How Hitler Became Dictator

The birth of the Nazi Party 1919
1. The 25 point program
  1. Scrap Versailles treaty
    1. Expanding German Borders
      1. Depriving Jews of German citizenship
        Willing to use force
        The group attracted supporters from the Army, Police and Small business
2. Hitler's role grows
  1. Changed the name to NSDAP or 'Nazi'
  2. Adopted the Swastika
  3. Bought a newspaper to spread news
  4. Gathered leaders:
    1. Ernst Rohm
      1. Hermann Goering
        Rudolf Hess
        Julius Streicher
  5. Cultivated powerful friends
  6. Created a private army (SA)
3. Awarded Iron Cross in WW1
  1. Sent to spy on German Workers Party (DAP)
    1. Found he agreed with their views
      1. Joined party in Sep 1919
Reorganising the Nazi Party
1. New Organisation and Funding
  1. New efficient admnistrators
  2. Divided the party into regions
  3. Befriended wealthy businessmen
2. The SA and SS
  1. Protected Nazi meetings
  2. Intimidated opponents
  3. Gave the appearance of strength and order
  4. Didn't trust the SA so set up the SS as personal bodyguard
  5. SS widely feared
3. Goebbels and Nazi Propaganda
  1. Created scapegoats to blame Germany's problems
    1. The Jews
      1. THe Communists
        The leaders of the Weimar
  2. Promoted Hitler as the voice of the Nazis.
    1. Created by most up-to-date technology
    2. Used aeroplanes to fly and do more speeches each day
  3. Created an image of strength:
    1. Hit'er's passion
      1. Spectacle of mass rallies
        Impressive power of SS & SA
4. Nazi Party progress by 1928
  1. Inflation ad eased, employment increased, public better off
  2. Stressemann regaining status
  3. Von hindenburg became president, his reputation boosted the Wiemar Republic
  4. Nazis only won 12 seats
  5. 9th biggest party
  6. Polled only 2.6% votes
Nazis win power 1932-33
1. The Presidential Elections
  1. Hitler got 13 million votes
2. The fall of Chancellor Bruning
  1. Kurt organised a coalition of right-wing groups.
  2. persuaded they had the majority Bruning sacked
3. von Papen becomes chancellor.
  1. Hindenburg made Von Papen chancellor
  2. Hitler and the Nazi became part of the government for the first time.
  3. NSDAP won 230 seats in the Reichstag now the largest party.
  4. without Hitler's support von Papen can't command the majority.
  5. he resignes
4. Hitler becomes Chancellor
  1. von Papen says Hitler is in his pocket.
    1. Hitler appointed chancellor.
The Munich Putsch 1923
1. Causes
  1. Wanted to exploit discontent about the Hyperinflation
  2. Wanted to act before Stresemann sorted the Hyperinflation out, before unrest died
  3. Stresseman's govt was starting to try and get rid of extremist groups
2. Events
  1. Hitler storms govt meeting with 600 SA
    1. Announces he is leader of Bavaria
      1. He would then march against the German govt
        They initially agreed to support his uprising
        The next day they changed their minds
        Hitler's troops marched through the town centre announcing him President
        State police culled uprising, wounded, killed and arrested some of the group
3. Results
  1. Hitler & three others were imprisoned for 5 years
    1. The NSDAP was banned
      1. Hitler used his trial publicity
        The ban on NSDAP was raised and the publicity won them seats
        Hitler was released after 9 months
        used his time to write Mein Kampf
        This book became the gude light of the Nazi party
        Hitler realised he needed a new approach to gain power

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