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The Nazis in the wilderness, 1924-29 - Coggle Diagram
The Nazis in the wilderness, 1924-29
Imprisonment
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realisation
- cannot seize power by force
- work within democracy and destroy after power has been seized
May 1924, fought in the Reichstag elections: 32 seats
- established Hitler Youth and the Nazi Students' League
The German People
- tried to appeal the workers
- however, the results of the 1928 elections proved the Nazi strategy wrong
- the Nazis gained only 12 Reichstag seats and only 1/4 of the Communist vote
- the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was winning as the majority of the German workers supported them
- and the remaining radical German workers were more interested in voting for the Communists
- urban industrial workers actually felt that they were doing fairly well under the rule of the Weimar Government up to 1929
- the Nazis had to change their strategy and target audience
- the Nazis started altering their strategy and found a more effective group to promote their ideologies
- these were the peasant farmers in northern Germany and the middle-class shopkeepers
- the Nazis promised a growth and boost in agriculture once they successfully seize power - this became very appealing to those peasant farmers
- once in a speech, an anti-Nazi German teacher recalled mainly lower-class workmen felt deeply empathised by Hitler's speech through whispers of 'he speaks for me...', 'god be thanked, he understands.'
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Lebensraum
- Hitler claimed that Germany was extremely overpopulated and exploited the angers of those families who were separated due to the territorial divisions by the Treaty of Versailles.
- gathering those who were passionate in reuniting with their families, Hitler claimed that the only way to solve the issue and take revenge on the Treaty of Versailles was to expand German territory. This was one of his big ambitions. This ideology was called the 'Lebensraum' (also, the Living Space)
Race and the Jews
- Hitler gethered patriotism amongst the people of Germany
- making people more passionate about the losses of Germany and the ultimate aim of recreating Germany's 'past glory'
- Hitler exploited the German people's madness over the economic and political issues in Germany, and blamed them all on foreigners and the Jews
- HItler claimed that the Jews were cunning businessmen who dominated the German market
- they were claimed to be the ones who were preventing the German economy from growing
Social Policies
- Hitler stood strongly by his beliefs. The most significant of which was National Socialism. This stood for loyalty to Germany, racial purity, equality, and state control of the economy
Economic Policies
- abolishing the Treaty of Versailles and revitalising the German economy