Part 2 Hitlers rise to power 1919-33

• 25-point programme

  • increase pensions for the elderly
  • get rid of treaty of versailles
  • everybody should have a job
  • build up germanys armed forces
• The Sturmabteilung (SA)


  were a paramilitary force, made up of unemployment ex soldiers.
• Munich Putsch


  Hitler attempted to overthrow the weimar government In Nov 1923.
• Long term reasons for the Munich Putsch;

  • 'stab in the back'
  • reparations
  • loss of germanys colonies
  • resentment of weimar government
• Medium terms reasons for the Munich Putsch;

  • Hitler influenced by the right-wing party in Italy.
• Short term reasons for the Munich Putsch;

  • hyperinflation
  • French troops entered Ruhr
  • Hitler thought he had support
• Consequence for the Putsch

  • hitler in prison
  • NSDAP was banned
  • due to lack of support
• Wall Street crash Oct 1929


  Uscompanies lot billions of dollars in value
• Hitlers propaganda:

  • persuaded business people that he could solve the economic crisis
  • persuaded middle-class people that he could protect them from communists
• Who was Paul von Hindenburg?

  hero of the First World War and president of Weimar Republic
• Who was Heinrich Bruning?

  Chancellor of germany
• General Franz von Papen


  Politician and friend of Hindenburg
• Who was Kurt von Schleicher?

  The army general