Hitler

Question 1

who were hitler’s early targets?

Answer 1

politicians who accepted Germany’s defeat in 1918, communists, Jewish people engaged in worldwide conspiracy to destroy international finance as a first step to Jewish local domination

Question 2

what were the demands of the Nazi party which Hitler helped draft?

Answer 2

union of all germans in a greater germany, revocation of TOV, gaining of territories to accommodate population, restriction of state citizenship to those of Germany blood, Jewish people to be denied membership of the volk

Question 3

what is the volk?

Answer 3

the nation as a community of racially pure germans

Question 4

who was the leader of the SA?

Answer 4

Ernst rohm

Question 5

when did Hitler believe it was time for the Nazis to take power?

Answer 5

1923 with hyper-inflation

Question 6

what is a putsch?

Answer 6

an armed rising

Question 7

why did Hitler not see the putsch as a failure In 1923?

Answer 7

because it provided an opportunity to spread Nazi propaganda

Question 8

what main political ideas did mein Kampf express?

Answer 8

politics was a bitter struggle between irreconcilable opposites, germany’s destiny as a great Aryan nation to destroy Jewry and seize slav lands in east, hatred of communism, power of state as the central social organization, women were subordinate to men and should not engage in politics

Question 9

what was hitler’s shift in strategy in 1924 to come to power?

Answer 9

present Nazi movement as a constitutional party, to win power democratically

Question 10

what is a quote from Hitler about his shift to gaining power through democracy?

Answer 10

“if out-voting them takes longer than outshooting them, at least the results will be guaranteed by their own constitution!”

Question 11

within his own party, who opposed Hitler believing the Nazi party should be much more socialist?

Answer 11

Otto and Gregor strasser

Question 12

how does otto’s opinion of a leader and their party compare to hitler’s opinion?

Answer 12

otto: the leader must serve the idea as the leader passes and makes mistakes
Hitler: the leader is the idea and the members must only obey the leader

Question 13

what happened that secured hitler’s leadership of the Nazi party?

Answer 13

in 1930, Otto strasser tried to establish his own organization and left the party, failed and left Germany as he had little support

Question 14

why did the great depression actually help the Nazi party?

Answer 14

the nazis were able to exploit the economic difficulties that threatened germany’s stability

Question 15

what is a stat that shows how the Nazi party gained support from the great depression?

Answer 15

in the 1928 elections, the NSDAP got 2.6% of the vote but 18.3% in 1930 elections

Question 16

which class provided the backbone for Nazi support?

Answer 16

lower middle class

Question 17

what were the broad reasons of the Nazi party gaining support in the early 1930s?

Answer 17

weimer Republic was incapable economically, politically, and internationally, the Nazi party appeared as a genuine national party, Nazism would protect against communism, hitlers charisma

Question 18

how appointed Hitler chancellor and when?

Answer 18

president Hindenburg in 1933

Question 19

why did hindenburg agree to appoint Hitler as chancellor?

Answer 19

because he was the leader of the largest single party and the acting chancellor, Franz von papen, believed Hitler was less dangerous in office than out

Question 20

what explanations show why Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933?

Answer 20

exploiting peoples fears of communists and jews brought more votes than presenting Nazi policies, hitler’s determination and political ability

Question 21

whats a quote explaining the support of Hitler and the nazis in the early 1930s?

Answer 21

“The Nazi vote was above all a protest vote” -Evans

Question 22

what is a quote showing how Hitler looked at himself as being above the politics?

Answer 22

Hitler “was convinced that if he talked often enough and aroused the masses sufficiently, he must in due course be swept into office.” -nazi associate, ernst