DEPTH STUDY GERMANY: NAZI REGIME - 03. NAZI'S LITTLE SUCCESS

1. DEPTH STUDY
NAZI GERMANY
HITLER DOMINATING
GERMANY BY 1934
NAZI’s LITTLE SUCCESS
03

2. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY

3. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY
LITTLEIMPACTINELECTIONS
• NaziPartymaderealprogress intermsoforganisation,membership and
finances.
• Theimpactinelectionwasminimal.
• Thepartywastoosmalltocontestthe1919 or1920elections.
• NazishadtowaituntilMay1924beforetheycouldtesttheirnational
popularity.
• Inthefirstelectionsshowing Nazisachieved6.5%.
• Theinitialsuccesswasattributedto Hitler’spublicityduringhistrialin
March1924.

4. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY
FIRSTDISSAPOINTMENTS
• Itwasimpossible tobuildonthesupportintheelectionofDecember1924.
• Forthe1928elections,theNaziscontinuedthedecline,dropping toasmall2.6%.
• Thereasonforthislackofsuccesscanbefoundinthe improvementthatwas
takingplaceatthesametimein theWeimarRepublic–economic, politicaland
international.

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OTHERPARTIES
• Stresemannwasefficientin keepingGermanyoutsidetheeconomic
turbulencesof1923.
• Germanywaswellalongtheroadtorecovery.
• Themoderatepartieswerethemainwinners.
• Timeswereimproving, andtheGermanelectoratecouldseelittlereasonto
switchtheirsupporttoanuntested,extremeright-wing partywhoseleader
hadrecentlybeenconvictedofhigh treason.

6. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY
NAZISWEREPOPULARWITHOTHERGROUPS
MILITARY–who resentedtheendofthewarandthesmallGermanarmyafterTOV.
MIDDLE CLASS–peoplethatsufferedfinanciallyafterthewar.
BUSINESSES–peoplethatfearedthegrowth ofCommunism.
BETRAYEDGERMANS–believingthatthegovernmentwastooweak,andtheyhad
betrayedthepeopleinthepeaceprocessandtheTOV.
FARMERS–becausefoodpriceswereverylow.
UNEMPLOYED- sufferingasaresultoftheGreatDepressionandlookingforastrong
leaderlikeHitler.
ANTI-SEMITES- peopledislikingJews.
THUGS– whofoundNazisviolentmethodsexciting.

7. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE – DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY
NAZISWEREORGANISEDVERYWELL
FewpeoplewerereallyinterestedintheNazisatthisstage.
Therewerelessthan30,000membersby1925,andinthe1928elections,theNazis
had13Reichstagmembers,comparedwith54Communistsand152Social
Democrats.