... were secondary to these, such as Hitler's ability to draw people to the party through great public speeches, use of propaganda, and the way he got the SA (Sturm Abteilung) to force people to support the Nazi's. German people supported the Nazi Party because they were unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles. They didn't like the way that Germany was excluded from the ... , because they believed that he would make changes to the country and its economy. Overall, Hitler's promises and speeches won a lot of support for the Nazi's. Propaganda had a lot to do with people supporting the Nazi Part...

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... to keep Communism out of Germany, as to protect the land and wealth of the German people. Propaganda and twisting of the German minds could easily be the biggest reason why the Nazi party came to power in Germany. Hitler shook hands with old men, and kissed babies. He charmed ... this, Hitler became a very attractive man, drawing attention on an unprecedented scale. The Nazi's also used terror propaganda in the form of the SA (Storm Troops). These units secretly forced people to vote in favor of the Nazi party, and took out main opposition to guarantee a successful election. When Hitler w...

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... , they were a small but radical party. The Nazis wished to strip the Jews of their citizenship and expel them if the Nazi party came to power. They spread propaganda claiming world Jewry wanted to gain power and rule the world. The Nazis preached the theory of a world conspiracy organised by the ... social Darwinism, or a perverted version of Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest applied to humans. Seven years after Hitler took control of the Nazi party, the National Socialists were failing. They could not get elected to parliament and received only 2.6% of the vote in the 1928 elec...

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... lead the people of Germany out of all the problems and deceptions of these terrible times was Adolf Hitler, fascist dominator. These difficulties gave Hitler and the Nazi party the opportunity to employ their propaganda skills to capture this disenchanted nation and win their hearts, but more importantly, to manipulate their minds. By the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader ... other extremist parties and the Weimar government, which aided Hitler's rise to success by granting him the support he needed to come into power. With the careful employment of propaganda that the N...

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Hitler became the most powerful opponent of the Weimar republic because of a number of factors including the effects of the depression on the Nazi party and the Weimar republic, Nazi voters, the effect of Nazi propaganda on the German electoral and Hindenburg prepared to go into partnership with Hitler. There were also a number of political, social and economical factors, which contributed to Hitler's ... being offered by political, left-wing extremists such as the Nazis. The Nazi party was well organized and structured; this is shown in the way that the Nazi party distributed its propaganda d...

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... . Therefore they decided they would finance Hitler's campaigns. They decided they needed a stronger government, and so they turned to Hitler. The Nazi propaganda and campaigning was extremely successful and was able to help Hitler come to power and become Chancellor. "The Nazi campaign methods were modern and effective. They relied on generalised slogans rather than detailed politics. " Joseph Goebbels was the minister of ... propaganda and national enlightenment. The minister of Propaganda, Goebbels made sure of two things; "nobody could read or see anything hostile or damaging to ... ...

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... troops within a thirty mile belt of the border with France. The Nazis gained fuel for their growing movement in the form of propaganda denouncing the Versailles treaty. In their twenty-five point party platform of 1920, point two stated that they demanded "equality for the ... Nationalism as a remedy for any future betrayal by a large number of unpatriotic Germans disgracing those truly patriotic Germans. This popular political belief permeated throughout Nazi propaganda. Milton Mayer, an American social scientist, interviewed a group of ex-Nazis on their feelings toward parliamentary d...

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... rose from his first unsuccessful revolt into an invincible dictator who fed on the support from the people and the Nazi Party. With the use of propaganda this support grew by bringing hope to the demoralised society. The formation of the Hitler Youth provided the children and ... adolescents with importance and pleasure whilst the altered education system cleverly taught and encouraged the Nazi ideas. Fraudulent Laws and Acts ... during this violence, destruction and horror, Hitler continued to gain support through the use of propaganda and organisations such as the Hitler Youth. Radios...

