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Mind Map by Frank Shrimpton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Frank Shrimpton
about 5 years ago
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The rise of the Nazi party
- Formation of the party
- Formed 1919 as German Workers' Party
- Hitler joins as the 555th member in 1919
- Key ideas
- Anti-Weimar republic
- November Criminals
- November Criminals
- Anti-ToV
- Hates Communism
- Anti-democracy
- Anti-Weimar republic
- Formed 1919 as German Workers' Party
- Stage 1: VIOLENCE
- SA - Sturmabteilung
- Formed 1920
- Led by Ernst Röhm
- Thuggish
- Loyal to Hitler
- Thuggish
- They basically went around beating up communists
- Formed 1920
- Munich Putsch
- See Weimar period mind map
- Ended with Hitler gaining recognition
- He also decided only to use democracy from now on to gain power
- Televised trial
- Mein Kampf
- Established self as extreme right leader
- He also decided only to use democracy from now on to gain power
- See Weimar period mind map
- SA - Sturmabteilung
- Stage 2: gaining support
- Strengths of the Nazi party
- Propaganda
- Classes were held for members to
improve their public speaking
- Goebbels was head of
Propaganda
- Published loads of leaflets and posters
- Promised Arbeit und Brot
- Incredibly effective
- At first aimed at working classes
- Ineffective - they chose communists instead
- Then aimed at middle classes and farmers
- They were scared of communists so naturally
liked the anti-communist Nazis
- They were scared of communists so naturally
liked the anti-communist Nazis
- Ineffective - they chose communists instead
- Also used radio
- Very flexible - if a policy wasn't
popular they dropped it
- Made people scared of communists
- Hitler portayed as some superman
- Promised Arbeit und Brot
- Published loads of leaflets and posters
- Classes were held for members to
improve their public speaking
- Party overall very organised
- Militaristic
- Militaristic
- Cooperated with other parties
- e.g. Nationalists
- e.g. Nationalists
- Propaganda
- Weaknesses of the Weimar government
- The Great Depression 1929
- Wall street crash happened
- US asked for Dawes Plan loans back
- German industries couldn't cope
- Extreme unemployement
- 6 Million by 1933
- 6 Million by 1933
- Extreme unemployement
- German industries couldn't cope
- US asked for Dawes Plan loans back
- Weimar gov too scared to do
anything without Stresemann
- Didn't want hyperinflation again
- People saw them as being useless
- They went for extreme parties instead
- They went for extreme parties instead
- Didn't want hyperinflation again
- Wall street crash happened
- Increased tax a lot
- People were already starving - this made it worse
- People were already starving - this made it worse
- Stesemann the absolute unit died
- Social Democrats withdrew from the coalition
- President Hindenburg had to rely on
article 48 a lot
- Emergency powers meaning he didn't have to put
things throught the Reichstag
- Made people angry
- Emergency powers meaning he didn't have to put
things throught the Reichstag
- The Great Depression 1929
- Strengths of the Nazi party
- Becoming Chancellor
- The Nazis became the largest Party in 1932
- But Hindeburg didn't allow Hitler to
become chancellor
- But Hindeburg didn't allow Hitler to
become chancellor
- Franz von Papen was chancellor
- Unpopular
- Authoritarian
- Tried to make deal with Hitler,
getting Nazi support
- Hitler refused
- Didn't want to be associated with
a failing government
- Didn't want to be associated with
a failing government
- Hitler refused
- He resigned in December
due to pressure
- Kurt von Schleicher became chancellor
- Tried to control the Nazis' worst
behaviour, but failed
- Also tried to make a deal
with Hitler, offering Hitler
place as a chancellor
- Hitler refused again
- Without Nazi support, his government remained unpopular
- Without Nazi support, his government remained unpopular
- Hitler refused again
- Von Papen wanted revenge on him
- Plotted with Hitler to get rid of
von Schleicher
- Made deal to have Hitler as
chancellor, and him as vice
- With cabinet of mostly non-Nazis
- He thought he could
keep Hitler under
control
- With cabinet of mostly non-Nazis
- Made deal to have Hitler as
chancellor, and him as vice
- Hindenburg reluctantly agreed
- Von Schleicher sacked, Hitler in
- Then all hell broke loose...
- January 1933
- Then all hell broke loose...
- Von Schleicher sacked, Hitler in
- Plotted with Hitler to get rid of
von Schleicher
- Tried to control the Nazis' worst
behaviour, but failed
- Kurt von Schleicher became chancellor
- Unpopular
- The Nazis became the largest Party in 1932
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