The Lean Years 1924-28

Question 1

What happened to the Nazi party in the years 1924-28?

Answer 1

Lost support but was reorganized by Hitler

Question 2

What happened to the party whilst Hitler was imprisoned? What did he do

Answer 2

• it had been banned but survived secretly
• When Hitler was released he persuaded the Bavarian President to lift the ban
• it gets re launched and Hitler takes control and makes changes

Question 3

What are the changes Hitler makes to the party ?

Answer 3

• created party branches called Gaue led by a Gauleiter
• Hitler makes sure his closest associates run the party in Munich who all push the idea of Fuhrerprinzip

Question 4

What happens at the Bamberg party conference 1926

Answer 4

• Possible rivals to Hitler such as Gregor stresser and Joseph Goebbels won over
• Strasser appointed propaganda leader and Goebbels made Gauleiter of Berlin
• removes Röhm from being the leader of SA who is replaced by von Salomon
• Hitler created his own unit the SS to be his personal bodyguards

Question 5

What are some important things Hitler does in 1926?

Answer 5

• creation of the SS his personal gaurd
• sets up the Hitler Youth

Question 6

What did Hitler become by 1926 in regards to the Nazis and what did he somewhat tweak ?

Answer 6

Became the unrivaled leader of the Nazi Party
Twenty five point program edited slightly in 1928 to try and win over support of rural voters

Question 7

What progress had Hitler made ?

Answer 7

• party only had 27,000 members in 1925 but 100,000+ members by late 1928
• nationwide party
  -Nazis still didn’t have many seats in parliament which didn’t increase between 1924-28 with an decrease of 20 seats
• replaces Strasser with Goebbels for propaganda

Question 8

When did the ‘lean years’ end and why ?

Answer 8

1929
They had made a rise to become a leading party in Germany