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... by establishing auxiliary organizations within the movement to encompass more of the voting population. These auxiliary organizations would target certain sections of the population to foster support for the Nazi party. Groups such as the Women's League, Hitler youth, student groups and professional associations were formed. Virtually every sector of the middle class had their own auxiliary ... organizations within the party. These associations effectively served to bring the intellectuals needed to organize campaigns and create propaganda to attract more members to the Nazi movement. H...

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... one hundred and eleven people were present. It was at the beginning of 1920 when Hitler was put in charge of the Party's propaganda, that he made the most important speech of his career. Hitler spoke to nearly two thousand people into the Hofbrãuhaus on 24 ... margarine. Stressemann invented a new currency, the Rentenmark which was introduced to control inflation. The Hyperinflation crisis and the political chaos meant that the Nazi Party added 36,000 new members between January and October 1923. Hitler was anti-Weimar and was against the Treaty of Versailles and he ... secretary and S...

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... 3 marks The Weimar Republic was important but only to a certain extent. Many reasons contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party. The reasons were: the effects of depression, the fear of communism, national pride, Hitler's propaganda & Hitler becoming the Fuhrer. L3-L4: Explains a number of reasons 4 v/s 8 marks During the 1930s, it ... appealing. The people also had a fear of communism, they did not want to lose their wealth, especially the rich businessman, who supported the Nazi's with funds. Hitler had insisted in destroying the Treaty of Versailles which had been most humiliating for ...

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... : There was still a lot of opposition from the extreme left and right, much like the attempted putsch in 1923 by the Nazi Party. Revolutionaries did gain control in some areas but they were soon ousted. The political assassinations happened between 1919 and 1923 left ... Bavaria, and September 1928 in Prussia. This was a major reason why the nazi party appeared to have stagnated in the years 1924- 1929 because propaganda and Hitler's rallying speeches were very influential for the Nazi Party to gain votes. This struck at Hitler's greatest asset; he was ... confined to speaking to closed...

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... contributed to some of Hitler's financial backing, without which he couldn't have fought his expensive election campaigns. Another reason for Hitler achieved his aims was through his political tactics and Nazi propaganda. Nazi propaganda made Hitler look like the only leader who could save Germany and said he was destined to become national leader. Many Germans liked the Nazis' anti-Communist views. Goebbels manipulated ... propaganda very well, he modified many effective posters with clever slogans such as, "Work, freedom and bread". He also organised mass parades and rallies so everyo...

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... time where the population was fed up with how it was being run and also a great depression had just hit Germany. Hitler also fuelled propaganda from each social class promising them. I think he was very successful in winning the support of the people, otherwise how would he have ... rose to power on the empty stomachs of the German people-. 1933 saw Hitler become chancellor of Germany, soon after elections were called and The Nazi's gained power, this ended the Weimar Republic. On 2nd of August 1943 Hindenburg died, Hitler is then president and gets Army to swear oath ... Neutral) or i...

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... mirror. Hitler had a gift of projecting his personal frustrations. Defeat had brought more than humiliation. It caused inflation to rise every month. In 1920 the Nazi party had 193 members, half were laborers. The meetings often drew thousands. He borrowed the swastika symbol from a obscure political group in East In-dia ... more influential by the day. Hitler often refused offers he received from other political parties. Even the prospect of a cabinet post in exchange for Nazi support could not move him. In 1932 he ran for President against Paul Von Hindenburg. He almost beat Hitler, wh...

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... he showed it as the worst. Dix's works were viewed as degenerate and were frowned upon. As the Nazi party came to power it wanted as much control over the general public as it could have. Anything the Nazi's did not understand, or thought would undermine their power, it feared. So the Nazis began to eliminate ... in Hitler's rise to power. Hugenberg owned the UFA, the largest German film company and an advertising company as well as a news service that became a propaganda machine. He was also an avid nationalist who unlike Rathenau was dead against the Treaty of Versailles. Hugenberg want...

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... films of Hitler's speeches. He put up millions of posters and flags all over the country. Above all, he held huge rallies where Hitler could make speeches. It wasn't just propaganda and rallies that won votes for Hitler. The SA played an important part too - beating up Communists, smashing their meetings and making it impossible for them to campaign freely. By ... 1932 the Nazi Party was now the biggest party in the Reichstag. The 1932 elections were a great success for the Nazis, but Hitler wanted to be Chancellor (Prime Minister). However, the President of ... left with no choice but...

