1. Circle the words that you would associate with Adolf Hitler?
Starter
Strong
Evil
Aggressive
Controlling
Moral
Idle
Freedom
Hateful
Unjust
Weak
Angelic
Popular
Caring
Charismatic
Democratic
Fair
Circle the words that you would associate with Adolf Hitler?

2. Why did people start to listen to the Nazis?
Did the failures of the Weimar lead to the rise of the Nazis?
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

3. How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33?
The rise of political extremists
Unemployment
Economic effects
Social effects
How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33?
The failure of the Weimar Politicians
Wall Street Crash

4. How did the Depression affect Germany?
Why were there problems between ?
Unemployment rose to 6 million by 1932.
Millions became homeless.
Taxes fell as people were being thrown out of work.
The government was taken by surprise at the scale and speed of the depression. It had no idea how to deal with it.
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

5. Who was Hitler? What did he stand for?
What were the most significant ideals that Hitler stood for?
What was he promising the people?
Would the people listen to him?
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

6. How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23?
Reorganisation
The founding of the Nazi Party
25 Point plan
The role of the SA
How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23?
Hitler becomes leader
The aims of the Nazi Party
Hitler’s career before 1919
First World War

7. The SS
Finances
Hitler reorganises the Nazi Party
Changing organisation
Goebbels and propaganda
Mein Kampf
Why did the Munich Putsch fail and what happened to the Nazis in the lean years 1923– 29?
Events
Why did Nazi support decline after 1923?
Causes
The Munich Putsch
Hitler on trial

8. Why did people begin to listen to the Nazis?
Democracy was seen to be failing in Germany.
Hitler offered solutions to Weimar’s problems.
Force was used to overcome opponents.
Effective use of Propaganda.
The Nazis offered strong leadership.
However:
The Nazi’s NEVER gained an electoral majority in an open election.
Hitler was invited to become chancellor of Germany by politicians from other parties who believed that they could control him.
Few people realised the lengths to which the Nazi’s would take their anti-semitism.
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

9. Why did support for the Nazis grow?
Appealing promises: the Nazis promised…
Jobs for the unemployed in state financed public works programmes.
Help for employers to increase profits.
Help for shop-keepers and farmers.
They promised that Germany would be great again!
The Nazis were well organised and disciplined – this appealed to middle class people at a time of chaos
Joseph Goebbels, in charge of propaganda, led a huge campaign:
Poster campaign: portrayed Hitler as a strong leader, who would ‘save’ Germany.
The Nazis were supported financially by wealthy industrialists.
The SA (thugs Hitler hired to protect the Nazis):
By 1933 there were 500,000 stormtroopers.
Their motto was, ‘all opposition must be stamped into the ground’.
They beat up opponents– mainly in street fights called clashes
Hitler then complained about this violence and promised the Nazis would bring proper law and order.
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

10. Why did people begin to listen to the Nazi party?
How did Adolf Hitler rise to power in Germany?
Most Important:
Explain why
Place these factors into a pyramid of importance
For each event in Hitler’s rise to power decide whether it was one of the following
Society (Social)
Politics (Political)
Economic
Ideas (Ideological)
Two- next most Important: Explain why
Three next most Important: Explain why
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

11. “The failures of the Weimar government made people listen to the Nazi party”
How far do you agree with this statement?
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

12. Examination technique
Why was clear leadership of the Nazi party important? (4)
How important was the Great Depression, amongst other factors in getting people to start listening to the Nazis? (12)
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis

13. Source Work
Using the source and your own knowledge, explain why the Great Depression caused problems for the Weimar government (8)
An unemployed German looking for work in Her placard says “I am a trained shorthand typist, out of work, looking for any kind of work”
Aim: To explain (B) or evaluate (A) the reasons why people began to listen to the Nazis