Cox's Ib History Plan Hitler Rise

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Introduction:

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Hitler rose to powerful through his popular opposition to the Weimar government and ability to manipulate the unstable political system.

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Themes

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1- Individual & Party Strengths
2- Force
3- Weakness of Gov.
4- Weakness of Opposition
5- Propaganda

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Individual & Party Strengths- Nazi Votes

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July 1932, Nazis won 37% of vote, Nazi voters goes from 0.8mil in 1928 to 6.4mil in 1930, after the Great Depression

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Individual & Party Strengths- Nazi Demographics

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Well organized in the regions & est. associations mostly spanning society

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Individual & Party Strengths- Bravery

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Hitler won Iron crosses in WWI

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Individual & Party Strengths- Closing Sentence

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Hitler’s ability to popularize the Nazi party allowed him to win the elections for his party to become the dominant power in the Reichstag, beating their own political system.

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Force- Reckless Group

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Brown Shirts under Ernst Rohm

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Force- demolished Gov.

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Reichstag Fire, blammed on von der Lubbe

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Force- Purging Hitler's Brown Shirts

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Night of the Long Knives (done by the Black Shirts)

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Force- Closing Sentence

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Unlike other dictators, Hitler used more subtle than excessive force, employing secret police and underhand tactics to remove opposition and unruly members that would tarnish the Nazi’s image

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Weakness of Government- Instable & Weak

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Instability Weak & didn’t stand up to Treaty of Versailles, seen by many patriots as a disgrace & the cause for the war due to Wilhelm’s flee; six changes in gov. during 1924-1929

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Weakness of Government- Location

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Weimar outside of Capital

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Weakness of Government- Poor Leadership

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Ebert had no experience in controlling something as large as Germany – Hyperinflation, 5 million umeployed Germans

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Weakness of Government- Closing Sentence

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Hitler manipulated the Weimar Republic which was riddled with incompetence and poor judgment, to rise to power.

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Weakness of Opposition- Reichstag's Ineffectiveness

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Reichstag v. President: (Pres. Paul von Hindenburg)1930- 5 Presidential Decree Laws & 98 Reichstag Laws (sat 94 days) 1931- 44 Pres. & 34 Reich (sat 42 days)

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Weakness of Opposition- Fear of Communism

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Communists had no solid membership: 1930- 145,00 joined but 95,000 left
Ebert(other Marxist party)’s gov. suppressed communist risings 1919-23

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Weakness of Opposition- Members of Current Government

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Hindenburg’s age: old (president), Von Papen: naïve

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Weakness of Opposition- Closing Sentence

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As the fledgling government was unable to govern the nation, they were forced to yield more and more power to Hitler’s rising, popular, Nazi party.

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Propaganda- Hitler''s Philosophy

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Mein Kampf, Trials after Munich Putsch

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Propaganda- Rallies

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Nurembourg Rallies- feature's Hitler's Oratory Skills

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Propaganda- Mastermind

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Joeseph Goebells- created Radio Distribution, ect.

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Propaganda- Closing Sentence

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Hitler capitalized on his public trial and Nationalistic appeal to further his political campaign.

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Clever Twist

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It was said that “Hitler’s Nazi party would fall as quickly as it would rise,” due to the instability of Hitler’s campaign base and the necessity of intense nationalism and dislike for the ruling government.