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Impact of the Great depression (effects on german people (Farmers Since…
Impact of the Great depression
Wallstreet crash
1929
American stock market crashed. and bought a down fall in US businesses and economy overall
USA had been giving a large amount of loans to Germany for reparations. Therefore when USA called them back, Germany was not able to pay them back and there for the economy also collapsed to a financial crisis.
An EFFECT
some businesses were forced to close down. Therefore many people lost there jobs leading to unemployment rates rising fast. As a result taxes were increased as the banks tried to pay unemployment benefits.
effects on Weimar Repunlic
The SDP and the Center party (two main parties came to a disagreement
Brüning (leader of SDP) suggested on making further cuts to welfare benefits , but Müller refused to accept this. therefore Müller resigned and
Brüning became chancellor
popularity of the Weimar republic was decreasing once again
Why was Hitler able to become Chancellor
Appeal to hitler
the Nazis took advantage of the economic and financial problems of people in their campaign for the 1930-32 elections
they promised for a better future saying the Hitler was Germany's only hope.
They painted Hitler a powerful stance, making posters of him almost look supernatural and powerful
Hitler made sure to appeal to many groups by giving broad pledges like "make Germany strong" and "break the chains of Versailles" He poked tried to break the ideology of capitalism, pointing out that it was the workers who suffered from the failure and therefore lost their jobs due to the doing of businessmen
Nazis were sponsored by some wealthy businessmen to help promote their message
SA
in 1930, SA had
400,000 members
and their presence in Nazi Party rallies etc.
made Nazis look strong
At rallies Sa used lights and signs of power such as swords and flags to
appear strong
SA
disturbed the meetings
of political opponents
Sa used
violence
in elections of 1930 and 32 - threatened opponents - some people were killed - voters were intimidated
Propaganda
Propaganda was altered depending on
popular messages
and were changed if the response was not as planned
Nazis owned
8 different newspapers.
each aimed to sell the Nazi message in different ways to different groups
Huge rallies were held to demonstrate order, discipline, size and strength of Nazi party
Posters with clear and simple messages were printed, aimed at different groups
effects on german people
Young people
in 1933 50 % of 16-30 year olds were unemployed (even with good education)
Factory workers
4 out of 10 could not get a job They also suffered because unemployment benefits were reduced.
Farmers
Since mid-1920s Prices of goods had been falling. Many farmers were in dept
Due to these economic problems in rural areas, Farmers showed increasing support to Nazis. Nazis took advantage of the economic troubles faced by farers
Businessmen
those who managed to keep their businesses struggled as people either spent less or didn't spend on goods due to their economic struggles (unemployment and raised taxes)
Food prices were high and unemployed people could not afford to eat
Elections
July
1932 Nazis were the biggest party in Reichstag
with 230 seats (37.4% of votes)
In the same year, Hitler used the Presidential elections as a way to gain political reputation. In the end, he was beaten by Hindenburg. Despite this, hitler became a
major political figure
Brüning tried to use the decree to ban SA and SS as they were causing political unrest. However The Vicious Army leader (Von schleicher) convinced Hindenburg to sack Brüning as chancellor and replace him with army officers, rich landowners and industrialists.
Von Schleicher was determined to take control.
He assigned Von Papen to a head figure.
He gave Hitler a place in coalition. However he drastically underestimated Hitlers ability to manipulate people and situations
The coalition was weak and Hitler argued that he should be chancellor HOWEVER
Hindenburg refused as he hated Hitler
1932 Von Papen called another election
and although Nazis popularity had becreased their still had majority seats (190) so Von Papen resigned
1933 Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor