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Hitler's rise to power, 1929-1933
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Economic Crisis
Wall Street Crash
Unemployment
1932 = 6m
Lower wages
Poverty, hunger and
homelessness
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Violence
1932 SA = 600,000
Organised violent attacks on political
opponents esp. the Communists. Appealed to the disillusioned
young.
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Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels
Posters, pamphlets and newspapers. Hitler's
speeches at mass rallies.
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Ordinary Germans
See earlier work on the broad appeal
of the Nazis. Offered a vision of a confident, powerful Germany and a
scapegoat in the Jews.
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The Ruling Classes
Elite groups (army officers,
industrialists etc.) had never had much sympathy for Weimar democracy.
The Nazis promised to be a barrier to communism. This elite helped pay
for the Nazi campaign.
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P.R. = Coalition
Government = Article 48 = Hindenburg rules by decree
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Nationalist Support
Jan 1933 von Papen does a deal with
Hitler. Hitler to be Chancellor in a government dominated by the
Nationalist Party
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March
1930--November 1932 Three Chancellors
Bruning, von
Papen and von Schleicher
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Hitler becomes Chancellor
30 Jan 1933
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