1. Starter: Hitler’s consolidation of power

2. How did Hitler consolidate his position of power?
Germany: the move from democracy to autocracy
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the most important factor in Hitler’s consolidation of power and justify it

4. How did Hitler and the Nazis remove opposition in Germany 1933 - 34?
Task: Use this as the basis of your own mind map exploring the consequences of each action or event.
Events
Consequences
The Enabling Act
The Reichstag Fire
The death of President Hindenburg
Army oath of loyalty
How did Hitler and the Nazis remove opposition in Germany ?
Banning of Trade Unions
The Night of the Long Knives
Banning of political parties
Effects
Events
Munich Putsch

5. How did the Nazis control the German people?
Protestant Church
Concentration camps
Police and the courts
Controlling the churches
The Catholic Church
Heinrich Himmler
Nazi use of fear
How did the Nazis control the German people?
Censorship
The Gestapo
Nazi use of propaganda
Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda
The SS
Control of the media, culture, sports and arts

6. Task
Put the following in chronological order and explain how they helped Hitler’s position of power. a) Night of the Long Knives b) Emergency Decree is passed c) Enabling Act is passed d) March 5th elections e) Reichstag Fire f) Hitler becomes Chancellor g) President Hindenburg dies h) the army swears an oath of allegiance to Hitler i) Hitler combines the role of Chancellor and President to create Fuhrer

7. Evaluation technique How important were each of the following…
Reichstag Fire
The March 5th elections
The Enabling Act
The Night of the Long Knives
President Hindenburg dying
Because…
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the most important factor in Hitler’s consolidation of power and justify it

8. Examination technique
Why was the night of the Long Knives important? (4) Why was the Enabling Law important? (4) How important was the death of Hindenburg amongst other factors in helping Hitler consolidate his leadership between ? (12)
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the most important factor in Hitler’s consolidation of power and justify it

9. Source work
Cartoon by Paul Weber – Hitler a German Fate (1932). Weber illustrated books and provided drawings for magazines published by the Widerstands-Verlag (Resistance Press).
From this cartoon whom does Weber believe is responsible for bringing Hitler to power?
Does Weber believe that Hitler and the Nazis were a positive thing for Germany?
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the most important factor in Hitler’s consolidation of power and justify it

10. Source Work
How far does the source support the view that Hitler gained from the Night of the Long Knives? Use the source and your own knowledge (8)
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the most important factor in Hitler’s consolidation of power and justify it