TOPIC 3 The Nazi Rise To Power And End Of The Weimar Republic Flashcards

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1
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In ….. the …… (DAP) was founded by ….. in Munich, Bavaria

A

1919
German Workers Party
Anton Drexler

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In …… Hitler attended a DAP meeting, Drexler was impressed and ….
By the end of 1919, the DAP only had ….. members

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September 1919
Asked him to join
50

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3
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Hitler discovered that he was a good ……..
He became responsible for the ……..

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Public speaker (orator)
Recruitment and propaganda

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In ……. Hitler and Drexler wrote a political manifesto called ……

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February 1920
The 25 Point Programme

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…. Was added to the DAP’s name to become known as the NSDAP

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Nationalist Socialist

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In ….. the NSDAP grows rapidly and starts to publish its own newspaper: ….

A

1920
The Volkischer Beobachter (People’s Observer)

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7
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In …. Hitler becomes leader of the NSDAP

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July 1921

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8
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Hitler had the title ….. for him it meant ….
This was the …… (his Leadership Principal) and became the cornerstone of the party’s organisation

A

Fuhrer
Absolute power and authority
Fuhrerprinzip

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9
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Hitler adopted the …. as the emblem of the party and the use of the …..

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Swastika
One armed salute

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10
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In …… Hitler employs a protection squad which developed into the ……… led by ……

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1921
Sturmabteilung (SA) (Stormtroopers)
Ernst Rohm

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11
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Nazi membership grew from ….. in 1920 to …… in 1923

A

1100
55,000

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12
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By ….. Hitler believed that the Nazi party could …….. and then ….

A

1923
Overthrow regional government in Munich
March on Berlin

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13
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1923 Hitler had been influenced by …..

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Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power in Italy in 1922

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Bavarian government was led by ….., army chief …… and police chief …..

A

von Kahr
von Lossow
von Seisser

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15
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On ……, Hitler and 600 Nazis seized the Burgerbraukeller where the ……

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8th November 1923
Bavarian government was meeting

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16
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Hitler convinced the three leaders to ……

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Support his planned takeover

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17
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On ……, ……. changed their minds and organised troops to resist hitler’s planned March through Munich

A

9th Nov 1923
Von Seisser and Von Lossow

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18
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Hutler’s planned march was known as ….

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The Munich Putsch

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Hitler proceeds with the march but is ….

The Putsch results in …… and …… being killed

A

Easily overpowered by the well-armed police force
16 Nazis
4 policemen

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20
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Hitler disappeared but is ……. two days later, the same day that …..

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arrested for treason (along with his main supported General Ludendorff)
The Nazi Party is banned

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21
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Hitler’s trial began in …… and lasted ….

Hitler used the trial as a……

A

February 1924
One month

Public platform to announce his political beliefs to a national audience

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22
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On ….. Hitler was found …. of treason
Judge treated him leniently and gave him minimum sentence of …..

A

1st April 1924
Guilty
5 years

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23
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Hitler served only ….. of his sentence in Landsberg prison

Whilst in prison he completes his autobiography ….. which contained his …

A

9 months

Main Kampf (My Struggle)
Political views

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24
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Key ideas in Mein Kampf included:
X4

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  • The abolition of the treaty of Versailles
  • The elimination of Jews from Germany
  • Volksmeinschaft (people’s community) where the strongest races dominate the weakest
  • lebensraum (living space) to create a greater Germany where all German speaking people would be incorporated into the nation
25
Q

In …… the Nazi Party relaunched and Hitler …..

A

February 1924

Began to take control once again

26
Q

Bamberg Conference in …… Hitler appoints ….. as ……

A

1926
Gregor Strasser
Propaganda Leader

27
Q

Hitler appoints Josef Goebbels as …… of Berlin

A

Gauleiter (local party leader)

28
Q

Hitler forces …. to resign as leader of the SA

A

Rohm

29
Q

Hitler creates his own bodyguard unit, the …… which became known as the ….

A

Schutzstaffel
SS

30
Q

The ….. is set up to rival other youth groups

A

HitlerJugend (Hitler Youth)

31
Q

In ….. the 25 Point Programme is amended to say that ….

A

1928
Privately owned land would be confiscated if owned by a Jew

32
Q

Nazi Party numbers grew from …. In 1925 to over….. by the end of 1928

A

27,000
100,000

33
Q

The Nazis won only …. seats in parliament in the 1928 elections having held … in 1924

A

12
32

34
Q

Hitler targets the …. classes as a key electoral group

A

lower

35
Q

….. replaces Strasser as Party Propaganda Leader

A

Goebbles

36
Q

In ….. the Wall Street Crash creates ……

A

1929
an economic disaster and unemployment bargain to rise again in Germany

37
Q

The …… and ……. created circumstances that greatly favoured the Nazi Party

A

Wall Street Crash
Depression

38
Q

The USA withdrew …….

A

The loans made under the Dawes Plan

39
Q

International trade began to …. and the German exports …… in the years after 1929

A

Contract
Fell rapidly

40
Q

The …… cripples the German economy.
Some Germans unable to ….. and found themselves …..

A

Great Depression
pay their rents
living on the streets

41
Q

Unemployment continued to rise in …. and by …. the total figure exceeded….

A

early 1930s
early 1932
6 million

42
Q

The …. became increasingly looked towards parties such as the Nazis to offer solutions

A

Unemployed and the hungry

43
Q

The ….. was growing and like the Nazis promised a way out of the depression

A

German Communist Party (KPD)

44
Q

In March 1930 Chancellor …. was replaced by Henrich Bruning of the … Party

A

Muller
Centre

45
Q

…. did not have majority and had to rely on president Hindenburg using ….

A

Bruning
Article 48

46
Q

General election in ….. the Nazis became the second biggest party in Germany

A

September 1930

47
Q

By the early 1930s the Nazis owned …. newspapers

A

120

48
Q

….. was able to promote the ideals and image of the party in ………. elections

A

Goebbles
local, regional and presidential

49
Q

The Nazi Party received financial backing from …

A

Leading industrialists

50
Q

….. election was a breakthrough for the Nazi party
They gained …. seats, 95 more than the previous election

A

1930
107

51
Q

In …. presidential elections - Hitler defeated by ….

A

1932
Hindenburg

52
Q

In 1932, the Nazis won …. seats and had become the …….

A

230
largest party in the Reichstag

53
Q

Chancellor …… of the ….. Party did not relinquish his post and begun scheming with ….

A

Von Papen
Centre
President Hindenburg

54
Q

In September 1932, Von Papen …..

A

dissolved the Reichstag

55
Q

In …… the vote drops to …. seats, however they are still the …… party

A

November 1932
196
Largest

56
Q

Von Papen loses ….. and resigns and is succeeded by ….

A

Hindenburg’s confidence
Von Schleicher

57
Q

Von Papen convinces Hindenburg that ….

A

a coalition government with Hitler as chancellor would save Germany

58
Q

On …. Hitler becomes Chancellor

A

30th Jan 1933