The Early Nazi Party

Question 1

Describe Hitler’s early life up until the end of WW1

Answer 1

• ->1989: Born in Braunau, Austria
• ->Rejected from Art school
• ->1914:joined German army
• ->Iron cross

Question 2

Describe the early years of the German Worker’s Party up to 1920

Answer 2

• ->Led by Anton Drexler
• -> extremely nationalist, racist and anti-semetic
• ->Hated armistice and ToV
• ->Published 25 points
• ->Hitler head of political ideas + prop.

Question 3

Describe the early years of the German Worker’s Party(Nazi Party) in 1920

Answer 3

• ->change.name 2 National Socialist German Worker’s Pa.
• ->based in BAVARIA
• ->met in Munich beer hall
• ->not a NATIONAL party at the time

Question 4

Describe the early years of the German Worker’s Party(Nazi Party) in 1921

Answer 4

• ->Hitler becomes leader
• ->Expands N.R.A.S views
• ->blames scapegoats 4 Germ.’s probs.(allies,comm. jews)
• ->set up SA

Question 5

What were Hitler’s ideas on race?

Answer 5

• ->A pers.characteris.,att.,abili., and behav. det. by race
• ->traits pass. from one gen to next
• ->no ind. could overcome qualit. of race
• ->all human struggle can be exp. in terms of rac. struggle

Question 6

When did the Munich Putsch occur?

Answer 6

–>November 1923

Question 7

What were the causes of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 7

• ->Occupation of the Ruhr
• ->Hyperinflation
• ->Weimar republic unpopular(keep changing chance.)
• ->Food shortages
• ->”stab in the back myth”

Question 8

Describe the events surrounding the Munich Putsch

Answer 8

• ->SA surrounds the Bar(600)
• ->National Revolution declared
• ->Hitler lied von Kahr and Lossow supp.
• ->Ludendorf persuaded them
• ->Let em go
• ->Ebert: state of emergency decl.
• ->Ebert: ordered von Lossow 2 crush rev.

Question 9

What were the effects of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 9

• ->NSDAP gained free nation-wide pub.
• ->gave Hitler nat. plat. 2 speak
  - ->newspapers pub. this
  - ->readers began 2 agree (Ruhr Crisis+hyperinfl.)
• ->realised needed 2 win power DEMOCRATIC.
• ->NSDAP banned
• ->Hitler prevented from speaking until 1927
• ->Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison
• ->connect. 2 Ludendorf–>gain att. of impt. figures in army

Question 10

Why was the writing of Mein Kampf beneficial to the Nazi Party?

Answer 10

• ->clarified Hitler’s ideas about German future

- ->directly imformed Nazi Policy after 1933

Question 11

What Ideas did Mein Kampf contain?

Answer 11

• ->prop. should be simple
• ->Germany should be dicatatorship
• ->Germany should expand to East(Lebensraum)
• ->Armies are impt.
• ->WW1 failure due to ToV
• ->education should be abt race
• ->Jews PARASITES

Question 12

What were the disadvantages of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 12

• ->Nazi party banned
• ->Miscalculated attitude of Germans
• ->Arrested, tried for high treason