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What was the DAP?

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The original Nazi Party

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Who was the DAP set up by?

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Anton Drexler

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When was the DAP set up?

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1919

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What was another name for the DAP?

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German Workers’ Party

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True/False: The DAP was a huge party

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False, it was a very small party

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How did the DAP try and make itself look more popular?

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By numbering its members from 500 instead of 1, for example Hitler was member number 55 but had the number 555

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7
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The DAP was an extreme right/left-wing party

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right

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8
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When was the 25-Point Programme?

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1920

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Name 3 parts of the 25-Point Programme

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Any 3 from Nationalism, Lebensraum, Anti-Semitism, Racial purity and Strong leadership

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What was the aim with the Nationalism part of the 25-Point Programme?

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A strong Germany and the removal of the Treaty of Versailles

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What was the aim with the Lebensraum part of the 25-Point Programme?

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Taking over Eastern Europe for ‘living-space’ for its growing population

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What is Anti-Semitism?

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The hatred of Jews

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What was the aim with the Anti-Semitism part of the 25-Point Programme?

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Preventing Jews from being German citizens

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What was the aim with the Racial Purity part of the 25-Point Programme?

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Only Aryans could be German citizens (no Jews/gypsies)

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What were Aryans?

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Pure blooded Master Race Germans

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What did the DAP mean when saying they wanted a strong leadership in the 25-Point Programme?

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They wanted the opposite of what they saw as a weak parliamentary democracy at the time

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How did Hitler manoeuvre himself into position to take over the leadership of the DAP?

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He helped write the 25-Point Programme, improved the image of the party and had a lot of personal appeal

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18
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How did Hitler have personal appeal?

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He was a very effective public speaker and created the image of being a more effective leader than Drexler

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How did Hitler improve the image of the DAP?

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He introduced the swastika and the Nazi salute. He also renamed the party

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What did Hitler rename the DAP to in 1920?

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The NSDAP

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What did the NSDAP stand for?

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The National Socialist German Workers’ Party

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What were the effects of Hitler’s efforts to improve the image of the party?

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Resulted in better organisation and lead to an increase in members, although the party was still very small

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When did Hitler become leader of the NSDAP?

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A few months after DAP had changed its name, in 1921

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24
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Give the other names for the SA

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Sturmabteilung, ‘Stormtroopers’ and ‘Brownshirts’

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25
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Who was the SA set up by?

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Hitler

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What did the SA wear?

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A brown military uniform with a cap and swastika on the arm

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Who were the SA?

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A group that were like the Nazi’s own private army of thugs

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What did the SA do?

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Disrupted political meetings and made the Nazis look much more powerful than they really were

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29
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What significant Putsch attempt were the SA involved in?

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The Munich Putsch

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30
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When did the SA become very important?

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After the Great Depression hit Germany in 1930

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What NSDAP rules did Hitler change after he became leader?

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Members lost the right to choose the leader, he stopped the discussion of party policy and was moving to stop any opposition to him from within the aprty

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32
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Hitler attracted more/less members to the party after Hitler became leader

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More

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33
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The party gained more/less money after Hitler became leader

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More

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34
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What did Hitler use the money he got after he became leader of the NSDAP to buy?

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Newspapers to put forward Nazi views

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Give an example of a newspaper Hitler bought to publish Nazi propaganda

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Either Dur Sturmer or Volkischer Beobachter

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Hitler buying newspapers was an effective way for the Nazis to…

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Publish their propaganda, target scapegoats for Germany’s problems and portray Hitler as a strong leader

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37
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When did the newspapers become even more important?

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After the Great Depression hit Germany in 1930

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38
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Why did the Munich Putsch happen?

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Hitler hated the Weimar Constitution, democracy and what he saw as Germany’s betrayal by the politicians for signing the armistice and Treaty. He wanted to destroy them

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39
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Hitler tried to exploit the German people’s anger at the ____ occupation and h_____________

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Ruhr occupation and hyperinflation

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40
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When was hyperinflation at its worst?

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November 1923

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41
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When was the Munich Putsch?

