Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Hitler and the growth of the Nazi Party 1918-33
- Hitler's early life
- Born in Austria 1889
- Went to Vienna to study art
but became destitute
- Anti-Semitism rife in Vienna
(due to wealth of Jews)
- Joined German army 1914 + won Iron Cross
- Felt betrayed by Weimar politicians
- Met Anton Draxler of DAP while
working in intelligence services in
Munich
- The early Nazi Party
- Hitler joined in 1919
- Renamed Nationalsozialistische
Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)
- Hitler leader in 1921
- Private army of Sturmabteilung (SA) used to
protect meetings or disturb Communists
- 25-point programme: reverse Versailles,
destroy Communism + make Germany great
- 1922: 3,000 members
- The Munich Putsch 1923
- Causes
- Unpopularity of government due to
Ruhr invasion + hyperinflation
- Convinced of support in Munich
- Emulating Mussolini's
March on Rome
- Events
- Hitler bursts into Beer Hall during meeting
- Forces Kahr to join him
- Police alerted + minor skirmish in which 16
Nazis killed
- Hitler + Ludendorff
arrested
- Results
- Hitler sentenced to prison in
Landsberg BUT minimum
sentence given
- Nazi Party banned until 1927
- Hitler gained popularity + notoriety
- Mein Kampf published - reorganised party
- Nazi lean years
- Failures
- Unpopular due to success
of Stresemann
- Only 12 seats in 1928 election
- Internal disagreements
- Successes
- Plan devised to reinvent the party
- Attempting to take power
democratically
- Gauleiter set up - better administration +
more efficient
- Rise in popularity 1929-33
- Wall Street Crash: rocketing unemployment -
needed a strong party to turn to solve problems
- Hitler: a charismatic leader who made people believe he
could solve problems
- Josef Goebbels: propaganda campaigns increased support,
particularly during 1932 Presidential Election
- SA: gave impression of discipline + order - lacking in Depression
- Industrialist support - Bosch, Krupp etc. funded
expensive campaigns
- How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932-33
- Jul 1932: Chancellor Bruning removed, Nazis largest party but Hindenburg
suspicious - von Papen chancellor
- Nov-Dec 1932: Nazis lost seats + von Papen replaced with von
Schleicher
- Von Papen furious - connived with Hindenburg (believed
they could control Hitler)
- 30 Jan 1933 - Hitler made Chancellor