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History Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - hyperinflation
      - political instability
      - social issues in Germany etc
    - - rebranded the party
      - bought a newspaper
      - established 25 point programme
      - created SA (nazi 'army')
- - - - the road to office lay through legal methods via the ballot box
      - German people would not follow the Italian example
- - - - many lost jobs
      - hunger, poverty, homelessness
      - businesses closed
      - people had less money to spend, even on essentials
      - gov raised taxes in order to pay for looking after the increasing no. of poor people
      - 1933- over half Germans between age 16-30 were unemployed
        60% uni graduates couldn't get a job
      - farmers who already weren't doing well slipped further into debt
      - by 1932 - 40% of all factory workers were unemployed
      - gov cut unemployment benefit to save money.
      - 15% got nothing when unemployed
    - - they seemed to have no idea about the problems of rising unemployment+growing poverty
      - little success getting Germany out of depression
      - gov was more scared of what would happen if there was another period of inflation than it was of unemployment
      - chancellor raised taxes, cut wages, reduced unemployment benefit
        German people were angry
      - policies which led to disastrous inflation in 1923 also caused collapse of gov - social democrats withdrew from coalition
      - chancellor fell back on article 48
        Germany now ruled by presidential decree
        president seemed to be well past his prime
    - - people thought Weimar gov was making a hopeless mess of the situation
      - people started becoming more involved in politics
      - extremist parties said they could solve all the problems
      - Nazis blamed Weimar Republic, Treaty of Versailles, Marxists+Jews
      - Nazis promised to get rid of 'the enemy within' who was destroying Germany
- - - - restricted people's free speech
      - restricted freedom of the press
      - could not gather in groups to discuss anything
      - you could be imprisoned w/o trial
      - they could open your mail+read it
      - could search your homes+go in w/o a warrant
      - could have property confiscated
      - reduced powers of state gov
  - - - because catholic traditional individuals didn't like how Germany had changed over the years
      - Hitler told the Catholic traditional individuals he would make Germany more traditional again
      - centre party scared of Hitler as he used intimidation tactics
      - Hitler said he would protect the Roman Catholic Church
- - - - Hitler combines office of president and Chancellor to become the Fuhrer
      - no new president elected
      - Hitler has power over every party+state, he decided policy, made laws and controlled foreign policy
      - Hitler became commander and chief of Armed forces where officers+men took an oath of allegiance to Hitler, who was mentioned by name in the oath.
    - - SA have around 1 million men by 1934
        Ernst Rohm - Leader of SA
        Ex soldiers in SA, failed soldiers, outsiders of society, ex freikorps, unemployed people, all angry, some mentally unstable
      - SA thinks they deserve a reward for securing Hitler's power
        they expect Hitler to repay them in some way
        they think so far its only stage 1 of a revolution
      - SA want to overthrow rich, right wing who they hate
        Hitler owes his support to rich people who backed him so he can't
        get rid of them like the SA want
        they want better quality of life
        they want their money+power
      - SA wants to join the army now and wants Ernst Rohm to lead it
        SA and army are clashing
        Hindenberg in control of the army at the moment
        Army doesn't want to be under command of Ernst Rohm
      - SA want the German army gone Hitler can't do that, he needs them
        Hitler's long term goals are to take over europe
        Hitler needs army as he needs experienced generals
        army is more useful to him than uncoordinated, untrained SA