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Factors that attracted voters to support the Nazis - Coggle Diagram
Factors that attracted voters to support the Nazis
Economic Factors
Germany was in an economic crisis
Bruning, to deal with the crisis, had been ...
Reducing the welfare payments
increasing contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme
cutting government spending
A third of unemployed families had barely any income
Many feared being dismissed
Nazis said they would generate jobs for all Germans
Nationalist Appeal
People attracted to...
Calls for national regeneration
Hitler´s calls for a Volkgemeinschaft (a “people´s community”)
End to class-based politics
Hitler´s denunciations ...
Of the Treaty of Versailles
Of the “November Criminals” who signed it
Hitler´s promises...
He would work to restore German honour
He would restore Germany´s rightful position in Europe
Fear of Communism
Strong anti-Communist sentiments of the majority of the population increased
Nazis emphasised ...
their total opposition to Communism
refusal to class-based politics
Nazis organized street attacks on alleged Communists
They had linked together a world Jewish conspiracy with a revolutionary Bolshevism
The Role of Hitler
Voters believed that he was a selfless patriot concerned only to rescue the country
Had fought bravely for his adopted country in the First World War
twice been rewarded with the Iron Cross
man of the people,
pledging himself to rid Germany of political in-fighting, bribery and self-interest.
his eloquence as a public speaker
ability to mesmerise and to arouse an audience to a frenzy of approval for his message
considerable charisma as a performer
Tales abound of political opponents attending his meeting to heckle, and being carried along with the rest of the audience
A party of the future
presented an image of colour, of purpose and of unity
took great pains to disassociate themselves from the unpopular Weimar regime
government which would bring order instead of chaos, and expansion instead of humiliation
their propaganda and sense of theatre were totally modern
Nazi organisation
spent a lot of time in the late 1920s establishing branches throughout Germany
Literature was produced and circulated with a careful eye to targeting specific issues at particular groups of voters
had achieved financial solvency, through the contributions it levied on its membership
By1932 had passed the half-million mark