the number of deputies the NSDAP, KPD and the SPD received in 1930?
The NSDAP got the second highest with 107 deputies, beaten by the SPD with 143 deputies at the top, the KPD had 77 seats
Between 1930-1932 how many minor bills were passed in comparison to how many emergency degrees were ratified by the President
Between 1930-1932 the Reichstag only passed 29 relatively minor bills while 109 emergency degrees were ratified by the President
How many were unemployed in 1929, 1931 and 1932?
Just under 2 million unemployed in 1929, to 4.5 million in 1931 and nearly 6 million in 1932 and by that point, a third of Germans had no regular wages
What were the main reasons why Weimar fell
- Weimar’s inheritance from the Kaiserreich and WW1
- The state of the economy, reparations, the invasion of the Ruhr, and hyperinflation
- Social disunity amongst the people and political leaders, to many parties in the reichstag
- The treaty of Versailles
- There were barely any strong leaders
- Weakness in the formation of the Weimar constitution, such as article 48
- Due to the poor stability in Weimar, Hitler could make a scapegoat out of anything
When was the SA Ban lifted, and by who?
Franz Von Papen in June 1932
When was the Reichstag Fire?
27th February 1933
When was the Reichstag fire decree?
28th February 1933
What did the Reichstag fire decree allow Hitler to do?
- The power to contain all political, social, and military rivals
- Gave Hitler the power the dissolve parties such as the KPD
When was the enabling act passed?
23rd March 1933
What was the Reichstag fire?
A communist arsonist Marius Van der Lubbe set the Reichstag on fire, Hitler used this as propaganda to rid the country of the “boogieman” that is communism, by giving Hitler powers to quash rivals
What were some important people killed in the Night of the Long Knives?
- General von Kahr (From the Munich Putsch)
- Von Schleicher
- Gregor Strasser (Hitlers opposition in the party)
- Rohm (head of the SA)
What were the main aspects of the Nazi ideology
- Control of the media
- Supremacy of state
- Supremacy of race
- Authoritarian leadership
- Social Darwinism
- Territory expansion (weltpolitik)
- Anti communism
- Anti semitism
- Architecture similar to the Romans (the eagles) to connote power
What were the election results for the Nazis and SPD in July 1932?
37.3% if the vote, getting them 230 seats in the Reichstag, making 1 in every 4 people voted for Hitler and the Nazis. SPD got 133 seats in comparison. Extremist vote due to Papen forcing his authoritarian control in the Prussian Coup, electing himself Reich Commissioner in July 1932
How many votes did the Nazis get in 1932?
13 million votes
What did the Hitler myth include?
- Popular justice (doing what the people want)
- National interest (working for overall interests, not just his own)
- Economic miracle (lack of unemployment and good industry credited to him)
- Protected Germany from enemies (Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, anybody who was lazy, the world, also stood up for German rights, freedom, and recapturing land)
- Military genius (better than Ludendorff and Hindenburg)
How many times did the Cabinet meet during 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938
1933 they met 72 times, 1934 met 19 times, 1935 met 12 times, 1936 met 4 times, 1938 did not meet at all, shows a disconnect between Hitler and the Cabinet, disunity and chaos
How many members did the Nazi party have in 1933, 1939 and 1945?
1933 they had 2.5 million members, 1939 they had 5.3 million members, and by 1945 they had 8 million members
When was Nazi party membership made compulsory
1939
In the two rounds in the elections in 1932 how many votes did Hitler and Paul Von Hindenburg get?
In the first round Hitler got 11,000 million votes and Hindenburg got 18,000 million votes, in the second round Hitler got 13,000 million votes and Hindenburg for 19,000 million votes
How many men were in the SA by 1931?
Over 100,000 men were in the SA by 1931
How many seats in the Reichstag and drop in percentage of votes for the Nazis drop between July-November 1932
Seats dropped from 230-196 and percentage of voters dropped from 37.3-33.1%, due to hitlers repeated attacks on Papen and refusal to accept the vice chancellorship
When was Hitler appointed chancellor?
30th January 1933
The elections in March 1933 gave the Nazis what percentage of the total vote cast?
43.9% of the total vote cast
What did the Enabling act allow Hitler to do?
Enabled him to issue laws without the consultation of the Reichstag for a period of 4 years
What is Gleichschaltung?
A coordination process where all German industries were to conform to national socialist ideals
What did the Law for the Restoration of the Professional civil service allow Hitler to do?
Enabled the Nazis to remove Jews and other political opponents from all civil service positions
When was the Law for the restoration of the professional civil service passed?
1933 April
When were all trade unions disbanded and workers forced to join the DAF (German labour front)
May 1933