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DEPTH STUDY GERMANY: NAZI REGIME - 03. NAZI'S LITTLE SUCCESS
The document discusses the early success of the Nazi party in Germany. It notes that while the party made progress in organization and membership in its early years after 1919, it had little impact in elections initially. The Nazis received only 6.5% of the vote in their first national election in 1924. Later elections in 1928 saw their support decline further to just 2.6% as the German economy and political situation stabilized under Stresemann. While the Nazis appealed to specific groups frustrated with the Weimar Republic, they remained a small party with less than 30,000 members by 1925.
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- 1. DEPTH STUDY NAZI GERMANY HITLERDOMINATING GERMANY BY 1934 NAZI’s LITTLE SUCCESS 03
- 2. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY
- 3. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY LITTLEIMPACTINELECTIONS • NaziPartymaderealprogress intermsoforganisation,membership and finances. • Theimpactinelectionwasminimal. • Thepartywastoosmalltocontestthe1919 or1920elections. • NazishadtowaituntilMay1924beforetheycouldtesttheirnational popularity. • Inthefirstelectionsshowing Nazisachieved6.5%. • Theinitialsuccesswasattributedto Hitler’spublicityduringhistrialin March1924.
- 4. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY FIRSTDISSAPOINTMENTS • Itwasimpossible tobuildonthesupportintheelectionofDecember1924. • Forthe1928elections,theNaziscontinuedthedecline,dropping toasmall2.6%. • Thereasonforthislackofsuccesscanbefoundinthe improvementthatwas takingplaceatthesametimein theWeimarRepublic–economic, politicaland international.
- 5. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY OTHERPARTIES • Stresemannwasefficientin keepingGermanyoutsidetheeconomic turbulencesof1923. • Germanywaswellalongtheroadtorecovery. • Themoderatepartieswerethemainwinners. • Timeswereimproving, andtheGermanelectoratecouldseelittlereasonto switchtheirsupporttoanuntested,extremeright-wing partywhoseleader hadrecentlybeenconvictedofhigh treason.
- 6. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY NAZISWEREPOPULARWITHOTHERGROUPS MILITARY–who resentedtheendofthewarandthesmallGermanarmyafterTOV. MIDDLE CLASS–peoplethatsufferedfinanciallyafterthewar. BUSINESSES–peoplethatfearedthegrowth ofCommunism. BETRAYEDGERMANS–believingthatthegovernmentwastooweak,andtheyhad betrayedthepeopleinthepeaceprocessandtheTOV. FARMERS–becausefoodpriceswereverylow. UNEMPLOYED- sufferingasaresultoftheGreatDepressionandlookingforastrong leaderlikeHitler. ANTI-SEMITES- peopledislikingJews. THUGS– whofoundNazisviolentmethodsexciting.
- 7. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE –DEPTH STUDY: GERMANY NAZISWEREORGANISEDVERYWELL FewpeoplewerereallyinterestedintheNazisatthisstage. Therewerelessthan30,000membersby1925,andinthe1928elections,theNazis had13Reichstagmembers,comparedwith54Communistsand152Social Democrats.