key topic 2

• why was Hitler angry at the Weimar Republic?

  • fought for Germany in the war and was shocked by the nations defeat
  • angered by the Treaty Of Versailles
• when did hitler join germans worker party?

  september 1919
• when did hitler become the leader of the NSDAP?

  • July 1921
• who created the 25 point programme?

  Hitler and the founder of the nazi party
• 3 aims of the 25 point programme?

  • overturn treaty of versailles
  • stop democratic system of politics
  • get rid of jews who harmed the economy
• eg of nationalist parts of the 25 point programme?

  • nullifying treaty of versailles
  • build up strength of German military
  • only allowing aryans to be german citizens
• eg of socialist parts of the 25 point programme?

  • nationalising industries
  • giving every man employment
  • all citizens equal rights
  • support for mothers and children
• The SA

  • Largely made up of former German soliders who hated the weimar republic
  • asserted nazi power through intimidation
  • were known as "brownshirts"
  • led by Ernst Rohm
• who led the SA

  Ernst Rohm
• growth of SA

  1930-34, SA grew from 400,000 to 3million
• Munich Putsh

  • driven by hatred of treaty of versailles
  • nazis were angered by french occupation of the Ruhr in 1923