After the Munich Putsch, Hitler was imprisoned and he used his time to write a book and decided to seize power by legal means, then destroy the system from within
When he was released, Hitler set about rebuilding the Nazi party so they could win by democratic means
In May 1924, they gained 32 seats and were encouraged by this success and began to reform
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Organisation
They became organised on a regional level
Each region was a Gaue, which corresponded with the 35 electoral districts and was headed by a Gautetiter, personally appointed by Hitler
These were divided into Kreise (districts), headed by a Kreislieter, which divided into local branches, Orstgruppen headed by Ortsgruppenteiter
15 members were needed to form a local branch and all areas were totally loyal to Hitler
It may have seemed very organised, but in reality, it was very chaotic as it wasn't organised well and they kept on fighting amoung themselves
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Policies and appeal
Their policies were:
National Socialism- equality, state control of economy, loyalty and purity
Lebensraum- living space
Total obedience to the Fuher
Aryans are superior, no jews
Build up the German army
They appealed to
Peasants, their way of life is pure and simple
The rich, they feared communism
The unemployed, they wanted jobs
The racist
But they didn't appeal to workers, as they voted communist
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Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels was appointed head of propaganda
He was very good at this, and appeal to the masses by appealing to their emotions rather than rational arguements
He designed many posters that appealed to different people like these
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SA, ** and auxiliary organisations
In 1925, Hitler enlarged the SA and 55% of them came from the unemployed, meaning jobs were created, and in 1926 Franz Pfeffer von Salomon became leader and they made war on Marxism and Jewry by mass demonstrations
The ** was also set up, who were fanatically loyal to Hitler personally
As a result of the 1924 elections, the Hitler youth, nazi students' league, pupils' league and proffesional groups for teachers, lawyers and doctors etc. was set up to offer something to everybody
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The Result
Despite all of this hard work, the Nazis got only 12 seats in the 1928 elections
This was because weimar germany was flourishing under Stressemann
People weren't interested in extreme politics, but this was all about to change
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