Reasons for Nazi Support & Night of Long Knives PDF

R E A S O N S F O R PU BLI C S U PPO RT F O R T H E N A Z I PA RT Y T H E 1 9 3 2 A N D 1 9 3 3 E LE C T IO N S The Great Depression persuaded more people to vote for the Nazis who promised law and order and jobs.  Other reasons why public support for...

R E A S O N S F O R PU BLI C S U PPO RT F O R T H E N A Z I PA RT Y T H E 1 9 3 2 A N D 1 9 3 3 E LE C T IO N S The Great Depression persuaded more people to vote for the Nazis who promised law and order and jobs.  Other reasons why public support for the Nazis increased: 1) Germans wanted to return to being an important world power. 1) They felt stabbed in the back by the Weimar government 2) Hitler’s Nazi Party received financial support from some military and wealthy businessmen. 3) Hitler was a brilliant public speaker. 4) By 1932, the Nazi party was very well organized. 5) As a result of propaganda 1) Propaganda- see key words Many people believed that the Nazi Party could save them from their troubles  There was an election in 1933 Hitler’s Nazi Party won the largest number of votes Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany  TIMELINE OF EVENTS  ENABLING ACT 1933 AND DICTATORSHIP Reichstag passed the Enabling Act in 1933 Gave complete power to Hitler and the Nazi Party Nazi Party became the only political party allowed to exist in Germany At this time- Hindenburg was the President and the Head of State He signed the Enabling Act into law. When Hindenburg died in 1934- Hitler combined the title of Chancellor and President. The Enabling Act gave him the ability to pass laws without them having to pass through the Reichstag *Remember the fire that was set to the parliament Hitler used this as an opportunity to have emergency power  T H E F IR S T C ON C E N T RAT ION C AM P In 1933 there were mass arrests of political opponents So many people in jail that Germany’s prisons became overcrowded They made another plan The first concentration camp- set up in the town of Dachau in 1933 Prisoners at Dachau included anyone who disagreed with the Nazis Dachau was a large barbed-wire enclosure where prisoners had to do hard labour and military drills and got regular beatings  NIGHT OF T H E LO N G KNIVES -B R I T I S H C A RT O O N BY D AV I D LO W  June 1934 – Hitler eliminated all internal challenges to his leadership using the Schutzstaffel (S.S.). Hitler eliminated most of the NIGHT OF leadership of the Brownshirts as they posed a threat to him; the S.S. THE LONG replaced them as his main enforcers. One month later Hindenburg died and KNIVES Hitler was elected President, in -A PHRASE OF A POPULAR addition to remaining Chancellor. NAZI SONG This removed the last remaining check on his power in Germany. (Think: How many years had lapsed since the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II? Would many Germans find it acceptable to have one man as their leader, as they had under the Kaiser?)  KEY WORDS Dictator: leader with total power Der Führer: German words for ‘The Leader’ Reich: the German state Fatherland: what the Germans called their state under the Nazis Concentration camp: those imprisoned were physically concentrated in one place Propaganda- biased information; persuasive communication, which influences beliefs, opinions and emotions. Deliberately used to influence people- speaks to the heart NOT the mind  REVISION Who were the SS? Who would support the Nazi Party? What is the definition of propaganda? Give an example- refer to how the Nazis used propaganda. Where was the first concentration camp? Who were send to this camp? What is a dictator? Why was Hitler a dictator? What is the enabling act of 1933? What is the night of long knives? Who was Ernst Röhm?