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National Socialism in Germany

National Socialism in Germany. HWH UNIT 10 CHAPTER 16.5. The Weimar Republic (1919-1933). The Reichstag Article 48 Proportional Representation The Social Democrats (SPD). Party Distribution in the Reichstag, 1920. The Spartacist League, 1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Leibknecht.

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National Socialism in Germany

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  1. National Socialism in Germany HWH UNIT 10 CHAPTER 16.5

  2. The Weimar Republic (1919-1933) • The Reichstag • Article 48 • Proportional Representation • The Social Democrats (SPD)

  3. Party Distribution in the Reichstag, 1920

  4. The Spartacist League, 1919Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Leibknecht

  5. The Freikorps The “Stab in the Back”

  6. The Kapp Putsch, 1920 • Led by right-wing veterans • Government wouldn’t send in the army • Called for a general strike

  7. French Occupy the Ruhr, 1923

  8. Hyperinflation, 1923-24

  9. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

  10. The Emergence of the Nazi Party(Nationalsozialistische Deutsche ArbeiterPartei or NSDAP) • 1919: German Workers Party (DAP) • 1920: NSDAP • The 25 Points • The SA (Sturm Abteilung) or Brownshirts • Ernst Röhm

  11. The Beer Hall Putsch, 1923

  12. Peace and Prosperity? • Stresemann and “Fulfillment” • 1924 • Dawes Plan • 1925 • The Treaty of Locarno • 1926 • Germany joins the League of Nations • 1929 • Young Plan • GREAT DEPRESSION

  13. Hitler’s Rise to Power • Through LEGAL means • Nazi popularity May, 1924: 32 seats December, 1924: 14 seats • 1924: The Dawes Plan • 1929: The Young Plan • President Paul von Hindenburg, 1925-32 • Symbol of no confidence in the republic • GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 • No majority in Reichstag, 1930-32 • Dominant parties won’t cooperate (SPD, KPD, NSDAP) • Article 48 enforced

  14. German Unemployment and Nazi Popularity UnemploymentNazi Seats in Reichstag 1928 650,000 12 1929 1.3 million no elections 1930 3 million 108 1931 4.3 million no elections 1932 5.1 million 230 1933 6.1 million 288

  15. Unemployment, 1930-38

  16. Hitler runs for president, 1932 Loses, but gets over 30% of the vote Nazis win plurality, 1932 Most Germans voted for parties bent on destroying the republic Coalition with the DNVP Hitler as Chancellor, January, 1933 The elections of 1932 and 1933

  17. Consolidation of Nazi Power, 1933 • The Reichstag Fire, February, 1933 • Elections, March, 1933 • The Enabling Act, March 1933 • Nazi Domination (Gleichshaltung), July, 1933

  18. Hitler in Power The Führerprinzip

  19. Consolidation of Power • 1934: Hindendburg dies • 1934: “Blood Purge” of the SA (The Night of the Long Knives) • SA Membership • 1932: 400,000 • 1934: 3,000,000 • The Gestapo (GeheimeStaatspoliezi) • Hermann Göring • The SS (Schutzstaffel) • Heinrich Himmler • Antisemitism • National boycott, April, 1933

  20. Joseph Goebbels Propaganda Minister

  21. Nuremberg Rally, 1934

  22. 1935: The Nuremberg Laws

  23. Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938

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