TOPIC 3 The Nazi Rise To Power And End Of The Weimar Republic Flashcards by Olivia Rapley-Smith

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

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

September 1919
Asked him to join
50

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

Public speaker (orator)
Recruitment and propaganda

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

February 1920
The 25 Point Programme

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

Nationalist Socialist

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

1920
The Volkischer Beobachter (People’s Observer)

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In …. Hitler becomes leader of the NSDAP

July 1921

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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

Fuhrer
Absolute power and authority
Fuhrerprinzip

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

Swastika
One armed salute

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

1921
Sturmabteilung (SA) (Stormtroopers)
Ernst Rohm

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

1100
55,000

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

1923
Overthrow regional government in Munich
March on Berlin

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1923 Hitler had been influenced by …..

Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power in Italy in 1922

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

von Kahr
von Lossow
von Seisser

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

8th November 1923
Bavarian government was meeting

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Hitler convinced the three leaders to ……

Support his planned takeover

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

9th Nov 1923
Von Seisser and Von Lossow

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Hutler’s planned march was known as ….

The Munich Putsch

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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

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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

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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

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

1st April 1924
Guilty
5 years

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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

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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