Fascism in Germany

National Socialism in GermanyHWH UNIT 10CHAPTER 16.5The Weimar Republic (1919-1933)The ReichstagArticle 48Proportional RepresentationThe Social Democrats (SPD)

Party Distribution in the Reichstag, 1920The Spartacist League, 1919Rosa Luxemburg and Wilhelm Leibknecht

The Stab in the Back

The Freikorps

The Kapp Putsch, 1920Led by right-wing veterans Government wouldnt send in the armyCalled for a general strike

French Occupy the Ruhr, 1923

Hyperinflation, 1923-24

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

The Emergence of the Nazi Party(Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei or NSDAP)1919: German Workers Party (DAP)1920: NSDAPThe 25 PointsThe SA (Sturm Abteilung) or BrownshirtsErnst Rhm

The Beer Hall Putsch, 1923Peace and Prosperity?Stresemann and Fulfillment 1924Dawes Plan1925The Treaty of Locarno1926Germany joins the League of Nations1929Young PlanGREAT DEPRESSION

Hitlers Rise to PowerThrough LEGAL meansNazi popularityMay, 1924: 32 seatsDecember, 1924: 14 seats1924: The Dawes Plan1929: The Young PlanPresident Paul von Hindenburg, 1925-32Symbol of no confidence in the republicGREAT DEPRESSION 1929No majority in Reichstag, 1930-32Dominant parties wont cooperate (SPD, KPD, NSDAP)Article 48 enforced

Unemployment Nazi Seats in Reichstag1928650,000 1219291.3 millionno elections19303 million10819314.3 millionno elections19325.1 million 23019336.1 million 288German Unemployment and Nazi Popularity

Unemployment, 1930-38The elections of 1932 and 1933

Hitler runs for president, 1932Loses, but gets over 30% of the voteNazis win plurality, 1932Most Germans voted for parties bent on destroying the republicCoalition with the DNVPHitler as Chancellor, January, 1933Consolidation of Nazi Power, 1933The Reichstag Fire, February, 1933Elections, March, 1933The Enabling Act, March 1933Nazi Domination (Gleichshaltung), July, 1933

Hitler in PowerThe Fhrerprinzip

Consolidation of Power1934: Hindendburg dies1934: Blood Purge of the SA (The Night of the Long Knives)SA Membership1932: 400,0001934: 3,000,000The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspoliezi)Hermann GringThe SS (Schutzstaffel)Heinrich HimmlerAntisemitismNational boycott, April, 1933

Joseph GoebbelsPropaganda Minister

Nuremberg Rally, 1934

1935: The Nuremberg Laws

Kristallnacht, November 9, 1938