Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party

1. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party To learn how Adolf Hitler gained power within the Nazi Party To learn how he reorganised the Nazi Party

2. In the back of your books, write down as many words as you can associated with Germany

3. Adolf Hitler Joins The GWP • In September 1919, he attended a meeting of the German Worker's Party (GWP). The army feared that this new party, led by Anton Drexler, might be advocating communist revolution.. He approved of Drexler's German nationalism and anti-Semitism but was unimpressed with the way the party was organized. Hitler could not restrain himself when a member made a point he disagreed with, and he stood up and made a passionate speech on the subject.

4. Hitler Joins The GWP • Drexler was impressed with Hitler's abilities as an orator and invited him to join the party. At first Hitler was reluctant, but urged on by his commanding officer, Captain Karl Mayr, he eventually agreed. He was only the fifty-fourth person to join the GWP. Hitler was immediately asked to join the executive committee and was later appointed the party's propaganda manager.

5. Explain how Hitler became important within the GWP quickly

6. Hitler Rises Within The NDSAP • Hitler influenced new policies within the NDSAP • The leaders now began to feel that he was too valuable to lose • The rise in membership was attributed to Hitler

7. Hitler Re-organises The Nazi Party • Hitler realised that one of the major weaknesses of the Nazi Party was that it did not really have a centralised leadership • The Nazi Party was run regionally • Hitler re-organised the Party and centralised all power around himself • He also made himself clearly identifiable as the leader of the Party

8. Storm Troopers (SA) • Hitler formed his own private army called Sturm Abteilung (Storm Section). The SA (also known as stormtroopers or brownshirts) were instructed to disrupt the meetings of political opponents and to protect Hitler.

9. Why did Hitler’s SA give him greater power?