Nazi Wilderness
- Created by: Jo-Robertson
- Created on: 22-12-17 13:34
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- The Nazis in the Wilderness 1924-1929
- Hitler
- Wrote a book whilst in prison
- Described ideas for Germanys future
- Decide power and force would not work
- Would need to work with the democratic system
- Then destroy the democratic system
- Would need to work with the democratic system
- Once out of prison set about rebuilding the Nazi party
- Tried to mirror what the communists were doing by building strength through recruitment drives
- in 1925 increased SA army
- 55% unemployed some ex army
- Also developed the ** army
- Wrote a book whilst in prison
- Reichstag elections
- Fought these elections for the first time in 1924and won 32 seats
- Hitler then created a network of local nazi parties in turn to set up the Hitler Youth
- Also set up the Nazi Students League
- Hitler then created a network of local nazi parties in turn to set up the Hitler Youth
- Fought these elections for the first time in 1924and won 32 seats
- Nazi Party
- Membership rose to 100,000 by 1928
- Still a minority party in 1928
- less than 3% support of the population
- Gained only 12 seats
- People uninterested in their extreme policies due to the successes of Stresemann
- Little support from workers
- More support from peasant farmers and middle class and some conservatives that disliked liberal Germany
- Showed the importance of helping agriculture and promoting this to gain power
- Goebbels
- Appointed by HItler
- Responsible for propaganda
- Spread the Nazi message
- Appealing to peoples feelings
- Through leaflets, films, radio etc
- Ideologies
- Lebensraum - the need for 'living space' for the German nation to expand.
- Führer - there should be a single leader with complete power rather than a democracy
- Social Darwinism - Aryan race was superior and Jews were 'subhuman'
- Autarky - Germany should be economically self-sufficient.
- Germany was in danger - from Communists and Jews, who had to be destroyed.
- A strong Germany - the Treaty of Versailles should be abolished and all German-speaking people united in one country.
- Hitler
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