1. Why did the Nazi party rise to power?
Germany
Weimar republic-imposed, proportional representation- 10 coalitions 1920’s
Unrest in Germany- communists, right wing activists
Treaty Versailles- reparations £6600million, no navy over tonnes, army
No airforce no submarines, lost land (Polish corridor)
German workers party joined was a spy, 25 point programme,
SA- brown shirts, attacked communists, growth up to 1923
Munich Putsch failed arrested jail 5 years out after 9 months Mein Kampff
Changes party Bamberg, Hitler youth, propaganda, SA members 1929
Why did the Nazi party rise to power?
Hitler appointed Chancellor
Wall St crash USA call in debts and loans- Germ
Bankrupted, Stresseman died
Unemployment rises to 6mill 1932
Governments all coalitions and weak
Growth Nazis-propaganda, SA violence, speeches,
Elections-Brunning, von Schleicher
Runs vrs Hindenburg- second place as President
SA elections
Speeches/Rallies Nuremberg
Nazis consolidating power
Reichstag Fire- one week after election
Dutch communist blamed
Enabling Act- protect ppl rule without parl
Banned TU, Comm party banned,
Night of Long Knives- 400 murdered incl Rohm
Hindenberg diedFuhrer
SA put into the army
Referendum 90% approve Hitler