Topic 2 Role Of The Nazis

Question 0

Nazi philosophy’s

Answer 0

Strong german nationalism
Lebensraum
Racism- master race

Question 1

By July 1932

Answer 1

The nazis commanded 37.4% of the vote

Question 2

Hitlers personal impact

Answer 2

Goebbels orchestrated marches,parades and public speeches and other campaigns
His charisma and speech making played on Germans emotions

Question 3

Hitler promised

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Work and bread for the unemployed
Destruction of communism
Named farmers backbone of the nation
Used justs and communists as scapegoats

Question 4

The nazis only won

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14 seats in 1924 and 12 in 1928

But 107 in 1930 and 230 in 1932 making it the largest party

Question 5

The depression helped by

Answer 5

Turning the nazis into a mass movement
Highlighted the weaknesses of the republic
With no lasting govt helping the people they had to turn to extremist parties eg communists which frightened them
Without depression it is arguable to say the nazis would have stayed a minority party

Question 6

However although the nazis were the biggest party

Answer 6

They did not win over the hearts and minds with only 37% voting for them in 1932

Question 7

It is had to measure success rate of propaganda as

Answer 7

Effects varied upon individual differences

Question 8

Depression had provided a stage for political extremism but

Answer 8

This alone didn’t bring hitler power when he won the election in 1930 he could still not claim chancellorship

Question 9

What ultimately brought nazis to power was political extremism

Answer 9

1 Von paper angered by new chancellor Von schleicher
2 Hindenburg lost confidence in schleicher
3 Von papen made contact with hitler ( after a failed attempt of coalition in 1932) to see if he could form a coalition govt under the illusion he could tame him- error of judgment

Question 10

Hitler became chancellor

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30 January 1933 through this backstairs intrigue

Question 11

However the the emergency powers under article 48 allowed to hitler

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He used the reichstag fire to play the fears of a communist uprising

Question 12

Hitler then announced the

Answer 12

Decree for the protection of the people and the state which gave him valuable dictatorial authority

Question 26

Von schleichers policy of the diagonal

Answer 26

Involved splitting up the nazi party by attracting the socialist elements to a program of public works which would also attract TU backing
But this led to mistrust among traditional interests