1. National Socialism in Germany
HWH UNIT 10
CHAPTER 16.5

2. The Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
The Reichstag
Article 48
Proportional Representation
The Social Democrats (SPD)

3. Party Distribution in the Reichstag, 1920

4. The Spartacist League, 1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Leibknecht

5. The “Stab in the Back”
The Freikorps

6. The Kapp Putsch, 1920 Led by right-wing veterans
Government wouldn’t send in the army
Called for a general strike

7. French Occupy the Ruhr, 1923

9. Hyperinflation,

11. Adolf Hitler ( )

12. The Emergence of the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei or NSDAP)
1919: German Workers Party (DAP)
1920: NSDAP
The 25 Points
The SA (Sturm Abteilung) or Brownshirts
Ernst Röhm

13. The Beer Hall Putsch, 1923

14. Peace and Prosperity? Stresemann and “Fulfillment” 1924 1925 1926 1929
Dawes Plan
1925
The Treaty of Locarno
1926
Germany joins the League of Nations
1929
Young Plan
GREAT DEPRESSION

15. Hitler’s Rise to Power Through LEGAL means Nazi popularity
May, 1924: 32 seats
December, 1924: 14 seats
1924: The Dawes Plan
1929: The Young Plan
President Paul von Hindenburg,
Symbol of no confidence in the republic
GREAT DEPRESSION 1929
No majority in Reichstag,
Dominant parties won’t cooperate (SPD, KPD, NSDAP)
Article 48 enforced

17. German Unemployment and Nazi Popularity
Unemployment Nazi Seats in Reichstag ,
million no elections
million
million no elections
million
million

18. Unemployment,

19. The elections of 1932 and 1933 Hitler runs for president, 1932
Loses, but gets over 30% of the vote
Nazis win plurality, 1932
Most Germans voted for parties bent on destroying the republic
Coalition with the DNVP
Hitler as Chancellor, January, 1933

20. Consolidation of Nazi Power, 1933
The Reichstag Fire, February, 1933
Elections, March, 1933
The Enabling Act, March 1933
Nazi Domination (Gleichshaltung), July, 1933

21. Hitler in Power
The Führerprinzip

22. Consolidation of Power
1934: Hindendburg dies
1934: “Blood Purge” of the SA (The Night of the Long Knives)
SA Membership
1932: 400,000
1934: 3,000,000
The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspoliezi)
Hermann Göring
The SS (Schutzstaffel)
Heinrich Himmler
Antisemitism
National boycott, April, 1933

23. Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda Minister

24. Nuremberg Rally, 1934

25. 1935: The Nuremberg Laws

26. Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938