TOPIC 3 The Nazi Rise To Power And End Of The Weimar Republic Flashcards
In ….. the …… (DAP) was founded by ….. in Munich, Bavaria
1919
German Workers Party
Anton Drexler
In …… Hitler attended a DAP meeting, Drexler was impressed and ….
By the end of 1919, the DAP only had ….. members
September 1919
Asked him to join
50
Hitler discovered that he was a good ……..
He became responsible for the ……..
Public speaker (orator)
Recruitment and propaganda
In ……. Hitler and Drexler wrote a political manifesto called ……
February 1920
The 25 Point Programme
…. Was added to the DAP’s name to become known as the NSDAP
Nationalist Socialist
In ….. the NSDAP grows rapidly and starts to publish its own newspaper: ….
1920
The Volkischer Beobachter (People’s Observer)
In …. Hitler becomes leader of the NSDAP
July 1921
Hitler had the title ….. for him it meant ….
This was the …… (his Leadership Principal) and became the cornerstone of the party’s organisation
Fuhrer
Absolute power and authority
Fuhrerprinzip
Hitler adopted the …. as the emblem of the party and the use of the …..
Swastika
One armed salute
In …… Hitler employs a protection squad which developed into the ……… led by ……
1921
Sturmabteilung (SA) (Stormtroopers)
Ernst Rohm
Nazi membership grew from ….. in 1920 to …… in 1923
1100
55,000
By ….. Hitler believed that the Nazi party could …….. and then ….
1923
Overthrow regional government in Munich
March on Berlin
1923 Hitler had been influenced by …..
Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power in Italy in 1922
Bavarian government was led by ….., army chief …… and police chief …..
von Kahr
von Lossow
von Seisser
On ……, Hitler and 600 Nazis seized the Burgerbraukeller where the ……
8th November 1923
Bavarian government was meeting
Hitler convinced the three leaders to ……
Support his planned takeover
On ……, ……. changed their minds and organised troops to resist hitler’s planned March through Munich
9th Nov 1923
Von Seisser and Von Lossow
Hutler’s planned march was known as ….
The Munich Putsch
Hitler proceeds with the march but is ….
The Putsch results in …… and …… being killed
Easily overpowered by the well-armed police force
16 Nazis
4 policemen
Hitler disappeared but is ……. two days later, the same day that …..
arrested for treason (along with his main supported General Ludendorff)
The Nazi Party is banned
Hitler’s trial began in …… and lasted ….
Hitler used the trial as a……
February 1924
One month
Public platform to announce his political beliefs to a national audience
On ….. Hitler was found …. of treason
Judge treated him leniently and gave him minimum sentence of …..
1st April 1924
Guilty
5 years
Hitler served only ….. of his sentence in Landsberg prison
Whilst in prison he completes his autobiography ….. which contained his …
9 months
Main Kampf (My Struggle)
Political views
Key ideas in Mein Kampf included:
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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
In …… the Nazi Party relaunched and Hitler …..
February 1924
Began to take control once again
Bamberg Conference in …… Hitler appoints ….. as ……
1926
Gregor Strasser
Propaganda Leader
Hitler appoints Josef Goebbels as …… of Berlin
Gauleiter (local party leader)
Hitler forces …. to resign as leader of the SA
Rohm
Hitler creates his own bodyguard unit, the …… which became known as the ….
Schutzstaffel
SS
The ….. is set up to rival other youth groups
HitlerJugend (Hitler Youth)
In ….. the 25 Point Programme is amended to say that ….
1928
Privately owned land would be confiscated if owned by a Jew
Nazi Party numbers grew from …. In 1925 to over….. by the end of 1928
27,000
100,000
The Nazis won only …. seats in parliament in the 1928 elections having held … in 1924
12
32
Hitler targets the …. classes as a key electoral group
lower
….. replaces Strasser as Party Propaganda Leader
Goebbles
In ….. the Wall Street Crash creates ……
1929
an economic disaster and unemployment bargain to rise again in Germany
The …… and ……. created circumstances that greatly favoured the Nazi Party
Wall Street Crash
Depression
The USA withdrew …….
The loans made under the Dawes Plan
International trade began to …. and the German exports …… in the years after 1929
Contract
Fell rapidly
The …… cripples the German economy.
Some Germans unable to ….. and found themselves …..
Great Depression
pay their rents
living on the streets
Unemployment continued to rise in …. and by …. the total figure exceeded….
early 1930s
early 1932
6 million
The …. became increasingly looked towards parties such as the Nazis to offer solutions
Unemployed and the hungry
The ….. was growing and like the Nazis promised a way out of the depression
German Communist Party (KPD)
In March 1930 Chancellor …. was replaced by Henrich Bruning of the … Party
Muller
Centre
…. did not have majority and had to rely on president Hindenburg using ….
Bruning
Article 48
General election in ….. the Nazis became the second biggest party in Germany
September 1930
By the early 1930s the Nazis owned …. newspapers
120
….. was able to promote the ideals and image of the party in ………. elections
Goebbles
local, regional and presidential
The Nazi Party received financial backing from …
Leading industrialists
….. election was a breakthrough for the Nazi party
They gained …. seats, 95 more than the previous election
1930
107
In …. presidential elections - Hitler defeated by ….
1932
Hindenburg
In 1932, the Nazis won …. seats and had become the …….
230
largest party in the Reichstag
Chancellor …… of the ….. Party did not relinquish his post and begun scheming with ….
Von Papen
Centre
President Hindenburg
In September 1932, Von Papen …..
dissolved the Reichstag
In …… the vote drops to …. seats, however they are still the …… party
November 1932
196
Largest
Von Papen loses ….. and resigns and is succeeded by ….
Hindenburg’s confidence
Von Schleicher
Von Papen convinces Hindenburg that ….
a coalition government with Hitler as chancellor would save Germany
On …. Hitler becomes Chancellor
30th Jan 1933
