Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-33
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- Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-33
- Early Development of the Nazi Party 1920-22
- Hitler joined the DAP in September 1919
- Between 1919 and 1923, Hitler took control of the DAP
- Hitler took over by controlling the party policy, using his personal appeal, controlling party organisation, winning the leadership and using the SA
- Hitler changed the DAP into the NSDAP with distinctive features, such as the swastika, the straight-armed salute and the SA
- Munich Putsch and Lean Years 1923-29
- Hitler launched the Munich Putsch in November 1923, in an attempt to take control of Germany
- The Munich Putsch failed, but in some ways Hitler and the Nazis benefitted
- Hitler relaunched the Nazi Party in 1925, having set out his ideas in Mein Kampf
- Hitler reformed the central and national organisation of the Nazi Party
- Hitler strengthened his control over the party and over the SA
- By 1928, the Nazis had little influence in the Reichstag
- Growth in Nazi Support 1929-32
- By the start of 1929, the Nazi party had little political power in Germany
- However, by 1932, they had 230 seats in the German Reichstag
- A key factor was the economic crisis caused by the Wall Street Crash
- The economic crisis included a bank collapse, a fall in industrial output, rising unemployment and falling wages
- The Weimer government failed to solve these problems
- As a result, support grew for extremist parties like the Communist Party and the Nazi Party
- Support for the Nazis came from several different sections of German society
- How Hitler became Chancellor 1923-33
- By the start of 1932, Hitler still had little political power
- In January 1933, he was appointed Chancellor of the Weimer Republic
- Von Schleicher and Von Papen thought they could include Hitler and the Nazis in their governments and then control them
- There was a general fear that civil war might break out if Germany could not find a strong government with widespread popular support
- President Hindenburg resisted the idea of Hitler as Chancellor, but eventually agreed
- Early Development of the Nazi Party 1920-22
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