B: The Rise of the Third Reich
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- The Rise of the Third Reich
- Nazism in practice
- Totalitarian regime
- Tried to control every aspect of life
- Media censorship
- Newspapers, radio etc controlled by Nazis
- Books by Jews + other opposed groups burnt
- Hitler Youth
- Boys prepared for military service
- Girls prepared to be good mothers and housewives
- Stressed 'Strength through joy'
- Totalitarian regime
- Formation of Nazi party
- Hitler came in contact with DAP
- He enrolled almost immediately
- Oct 1919 Hitler organised 1st public meeting
- Feb 1920 further open mass meeting
- 25 Point Plan
- Anti-Versailles, anti-Semitic, anti-capitalist
- Changed name to NSDAP
- May 1920 Hitler left army to concentrate on politics
- 1921 - became chairman + Fuhrer of NSDAP
- Hitler came in contact with DAP
- Nazi party after Munich putsch
- Extremely significant, despite faling
- Hitler allowed to make long speech at trial
- Attracted attention from right wind sympathisers
- In elections of 1924 NSDAP won 32 seats in Reichstag
- During imprisonment he wrote Mein Kampf
- Short term - party struggled with Hitler absent
- Mein Kampf
- Completed after release from prison
- Germany should overthrow ToV + rearm
- Aryan race = pure
- Jews etc should be eliminated
- Lebensraum = living space needed
- Hitler's problems on release from jail
- Divisions had developed in NSDAP
- Electoral support had not been sustained in Dec 1924
- Membership of party also in decline
- Bamberg Conference
- Feb 1926 Hitler firmly reestablished control
- No room for disagreement with his views
- Party re-structured
- Country split into Gaue
- Each controlled by Gaueleiter
- Country split into Gaue
- SA brought under direct control of party leaders
- ** set up to ensure Hitler's personal safety
- Feb 1926 Hitler firmly reestablished control
- Impact of slump in town + country
- Nationalism
- Used anti-Weimar ideas n propaganda
- Economic problems
- Recalled hyperinflation years
- Reminder of failure to deal with this
- 1929 23% population unemployed
- Appealed to small + big businesses
- Recalled hyperinflation years
- Anti-Communism
- Manipulated existing fear of Communism
- Anti-Semitism
- Had little appeal to the majority
- Nationalism
- Use of propaganda
- Goebbels = Propaganda minister
- Took control of all media at local + national levels
- Used radio broadcasts, posters + pamphlets
- Message always clear
- Loudspeakers used at rallies
- Message always clear
- Goebbels = Propaganda minister
- Violence and intimidation
- 1930 SA offered food, shelter, uniform + purpose to young men
- Number increased to about 500,000
- Protected speakers at rallies etc
- Often initiated violence but created impression of an organised party
- 1930 SA offered food, shelter, uniform + purpose to young men
- Growing support
- More successful in...
- Rural areas
- Protestant areas
- Northern Germany
- Appealing to middle class
- Appealing to the young
- Attracting new voters
- More successful in...
- Opposition
- 1930-1933 limited
- Nazis not seen as a threat
- KPD = main opponents
- 1930-1933 limited
- Wall Street Crash
- Oct 1929 - America stopped providing loans
- Demanded repayment of outstanding debts
- Late 1929 3million unemplyed
- Fear of Communism rose
- The Depression
- Nazis carefully exploited anxiety towards this
- Got 18% vote in 1930 election
- Membership grew to 400,000
- Got 18% vote in 1930 election
- Nazis carefully exploited anxiety towards this
- Oct 1929 - America stopped providing loans
- Coming to power
- 1930-1932 BRUNING = chancellor
- Deeply unpopular
- Did not have support of Reichstag
- 1932 Presidential elections
- Hindenburg re-elected after 2 ballots
- Hitler lost
- But now clearly opposition leader
- June-Dec 1932 VON PAPEN = chancellor
- Hitler refused to serve under him as vice-chancellor
- Hindenburg would not make him chancellor
- Hitler refused to serve under him as vice-chancellor
- Dec 1932 - Jan 1933 VON SCHLEICHER as chancellor
- Hoped to create split in Nazi party but failed
- Asked to rule by decree but Hindenburg refused
- Von Papen sought revenge
- Prepared to form political alliance with Hitler
- Jan 1933 agreed Hitler would be chancellor and Von Papen vice-chancellor
- 30th Jan - Hitler appointed Chancellor
- Jan 1933 agreed Hitler would be chancellor and Von Papen vice-chancellor
- Prepared to form political alliance with Hitler
- 1930-1932 BRUNING = chancellor
- Nazism in practice
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