Explain why the depression of 1929 was a godsend for the Nazi Party
Explain why the depression of 1929 was a 'godsend' for the Nazi Party Of all European countries, none was hit harder than Germany by the stock market crash of October 1929. Germany, who was still suffering from the Treaty of Versailles, had borrowed very large sums from American banks, with much of the money repayable either on demand or at short notice. These loans were of course recalled, and bankruptcies in Germany rose sharply from the start of 1930. Unemployment rose sharply, too. The German economy plummeted with the stock market and the situation Germany found itself in resulted in even more faith being lost in the Weimar constitution. This situation was a godsend for the Nazi Party as it enabled them to gain public support. Having lost faith in what they already felt was an indecisive Government, and after the 'stab in the back' myth having been circulated throughout the country, Germany became increasingly hard to govern. Hitler, an inspiring and energetic speaker, took this opportunity to present himself and the Nazi party to the German people. Showing himself as a strong leader, he promised to abolish the Treaty of Versailles and restore Germany to power. This was one of the ways in which the Great Depression aided the Nazis. Because of the people of Germany falling into poverty and despair and being eager for help, Hitler's talk of a new Germany and his
Was Hitler A Talitorian Dictator?
Was Hitler A Talitorian Dictator? By Nikhil Shah To a certain extent, Hitler was a Talitorian Dictator. He led a one party state that essentially controlled the lives of the German population from the cradle to the grave. Hitler exploited three main tactics to institute and fortify his dictatorship; the manoeuvring of the German legal system, the use of brutal terror; and sly propaganda. The Hitler did various things to manipulate the German legal system, he began with the Reichstag was burnt down by a mad Dutchman, named Maranus Vandelu. Hitler used this current situation to his advantage, by saying, it was a communist act, and in doing so, he asked Hindenburg for complete control over Germany on a temporary basis, to get rid of them. As the delegates of the German parliament were terrified of a communist revolution, they gave him what he asked for, and the Enabling Act was passed in March 1933. Thus, giving him the power to make and pass any law he wished without even consulting or needing a vote in the Reichstag. In essence, it established Hitler's political dictatorship over night. Along side the Enabling Act, Hitler banned all KPD/SPD parties' i.e. communist and socialist parties. He then passed a further law, banning the formation of the formation of any new parties and any existing parties, eliminating any rising opposition. He then sent his opposition and local
Who was Adolf Hitler ?Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and became Chancellor of Germany.
Who was Adolf Hitler ? Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and became Chancellor of Germany. Later he succeeded on becoming a dictator of Germany. A dictator is someone who has absolute power to run a country. The German people believed that he was their savoir. To get people to believe his ideas, he created propaganda. His family His father was Alois Hitler. He was very strict and used to beat his son. His mother Klara Hitler was very nice and tended to spoil her son. Adolf had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. They all died of diseases except for Adolf and his sister Paula who survived to become adults. His father died when Adolf was 13. His father was a senior customs official and wanted his son to do well in life. His background He was born in Branau in Austria and was very popular at his school. He has always been a top student but when he transferred to another school, his grades started to slip, he was doing very badly and had less friends. The only subjects he was interested in were history and art. At the age of 20 he dropped out of school because he failed a whole year and had to retake it again but he did not want to. He moved to Vienna and applied for Vienna Academy of Arts but got rejected twice. His Relationships When Hitler wanted some peace, he rented a house on the side of a mountain and had wonderful views of the surrounding area. He employed his
1933 Adolf Hitlers' Germany.
Adam McEvoy Robinson In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. The right wing government was completely the opposite of the communist ideas of the left wing government that ran Russia.. Hitler had been a soldier in the First World War he earned the highest honour in Germany, The Iron Cross. Hitler had despised the Treaty of Versailles and was appalled about his government signing the Treaty. Hitler believed that the treaty crushed German economy and left the people of the country starving. Hitler found a way he could come to power and reduce unemployment and many other things that the German people needed in the country. Hitler had not been in power before and the German people trusted him, believing his ideas about what Germany would be when it returned to its former glory. Many people in Germany were jealous of the Jews and their prosperity and thus began to blame the Jews for everything that went wrong in their country, leading to the hatred of the Jews. Known as Anti-Semitism. The Jews, in their adopted countries began being persecuted. One such example of Anti-Semitism was in Russia where the Jews were forced to live in ghettos. In most cases the ghettos were unprotected and vulnerable to attack. Many Germans blamed the Jews for the loss of the war and accused them of trying to over-take the world. After the Nuremberg Laws, which severely restricted the Jews.
The Munich Putsch, November 1923 The Munich Putsch (arms revolt or coup) was an attempt to overthrow the government by Hitler
Robert Hicks The Munich Putsch, November 1923 The Munich Putsch (arms revolt or coup) was an attempt to overthrow the government by Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler's aim was to take control (advantage) of the social and political problems that were troubling Germany at that time, then march on to Berlin to set up a dictatorship. The Bavarian leader - Gustav Von Khar - was a monarchist and was in favour of Bavaria becoming an independent state. Khar set up a meeting in the Munich Beer Hall on the 8th November 1923 with the commander of the Bavarian army - Otto Von Lossow - to discuss items dealing with a possible breakaway by Bavaria, in order for it to become independent. This was very much against Hitler's views and ideas because he wanted a united Germany. Hitler attended the meeting with the aim of overthrowing the government and taking full control. Outside he had 600 SA members guarding the hall and twenty armed brown shirts poised at his signal to take control. They came marching in and temporary command was achieved. Hitler took the two leaders into a side room and told them that they weren't allowed to leave unless he told them so. Hitler then addressed the audience and told them about the planned march to Berlin and that Germany would see a new government tomorrow. This was cheered by the crowd, Khar and Lossow decided to back Hitler because of their response
Hitler before 1929.
