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1

• Volksgemeinshaft
• Equality (only for Germans)
• Non-Germans as aliens

2

• Rallies
• Failed Weimar Republic
• Treaty of Versailles
• Depression 1929-32 (1924-9 appear to do better)

3

• Reichstag fire - Hitler uses it as an excuse to clamp down
• Book burning
• Hitler youth - Hitler cult
• Mother's cross award and loans
• Autobannen
• Final solution 1942
• Holocaust
• KDF - Volkswagen - holidays
• Anschluss - 1938 unite Austria and Germany
• Olympics 1936 - Jesse Owens
• Olympia - propaganda - The triumph of the will
• 3Ks - Kinder, kirche, kuche

Hitler's rise to power

1929

• American stock exchange collapse
• Recalled foreign loans
• Unemployed rose to 6 million in Germany

1932

• By July the Nazi's had 230 seats in the Reichstag and were the largest party
• Compared to 12 seats in 1928

Nazi Ideology

Set out in 25-point program


The Nazi's promised...


Lebensraum - 'Living space' more space for German nation
Strong Germany - Abolishing Treaty of Versailles and unifying Germany
Fuhrer - Dictator
Social Darwinism - Aryan race superior and Jews 'subhuman'
Autarky - Economically self sufficient
Germany in Danger - from Jews and Communists

Background research

What was the Weimar Republic?

• Declared in February 1919
• Attempt at a democratic state
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/weimarstrengthweakrev1.shtml

What were conditions in Germany like during the Depression 1929-1932?

• Wall Street Crash October 1929
• Industrial production

1913 - 100
1927- 110
1929 - 114
1930 - 99
1932 - 66
1933 - 74

• By 1932 18,000 farmers had gone bankrupt
• 50,000 business going bankrupt 1930-1932
• By 1932 over 6 million unemployed
• Not just loss of income but feelings of rejection and uselessness leading to psychological effects
• From; Hite and Hinton, Weimar and Nazi Germany Hodder Murray , 2000 pg 102-3

How did the Nazis do in elections?

• Nazi voters in millions

1928 - 0.8
1930 - 6.4
1932 (July) - 13.7
1932 (November) - 11.7

• Members of the NSDAP (000s)

1920 (November) - 2
1923 (November)- 55
1925 (January) - 27
1929 (December) - 178
1930 (October) - 300
1932 (December) - 800


Why did they become the biggest party in the Reichstag by 1932? How did they appeal to different sections in society?