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Hitler's Rise to Power (Introduction (Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph…

- - - - the role this played in exacerbating the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic
  - - - wanted to use Hitler and Nazi popular support to collapse the Weimar democracy in their interests
- - - - solutions?
        
        Dawes Plan
        
        Young Plan
        
        ironically, these loans from the US worsened the effect of the Great Depression on Germany in 1929
      - why?
        
        TOV denied Germany access to many of her key resources
        
        TOV forced Germany to pay large reparations
        
        French invaded the Ruhr and industrial strikes were called
        
        Weimar printed more money to combat above points
        
        led to hyperinflation
    - - people were more eager to support radical parties like the Nazis
  - - - president of Weimar Republic could suspend parliament and rule by decree (in an emergency)
      - Hitler later used this fundamental weakness of the constitution to establish a right wing dictatorship in conjunction with the Reichstag Fire
    - - led to multiple short lived weak coalition governments
        
        1924-1929: 6 coalition governments
      - undermined the credibility of the Weimar Republic
      - coalition consisted of a range of parties - could not agree on anything
    - - new Weimar Republic had to take on the blame of (because set up right after war)
        
        the defeat of WWI
        
        the humiliation of TOV
      - right wing and nationalistic elements in Germany resented the fact that
        
        the Weimar Republic accepted the TOV
        
        they forced German troops to quit the war in 1918
        
        many felt that the Republic had stabbed Germany in the back
  - - - Germany had been defeated in WWI not because of military weakness but because the Socialists, Catholics and Jews had stabbed Germany in the back with their revolution in 1918
    - - he emphasised that these groups had stabbed Germany in the back during his election campaigns
      - led to him gaining support from the right
- - - - by 1932: 6 million unemployed
    - - beginning of 1930s: government agreed to cut government spending to cope with falling tax revenue
      - Bruning set up public work schemes to counter high unemployment rates - too little too late
    - - began to look to more radical parties, such as the Nazis, for a solution
- - - - von Papen had failed out of favour with the people of the Weimar Republic
      - von Schleicher's land reform worries President Hindenburg
        
        in January 1933, Hindenburg decided to get rid of von Schleicher and bring in the Nazis to stabilised German politics
        
        von Papen had suggested this idea - von Papen as Vice Chancellor as a way to control Hitler
        
        later turned out that they could not control Hitler
        
        1933: Hitler appointed Chancellor by Hindenburg
    - - he called for fresh elections in March
      - SA began to attack their political opponents
        
        offices were raided
        
        meetings were attacked and members were beaten up
      - to ensure that the military did not intervene - Hitler promised to tear up the TOV
  - - - enabled him to arrest/execute majority of communists
    - - allowed Hitler to suspend parliament
  - - - SA surrounded parliament and threatened politicians in voting in favour
      - law was passed
        
        Hitler could now pass a law without seeking the approval of Parliament
        
        gave Hitler emergency powers for a year
        
        Hitler began banning all other political parties and arresting political opponents
- - - - wrong - Hitler outmanoeuvred the government and established a single party state
        
        able to do because of his position as chancellor