HOW DID THE EVENTS IN GERMANY BEFORE 1933 HELP THE NAZIS GET INTO POWER

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  • Created on: 27-03-13 16:10

KEY EVENTS 1931-33

1929-32 - WORLD TRADE FELL BY 70% - UNEMPLOYMENT - 3 MILLION - 1 IN 3 GERMAN WORKERS UNEMPLOYED - POVERTY- 1933 - UNEMPLOYED 7 DEPENDENTS A FIFTH OF G.POPULATION

THE REICHSTAG FIRE 27TH FEBURARY 1933 - HITLER WIN VOTES - ELIMNATED COMMUNIST COMPETITION - EVERYONE THOUGHT COMMUNIST DONE IT - DANGEROUS - 5TH OF MARCH ELECTION 1933 - NAZI WON 288 SEATS.

THE ENABLING ACT - MAJOR BANKING CRISIS 1931 - FRENCH REJECTED PROPSALS FOR EMERGENCY LOAN - COMMUNISTS & NAZIS MADE REICHSTAG UNMANAGABLE -ADJOURNED FOR 6 MONTHS - 1932 - NAZIS 37.3% VOTES

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1918-1923

26TH JUNE 1919 TOV - LAMB - LAND - ARMY - MONEY - BLAME

WIEMAR COALITION 1919 - UNSTABLE GOVS - 14 YRS 25 GOVS - PEOPLE START SUPPORTING EXTREMISTS - PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION - HITLER'S RISE

THE FREIKORPS GOT RID OF SPARTICIST UPRISING 1919 - KAPP PUTSCH 1920 NOT SUCCESSFUL - THE RED RISING OF THE RUHR APRIL 1920 - NOT SUCCESSFUL

JULY 1921 HITLER LEADER OF NAZIS

1923 GERMANY FAILED TO PAY REPARATIONS - RUHR OCCUPATION - HYPERINFLATION

HITLER FORMED SA 1923

1923 STRESEMANN CHANCELLOR - REICHMARK INTRODUCED

1923 MUNICH PUTSCH

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1924 -1928

1924 - NEW REICHMARK INTRODUCED - STABILISED ECONOMY

HITLER 5 YRS IN PRIOSN SERVED 9 MNTHS - WROTE MEIN KAMPF & NAZI POLICIES

1924 - DAWES PLAN - REPARATIONS INCREASED GRADUALLY OVER 5YRS - G GIVEN 800M MARKS

1925 - HINDENBURG ELECTED - DIDN'T LIKE NAZIS - KEPT HITLER OUT

SEPTEMBER 1926 - GERMANY JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS - FORM UNIVERSAL RELATIONSHIPS - ALMOST FORGIVEN

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1927 - AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION - IMPACT EMPLOYMENT &SOCIETY

1924-1928 GOLDEN YEARS

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1928- 1931

1928 - NAZI 2.8% OF VOTE

1929 - GREAT DEPRESSION - BETWEEN A THIRD & A HALF OF FARMS FAILING TO MAKE A PROFIT - AGRICULTURAL SLUMP AFFECTED WHOLE RURAL SOCIETY

1929 - THE YOUNG PLAN - SETTLE REPARATIONS FROM WWII

1930 - CHANCELLOR BRUNING CUT EXPENDITURE - WAGES & UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES - NO ONE COULD AGREE - HINDENBURG - ARCTICLE 48

1930 - FRENCH WITHDREW FROM RHINELAND

1930 - NAZIS 18.3% OF REICHSTAG VOTE

1931 - UNEMPLOYMENT 4.8M

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1931 - 1933

1932 - MARCH TO APRIL - HINDENBURG REELECTED

MAY 1932 - BRUNING REMOVED FROM OFFICE

JULY 1932 - NAZIS LARGEST PARTY 230 SEATS - PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION NO MAJORITY

AUGUST 1932 - HINDENBURG REFUSED TO APPOINT HITLER CHANCELLOR

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WHAT DO THE NAZIS BELIEVE?

ANTISEMITISM - HATRED OF JEWS - HOLOCAUST - RACISM - JEWISH PEOPLE STOLE WEALTH - SCAPE GOAT

NATIONALISM - GERMANY STRONG PURE SELF SUFFICENT - STRIGENT IMMIGRATION POLICIES - WANTED LAND BACK - GERMANY FOR GERMANS

MASTER RACE - SUPERIOR RACE - ARYAN RACE - IDEAL PERSON - SPECIAL CLINICS FOR ARYAN BREEDING - MORE INTELLIGENT AND IMPORTANT THAN SUBHUMANS

VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT- UNITING GERMANY AND TRANSFORMING SOCIETY - PATRIOTIC

ANTI COMMUNISM/ BOLSHEVISM - NOT LIKE COMMUNISTS - DANGEROUS WANTED NO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WANT CLASS DIVIDE

FUHRER PRINCIPLE - FUHRER CANNOT BE WRONG - GIVES NATION PURPOSE AND VALUE

25 POINT PROGRAMME 1925

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