hitlers rise to power

• how many seats did the nazis have in the 1933 march elections?

  288
• when was the reichstag fire?

  27th February 1933
• who set the reichstag fire?

  a dutch communist (van der lubbe)
• Hitler banned which party?

  communists
• what was the enabling act?

  march 1933 and allowed hitler to change the constitution from a democracy to a dictatorship
• when was Hitler made chancellor?

  30th January 1933
• How many seats did the Nazis lose in the November 1932 election?

  34
• when did hitler rename the German workers party?

  1920 to the nazi party
• when did hitler become leader of the NSDAP?

  1921
• what did his 25 point plan state?

  • improve standard of living for Germans only
  • was in February 1920
  • anti semitic views
• when were the SA formed and what were they called?

  1921 and named ' political thugs '
• when did brunning become chancellor?

  march 1930
• why did life worsen under Brunning?

  • made Germany less democratic
  • raised food prices and taxes
  • decreases salaries and pensions
• when did the nazis become the biggest party in the reichstag?

  July 1932
• why did the nazis appeal to groups?

  well organised and structured
• what were the ballot votes between hitler and hindenburg?

  hitler - 36%

  hindenburg - 53%
• when was von papen made chancellor?

  may 1932
• what did papen convince Hindenburg to do?

  make hitler chancellor to control him
• how many communists were killed by the SA following reichstag fire?

  around 4000
• how much majority did hitler need to change the constitution?

  2/3
• what was signed in 1933?

  concordat between hitler and the church
• what caused the rise of the nazi party?

  the great depression
• how many seats in the reichstag did the nazis have in July 1932?

  230
• when was von Schleicher made chancellor?

  December 1932
• when did hitler call for an election?

  5th march 1933 following the reichstag fire
• how many seats did the communists have in the march 1933 elections?

  81
• what was the reichstag fire decree?

  a decree Hindenburg brought in which gave hitler emergency powers to deal with the communist threat
• what did the reichstag fire decree give hitler powers to do?

  • arrest people with no warrant
  • search houses
  • tap phones
  • read peoples mail
  • prevent large gatherings
• why was hitler able to ban the communist party?

  the reichstag fire decree which gave hitler emergency powers meaning he could ban them from the reichstag
• what did hitler use his emergency powers for?

  to stop other political parties from campaigning
• when Hindenburg died what did hitler make himself? (besides Führer)

  commander in chief of the army
• what laws did hitler bring in through the enabling act?

  • may 1933-abolished trade unions and arrested union officials
  • July 1933-all other political parties banned and Germany became a one party state
• what did the dip in support for the nazi party between 1924-28 show?

  the nazis thrived when german economy was struggling and nazi ideology relied on germanys economic unrest (wall street crash)
• when was the bamberg conference?

  1926
• how long did hitler speak for at the bamberg conference?

  5 hours
• what did hitler speak about at the bamberg conference?

  how the party had become divided and some wanted to follow a socialist direction however he made it clear they would follow his agenda
• what things did hitler do in 1926 to gain control?

  • re established SA and began using them for propaganda purposes
  • founded new organisations such as hitler youth
  • re organised nazi party making hitler in full control of every level of the party
• how many were unemployed during the great depression?

  6 million
• how many seats did the nazis have in the 1930s election?

  107
• why was there an increase in seats from 1928-30?

  wall street crash and brunnings chancellorship