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Lesson 8 – The 1933 Elections

Explore how the Nazi party gained support through propaganda in the 1933 elections. Evaluate speeches, documents, and party platforms to understand voter motivations.

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Lesson 8 – The 1933 Elections

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  1. Lesson 8 – The 1933 Elections Agenda Learning Outcome D: Understand how all parts German society were able to turn to the Nazi party despite their aggressive and dangerous rhetoric. • Finish Nazi Propaganda Activity • Discuss • Introduce 1933 Election Activity • HW Time

  2. Finish Nazi Propaganda Actions Purpose To understand the support of the Nazi party and how they created it. • Evaluate the Nazi Propaganda and answer the questions on the last several pages. • Write the short paragraph • Be prepared to discuss as a class

  3. Review and discussion • Document A • When was the speech delivered? What is the purpose of the speech? • What did Hitler mean when he said “I wish to thank Him who allowed me to return to my homeland so that I could return it to my German Reich!” • What are 2 reasons Hitler gave for Germans to vote in favor of annexation? • What specific phrases are designed to convince a potential voter to vote yes on April 10, 1938?

  4. Continued • Document B • Why was this document created? • When did Germans vote on annexing Austria? When did German troops move into Austria? • What specific details of the image do you think were intended to convince voters to vote yes on April 10, 1938? • What images in this poser relate to Hitler’s speech?

  5. Continued • Document C • How many questions did the ballot ask voters to vote on? • Why do you think the circle for “yes” than the circle for “no”? • What specific details of the ballot help to influence the voters’ choice?

  6. 1933 Election Actions Purpose To understand how the Germans would see the Nazis as a solution not a problem. • Read the party platforms of the three major parties: highlight important points. • Read the case studies and decide what party they would vote for and fill in the table. • Be sure to give specific reasons for your choices.

  7. Case Study Answers • HAUPTMANN: employed factory worker; SDStatus quo not great, but better than alternatives; disagrees with colleagues who are more for worker rights • MUNCHEN: middle-class shop owner; NAnti-Communist, would lose shop; anti-Weimar, economic policies hurt middle class • SCHMIDT: unemployed factory worker; CAnti-Weimar (SD); economic policies not helping workers; favors worker rights • SCHULTZ: peasant farmer; NAgainst Versailles Treaty (loss of land and population, border change); anti-Communist, would lose farm • STRUTS: career military; NAgainst Versailles treaty (demobilization); nationalistic • VON KOHLER: attorney; wealthy; SD or NNationalistic; prefers rule of law; anti-Communist • VON RONHEIM: factory executive; wealthy; NAgainst Versailles treaty; especially anti-Communist (would lose factory)

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