A time when lots of businesses fail and factories close, resulting in many people losing their jobs and becoming homeless. Sometimes banks fail too so people lose all their savings.
The Nazis continued to repeat their core beliefs: 1) Treaty of Versailles is a crime to Germany, 2) Jews should be blamed for economic problems, 3) Germany should be reborn as a strong,powerful country
He had a charismatic personality and could make people believe he could be trusted to make Germany a strong nation. As a powerful and inspiring speaker, he was able to fill his audiences with hope. He persuaded the German public to believe that he could move Germany towards economic recovery. The sight of discipline in a time of chaos seemed to win many people over.
President Hindenburgwithdrew his support when Bruning tried to pass a law to seize rich people's land and give it to poor people, leading to Bruning's resignation
Middle and upper-class Germans (especially businessmen and landowners) were frightened of communists, as they didn't want to lose their wealth and socialposition. Communists didn't believe in religious institutions either, which worried churchgoers.
Nazi Party offices were set up all over Germany to recruit. In 1931, there were 100,000 men in the SA, by 1932 there were 400,000. The SA protected Hitler's meetings and influenced voters.
Propaganda such as radio, cinema, newspapers, leaflets and posters were used to influence Germans to their way of thinking. Hitler made Joseph Goebbels the chief Nazi propagandist in 1928
They took part in parades and rallies.
The Hitler Youth Organisation was set up to encourage the youth. Special clubs and trips were organised.
The depression hit them hard, the Weimar government didn't help them, Nazis promised higher prices, better quality of life, higher status, they hated communists
Nazis said family life, goodmorals and self-discipline were important, Hitler said the youth had been exposed to "a flood of muck and filth", many women agreed
Nazis promised to tear up Treaty of Versailles and make Germany strong again, many young people wanted to be part of Germany's future, they were won over by Hitler's force of beliefs
Upper class factory owners voted for Nazis because
Nazis promised strongleadership and a powerful nation, Hitler promised to run factories as they like and use them to buildweapons,battleships and fighter planes