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November 1923

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42
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Why did Hitler try and exploit the German people’s anger at the Ruhr occupation and hyperinflation?

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He believed people would support him

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True/False: Hitler believed in peaceful revolutions

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False, he believed in violent revolutions - not waiting to win power through elections

44
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Why was Hitler worried in November 1923?

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Stresemann was Germany’s new Chancellor and was cracking down on extremist political groups

45
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Give an example of an extremist political group that Stresemann cracked down on when he became Chancellor

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Freikorps or Communists - he had crushed a left-wing Communist revolt

46
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Why did the fact that Stresemann was cracking down on extremist political groups worry Hitler?

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He thought he needed to seize power before the NSDAP were targeted by Stresemann

47
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What was the plan for the Munich Putsch?

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Hitler wanted the Nazis to take power in Munich, Bavaria and then march to Berlin to take over the national government

48
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How did the Munich Putsch start?

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Armed Nazi Stormtroopers stormed into a politcal meeting

49
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Where was the political meeting that the Nazi Stormtroopers stormed in to?

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The Munich beer-hall

50
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Why did the Nazi Stormtroopers storm inside the Munich beer-hall?

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To intimidate those inside

51
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What did Hitler do inside of the Munich beer-hall?

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Forced local police and government leaders to support him and declared, at gunpoint, that he was taking over the local Bavarian government

52
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What would Hitler do after he took over the local Bavarian government?

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Take control of the whole country

53
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What did the Nazis do after the Nazi Stormtroopers stormed in to the Munich beer-hall?

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Marched to the city centre to declare Hitler as the new German leader

54
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Who did the Nazis encounter when they marched to the city centre to declare Hitler as the new German leader?

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The police

55
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What happened when the Nazis encountered the police when they were marching to the city centre?

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The putsch was stopped and the police shot dead 16 Nazis. Hitler and the others fled but were soon arrested

56
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True/False: The army supported Hitler when the Nazis marched to the city centre to declare Hitler as the new German leader

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False, they refused to support him although General Ludendorff did

57
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Hitler rightly/wrongly thought local people would come out and support the Munich Putsch

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wrongly

58
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What mistake did the Nazis make with the Bavarian government and police leaders in the Munich Putsch?

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They released the Bavarian government and the police leaders who were able to organise the police to stop the Nazis

59
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The Nazis did/did not have enough men and weapons to fight the police

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did not

60
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In the short-term, did the Munich Putsch appear to be a failure or a success?

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Failure

61
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What was banned as a result of the Munich Putsch?

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The NSDAP

62
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When was the NSDAP ban lifted?

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1925

63
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Who were jailed as a result of the Munich Putsch?

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Hitler and other leading Nazis

64
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How many months did Hitler serve in jail?

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9

65
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How was the Munich Putsch good for Hitler’s publicity?

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He gained publicity and became known throughout the country for the first time

66
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What was Mein Kampf?

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Hitler’s book

67
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Mein Kampf became the most important ____ ____

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Nazi book

68
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What did Mein Kampf set out?

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Hitler’s beliefs and aims for Germany’s future

69
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What did Hitler’s belief of Nationalism as a part of Mein Kampf state?

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He wanted a strong Germany with Lebensraum and the removal of the Treaty of Versailles

70
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What did Hitler’s belief of Racial Purity as a part of Mein Kampf state?

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Hitler believed in Aryan Master Race. These were racially superior to Eastern Europeans (Slavs), blacks and Jews who he called sub-humans (untermenschen)

71
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What did Hitler’s belief of Totalitarianism as a part of Mein Kampf state?

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He wanted to end elections and allow one man to have all the power. Everyone should be loyal to this one leader called the ‘Fuhrer’

72
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What did Hitler’s belief of National Socialism as part of Mein Kampf state?

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Socialism traditionally meant the workers controlling the land and business but Hitler hated this idea. He had his own brand of ‘socialism’ when everyone was meant to work for the strength of Germany - he didn’t want to put off wealthy businessmen from donating to the party

73
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Why was the Munich Putsch a turning point?

