The Early Years of the Nazis 1919-29

Question 1

creation and emergence of Nazi Party

Answer 1

DAP- values of nationalism, anti-semitism and anti-capitalism
Hitler joined and used propaganda and built the party up
leader Anton Drexler- 25 points programme
1921 because hitler party grew 3300

Question 2

how did Hitler influence the development of the Nazi party

Answer 2

SA- paramilitary unit led by Ernest Rohm- organise violence
support of influential Hermann Goring- contacts in Munich gained respectability
1921 own newspaper People’s Observer
1923 membership 20000
influence in Bavaria- extreme right

Question 3

The Beer Hall Putsch

Answer 3

1923
unrealistic Hitler overestimated public support
showed a lack of real planning
NSDAP banned
Hitler turned his trial into a great propaganda success both for himself and Nazi cause
used 10 months in prison to write Mein Kampf

Question 4

what were Nazi ideas

Answer 4

racism- Aryan race
anti-democracy- built up on ideas of ‘November criminals’
Nationalism - Lebensraum
promotion of Volksgemeinschaft

Question 5

what happened February 1926?

Answer 5

confirmed that party would be run according to Fuhrerprinzip
Hitler was head of party
but still divisions and differences

Question 6

Nazi Organisations

Answer 6

The Hitler Youth
The Nazis teacher association
Union of Nazi lawyers
The Order of German Women
-George strasser

Question 7

what was the SS

Answer 7

1925
elite bodyguard sworn protect Fuhrer
1929 200 members
initially under Himmler control but formed own identity

Question 8

The Reichstag Election

Answer 8

May 1928
only won 2.6 per cent and 12 seats
but in other areas such as Thuringia 11.3 per cent
such figures suggested that the Nazis could exploit increasingly difficult economic times of the Great Depression