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... isolation than before. This was partly because of fear and partly because there were no group activities allowed that were not connected with the Nazi regime. This meant that people often had lives based on the individual rather than on social groups with a shared interest. However many ... hard to judge the extent to which the Nazis succeeded in indoctrinating German youth, as people, especially children and youth, respond to propaganda in different ways, its is known that the controlling nature of the state on the activities of the youth caused tension between generation especially ......

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... reign. Hitler was released from prison in 1924. Immediately Hitler set off on rebuilding the National Socialist German Workers" Party (Nazi Party). Hitler quietly sat in the background and waited for his opportunity to regain national influence. The Great Depression of 1929 was ... amongst Germany. Nazis were placed in the bureaucracy, the judiciary and the German provincial governments. All labor unions were replaced by Nazi-controlled German Labor Front and all other labor unions were outlawed. With legislative approval not being an issue, Hitler made any ... Concentration camps were s...

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... He cut government expenditure to overcome depression, but this wasn't a popular move. After another election, the Nazi Party grew from a mere 12 seats to 107 seats in the Reichstag. Next, the Nazi party spent a lot of propaganda to double its votes by 1932. By then, they were the strongest ever party. B) Why was Hitler ... Fire, the Enabling Law and the Night of the Long Knives all helped Hitler to take control over Germany? Which was most important? The election the Nazi party won in March allowed it to make decision without the consent of the Reichstag, so Hitler took control of this an...

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... Hitler realized that the way to a rise in power was through the people and their opinions/support therefore imposing their own ideals through incredible propaganda techniques and speeches, and in Hitler's case, introducing a scapegoat to blame. It is possible that Mussolini came to power ten years before ... Hitler because the Weimar government was in control and the Nazi party hadn't been organizationally formed yet; only a small group of men which included Hitler were inspired by Mussolini's rise and motivated to achieve ... Nazis was far more effective than that of other parties; th...

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... paying off your rivals after you think you are going to win, will psychologically sap a people. The Treaty of Versailles will be later used as a propaganda tool to galvanize a desperate public. Once a new government was established it was already set to fail. Coming in with a whole new set of rules ... the German people were hit harder psychologically. When people can't work, they feel useless. Bad economic times can make you vulnerable. Until 1929, the Nazi Party was a fringe splinter political group along with a lot of other extremist left and right-wing parties. Mostly in 1923 and befo...

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... spread the word! After Hitler's speech on the night he was asked to be the main attraction at the future meetings, he also took charge of propaganda for the Party and was helped by an army captain called Ernst Roehm. Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic, many of the ... came around. He also decoded that there should be a change of name. He chose the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) or Nazi Party. By the end of 1921 the Nazi Party had about 3,000 members. Hitler was getting better and better at public speaking, he spoke to nearly 6,000 people in Febr...

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... had scene in Vienna - Marxists and Jews. After the war in 1918 Hitler returned to Munich and was employed by the army as a propaganda speaker to keep the military spirit alive in the disheartened and defeated German nation. In the course of new found job he came into contact ... mixture of nationalists and socialists ideas. In April of 1920 he went to work full time for the party, now under the abbreviated name of NAZI. In 1921 he was elected party Fuhrer with dictatorial powers. On the years that followed his election to chancellor, Hitler spread his extreme views ... Hitler realized ...

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... government. The government alienated the Extreme Left and this would prevent the Social Democratic Party and the Communists to later work together to oppose the threat from Hitler and the Nazi Party. If the Weimar Republic was doomed to failure then it would not have been able to suppress the violence and revolts from the Extreme Left and Right and it ... to dissolve the Reichstag and call an election. This is what Nazi Party had been waiting for. They exploited the despair of the German people; the Nazi party always did well in times of crisis. The Germans wanted a leader who was stron...

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