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Rise of Hitler - Coggle Diagram
Rise of Hitler
Conditions of Germany
Public Disatisfication with Treaty of Versailles
Loss of European, African, Aspen territories
Widespread Resentment
Series of betrayal
Durign war they were told that they were winning
Defeat seemed sudden (stabbed in the back myth)
Pay reparations
War Guilt Clause
Possiblity of resolution to achive Germany's Recovery
Unclear initially if it wold be a left/communist or right/fascist revolution
Weimer Republic
Allows for a president with emergency powers
Rule by decree + ignore parliament
Reichstag (parliament) formed by proportional representation
Lead to Coalition government
Unstable
Hyperinflation resulting from french occupation of Rutir Vally (1923 - 24)
1 mark = 7,500 USD (Jan 1923)
1 mark = 4 trillion USD (Oct 1923)
Methods
Role of leaders
Hitler shifted Nazi method to make use of parlimentary system
Criticzed for making himself more important than the party - Cult of personality
Propaganda
Persuasion & Coercion
Use of force
SA: Storm troopers
Nazi paramilitary force that target communists
Recruited young, unemployed men
Freikorps
WWI veterans that publicly attacked communists
Munich Putsch (1923) -
Right wing attemp to ober throw Weimer gov't - Hitler go to prison (TURNING POINT OF HIS METHODS)
Failure? - elevated Hitler after his trial became national spectactle
Wrote Mein Kompf (book) + Cult of personality former