Hitler's Rise to Power

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James A

Cards (24)

When was the German workers party set up and by who?
When does Hitler join?
Anton Drexler in Feb 1919.
Hitler joins Sept 1919
what was the new name hitler suggested for the DAP?
Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)
what was the name of the Nazi Party ideology. what did it state
The 25-point program
- abolish the Treaty of Versailles
- superiority of the Aryan race
- choose and communists threaten the stability of Germany
- Germany should be governed by a single leader rather than a democracy
What was Rudolph hess's involvement in the Nazi party
- Hitler's second in command
- rich, so brought money to the party
Who founded the SA
Ernst RÖhm
Who were Hitler's top four Nazi Party supporters
Hess, Röhm, Goering, Streicher
What was the role of the SA? Who were they mostly made up of?
- the Nazi's private army
- unemployed ex soldiers who were angry at how they had been treated after World War One
- they protected not see meetings and rallies, intimidated other political groups by breaking up gatherings, acted as propaganda
who commanded the SA (stormtroopers)
Ernst Röhm
What were the nicknames for the SA
Brownshirts or Stormtroopers
When was the Munich putsh
8th November 1923
What was the trigger for the Munich Putsch
- Resentment about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles
- The Weakness of the weimar government convinced the Nazis they needed to overthrow the government
What were the events of the Munich putsch
8th Nov 1923 . Hitler + 600 SA enter beer Hall in Munich where the Bavarian government were meeting. Hitler forces the leaders at gunpoint to support him.
Röhm took over local police and army headquarters.
However, after agreeing, Hitler let the Bavarian leaders go.
9th Nov 1923 . Hitler marches with 3000 supporters on Munich town centre, to declare himself president of Germany. They were met with the state of police, 16 Nazis and 4 policemen died. Streicher, ludendorff and Röhm our arrested but Hitler escapes
11th . Hitler found & arrested
How many SA rated the beer Hall in Munich
600
How many supporters marched with Hitler on the 9th of November 1923?
3,000
What term consequences of the Munich putsch
- Hitler is inprisoned
- NSDAP temporarily banned
- Nazis lost support
MOSTLY NEGATIVE
Long term consequences of the Munich putsch
- Hitler uses his trial to publicate his views and as a form of propaganda
- Hitler writes 'Meine Kampf' while in prison. It depicted the 25 point program along with the Nazi Party views and sold 10 million copies!
- Hitler restructures the Nazi Party as he realises he needsa legitimate way to seize power
When was the Wall Street crash
1929
How many copies of 'Meine Kampf' was sold
10 million
What event did the Nazi Party exploit in 1923 - 32 to gain support
The economic depression from the Wall Street Crash
What happened during the Wall Street crash 1929
United States stock market crashes
causing...
- German government and businesses can't borrow any more money from the USA
- USA demand their loans to be repaid from Germany
- Wimar government to refuse to print more money as learnt from hyperinflation. instead, taxes are increased
- millions of people loose jobs and get no benefits from gouvernment
- people turn to extremist parties to pull them out of poverty
In what ways did the Nazi Party grow in support from 1923 - 32
- exploited the economic depression and appear strong against the bad weimar government
- speeches all around the country and on the radio
- propaganda
- SA intimidating political opponents
How did the Weimar government's response to the Wall Street crash negatively affect all social classes
Increased taxes (affecting people who have jobs) and cutting unemployment benefits (affecting people who have lost their jobs, or never had a job)
The timeline of Hitler's rise to power
see image
Why did Von Papen want Hitler to be chancellor?
he thought he could control and manipulate Hitler once he was in power to put himself in more power