Hitler before 1929 Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. He disliked his father, but adored his mother. His father died when he was 14 and his mother, 18. He was a failure at school and when his mother died, moved to Vienna to become an artist. During his time in Vienna he picked up many of the political ideas which later shaped the politics of the Nazi Party. IN particular he developed the violent hatred of Jews (Anti - Semitism). When WW1 broke out, 1914, Hitler had moved to Munich and joined the army. His officers noticed what a good speaker he was. He was given the job of countering enemy propaganda whenever leaflets were showered on German trenches. In 1918 he was badly gassed and was in hospital when the armistice and the German revolution took place in November 1918. He was extremely bitter about Germany's defeat. Like many other soldiers he blamed their defeat on Communists and Jews who he felt 'stabbed them in the back'. After the war he remained in Munich and stayed in the army. His job was to run political education for the army. In September 1919 Hitler was sent by the army to a meeting of small, extreme nationalist group called the German Workers' Party. It had only 6 members and his first impression was not at all favorable. However, Hitler also found he agreed with many of the group's ideas. Only weeks later he himself became a member. The leader of the party
What methods and events did Hitler use to become fuhrer in 1934?
What methods and events did Hitler use to become fuhrer in 1934? In 1934, Adolf Hitler wanted to become fuhrer. He wanted to become leader and he wanted all the power, the methods that he used to do so and the events that took place during this period are as follows. In 1929, The Wall Street Crash took place; the repurcussions of this event were catastrophic. It had many affects on the world and many countries economies were affected but Germany was hit the worst. Gustar Stresemann was chancellor of Germany at the time but when he died on October 24th, the Wall Street crash began. The money that the US had loaned Germany had been lost. The shares lost their values. German businesses failed which meant lots of people were unemploymed, over six million. People had no money due to lack of jobs and people had no food due to not having any money. Banks failed and people lost their life savings. All of these effects had a big impact not only economically but on the German people aswell. They started to feel neglected and more people become depressed. Democracy was failing and people had no choice but to depend on Hitler. He promised them bread and work. They were desperate. Hitler was a powerful speaker, he was strong and enthusiustic and very confident. He was ambitious and very persuasive and he promised people hope. He promised bread and work and that he could solve
Why Did War Break-Out in Europein 1939?
History Essay: Why Did War Break-Out in Europe in 1939? War broke-out across Europe in 1939. Many incidents and long term factors affected this outbreak. I think that the question - Why Did War Break-Out in Europe in 1939? - is being asked because in many people's opinion there are many different factors which triggered war off and in addition, the contemporary public opinions on why the war broke-out has differed in comparison to the public of the 1930-40s. We now look back on history and are able to see what Hitler did during and after the Second World War with regards to Nazi-Germany and abuse and persecution/killing of the Jews and other racial groups etc. We can now see that Hitler had a huge plan all along. People on the 1930-40s didn't know what Hitler had planned, during that time people just thought that he was a great saviour to Germany (which was then in a terrible state), and that all Hitler wanted to do was recruit the unemployed and build-up Germany to regain its high world class status. In this essay I am going to investigate 'why' war broke out in Europe in 1939 and then come to a conclusion upon whether it was a combination of factors or just one main factor - and if so, what that main factor was. Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor (Führer) or 'Dictator of Germany' in 1933. This gave him great power and authority in Germany. Hitler came into power at a
The Rise of the Nazis - Voted into Power?
- The Rise of the Nazis - Voted into Power? Lenman started by introducing FOUR themes that he was going to develop during his lecture, they were: THE DEPRESSION - that the crisis of the Depression eventually broke the back of the Weimar Republic and he used election results to help make this point at this stage - 928 - NSDAP 12 seats 930 - NSDAP 107 seats - suggesting that this leap in representation/support underlines the importance of the Depression on the rise of the Nazis. 2 THE EROSION OF THE MIDDLE GROUND OF GERMAN POLITICS - He suggested that the polarisation of opinion in Germany was a further key issue in the Nazi rise. 3 THE EXTREMES - that the fear of Communism may have been one of the key motivating factors for many to support the Nazis. 4 SUPPORT - this he divided into two parts - a) Which elements in German society voted Nazi b) In November 1932 when the Nazis had reached their electoral ceiling, Hitler realised that he needed support from the establishment - The Military Industry. Germany was proportionally worst hit by the Depression - eg unemployment - and the reasons for this were: i There had been some success during the 1920s particularly in exporting between 1924-28 however, this was dependent on maintaining markets, but in 1929 those markets collapsed. ii The potential of the German economy attracted investors -
What problems did the Weimar government face in the early 1920s.
Chapter 1 What problems did the Weimar government face in the early 1920s The Weimar encountered lots of problems in the early 1920s for example: . Political challenges The people of Germany didn't want a democracy and many revolutionists tried to over throw the Weimar by revolting against the government. 2. Competition The Weimar had four main groups that were a threat to them, they were; . Nazis 2. Communists 3. Independent Socialists 4. Nationalists 3. Money The Weimar had to pay 6.600 million out to the allies for reparations, this sent the German economy out of control causing hyperinflation, which meant; A Loaf of Bread 918 - 0.63marks Jan 1923 - 250 marks Nov 1923 - 201,000,000,000 marks This was not good news for savers as what had been their life savings had changed just to a few pennies, it was good for loaners though as they only had to pay back a minimal amount. Savers were outraged at the Weimar Government and this is one of the main reasons for the many attempts to overthrow the government. Chapter 2 Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Braunau a town in Austria near the border to Germany. As a child he adored his mother Klara, but despised his father greatly. Hitlers mother Klara At primary school Hitler wasn't any differenent to anyone else, just a normal child his two most passionate subjects at school were art and history.