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Hitler realised he had to win power through elections and this lead to a change in the way the party was organised after 1925

74
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When was the Bamberg Conference?

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1926

75
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What was the Bamberg Conference?

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A meeting to solve disagreements between the Northern Nazi Party and the Southern Nazi Party

76
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How did Hitler use the Bamberg Conference to his advantage?

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He used it to undermine the Nazis from Northern Germany and portrayed them more like Communists than Nazis

77
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How did Hitler portray the Northern Nazi Party as more like Communists than Nazis?

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Said their idea to take land from wealthy landowners was a Communist idea - Hitler was keen to get donations from rich businessmen. He said they were not true Nazis

78
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What did Hitler say the Nazis should focus on at the Bamberg Conference?

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Nationalism and to make Germany great again

79
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Who supported Hitler at the Bamberg Conference?

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Southern Nazis and a number of those from the north changed their minds and supported Hitler to

80
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How did the Bamberg Conference strengthen Hitler’s position?

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It weakened his main rival and committed everyone to the ‘leadership principle’ of obedience to Hitler’s authority (Fuhrerprinzip)

81
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Who was Hitler’s main rival?

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Gregor Strasser

82
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Who notably originally supported Strasser but switched sides to support Hitler?

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Joseph Goebbels

83
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Name one of the rich businessmen that Hitler befriended

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Any from Bosch, Krupp or Thyssen

84
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How did Hitler befriend a number of Germany’s richest businessmen?

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By promising strong leadership and the crushing of communists

85
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What did Hitler befriending a number of Germany’s richest businessmen lead to?

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Him gaining millions of marks in donations

86
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What did Hitler put the money from donations from rich businessmen towards?

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Funding Nazi propaganda and buying uniforms for the SA and SS

87
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When was the Nazi propaganda and uniforms for the SA and SS very important?

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After 1930

88
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What was the SS short for?

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Schutzstaffel

89
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Who was the SS set up by?

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Hitler

90
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What were the SS originally?

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Hitler’s personal protection squad

91
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What colour was the SS’ uniform?

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Black

92
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Who were Gauleiters appointed by?

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Hitler

93
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Who were Gauleiters?

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Nazis who were put in charge of different areas of Germany

94
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Where was Joseph Goebbels Gauleiter of?

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Berlin

95
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What did Gauleiters do?

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It was their job to follow Hitler’s orders and had to make sure messages given by the Nazis in their propaganda was relevant to their particular area

96
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How did Gauleiters make sure messages given by the Nazis in their propaganda was relevant to their particular area?

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In a rural area the propaganda would be targeted at farmers and would portray the Nazis as the only party capable of helping farmers, etc

97
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How important were Gauleiters in spreading Nazi propaganda?

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Very - without these, the propaganda would have been less effective

98
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Who did Hitler appoint in charge of propaganda?

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Joseph Goebbels

99
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Name 3 of the ways Nazis shared their propaganda

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Any 3 from radio, films, posters, newspapers or aeroplanes

100
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How did Hitler use aeroplanes to promote the Nazis?

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He would fly to different places on the same day to give speeches

101
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What were the 2 main aims of Nazi propaganda?

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To promote the Nazis as a strong party and Hitler as a strong leader and to create scapegoats for Germany’s problems

102
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Give 2 examples of scapegoats that Nazi propaganda made for Germany’s problems

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Any 2 from the new Weimar democracy, moderate political parties, ‘November Criminals’ and Jews

103
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None of the Nazi propaganda could have happened if it wasn’t for the d________ from the r___ b__________

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donations from the rich businessmen

104
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When was Nazi propaganda most effective?

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After the Depression started

105
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Despite the reorganisation of the party, the NSDAP only received .% of the vote

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2.6

106
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Why did the NSDAP only receive 2.6% of the vote in 1928?

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The successful impact of Stresemann’s foreign and economic policies had improved Germany’s status and economy, people were happy during the ‘Golden Years’ and the NSDAP’s propaganda and messages had not attracted support from large groups of people

107
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What did the NSDAP need to spread their propaganda and messages?

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A crisis to exploit, which there wasn’t from 1924-29

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