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The Growth of Support for the Nazis - Coggle Diagram
The Growth of Support for the Nazis
Economic factors:
Germany in economic CRISIS
Other parties
Left and centre
few alternative proposals
Brüning´s cabinet on economic CRISIS
increase contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme
cut spending
reduce the levels of welfare payments
NAZIs
prepared to pledge themselves to provide work for all Germans,
(vague when explaining how)
Nationalist appea
l
DID NOT
win votes one
anti-Semitism ideology
racial doctrine
DID
attract votes
calls for national regeneration
calls for an end to class-based politics
Hitler
calls for a
Volkgemeinschaft
(a “people´s community”)
denunciations of the
Treaty of Versailles
and of the
“November Criminals”
who signed it
pledge to restore German honor (Germany's position in Europe)
Fear of Communism
German's were scared of
the emergence of workers soviets
a Bolshevik type regime in Germany
Nazis
emphasised opposition to Communism
underlining this with street attacks on alleged Communists
opposition to class-based politics
Linked
threats to Germany
world Jewish conspiracy
pledge to combat both
revolutionary Bolshevism
The Role of Hitler
voters believed that he was a selfless patriot
'German' who fought in WW1 and received the Iron Cross twice
a 'man of the people'
pledged to rid Germany of political in-fighting, bribery and self-interest.
eloquence as a
public speaker
communicate his message
get people on his side (and willing to fight)
charismatic performer
portray himself as ordinary
whilst possessing an extraordinary ability
A party of the future
presented an image of colour, of purpose and of unity
emblems and uniforms brought back memories of the pre-war period and of the war
disassociate
themselves from the unpopular
Weimar regime
Nazi organisation
1920s
establishing branches throughout Germany
Literature circulated targeting specific issues at particular groups
built up a formidable election machinery
financial solvency
, through the contributions , by 1932 had passed the half-million mark
