Full set of notes on the German Depth Study KQ2 - Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934. Includes fully evaluation of their failures and successes of the Munich Putsch, as well as a timeline of events (each analysed and evaluated). This document helped me achieve a Grade 9 at GCSE.
DSKQ2 Why Was Hitler Able to Dominate Germany by
1934
The Beginning of the Nazi’s
Adolf Hitler
- Born in in Austria in 1889
- Father was a civil servant
- Hitler wanted to be an artist
- Rejected by Vienna art school
- Lived as a tramp for several years
- Joined the German Army in 1914
- Awarded Iron Cross for bravery
The Nazi Party
- Founded in 1919 as the German Workers Party (DAP) and based in Munich
- Founder was Anton Drexler
- A very small party – only around 50 members in 1920
- Policies included making Bavaria (south Germany) into a separate country
What did the Nazi’s stand for in the 1920s?
- Destroy the Weimar Republic
- Destroy Marxism (communism)
- Challenge terror and violence with terror and violence
- Remove Jews from all positions of leadership in Germany
- No non-Germans to be newspaper editors
- Educate gifted children at the expense of the State
- Increase the old age pension
- Strong Central Government
- Nationalise important industries
- Conquer Lebensraum
- Rearm Germany
- Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
, The Munich Putsch
Why did Hitler decide to launch an uprising in November 1923?
- November 1923 was the height of the hyperinflation crisis in Germany
- Hitler believed that the Weimar Government was crumbling, and that people
would support a party like his taking over
- Hitler also believed he had the support of local council in Bavaria
- Gustav Kahr, Bavarian Minister had been heard plotting against the
Government himself
- Hitler thought he had the support of the army
- An important ex-General, Ludendorff, supported Hitler’s plans
- It was though that the army would support the Putsch if Ludendorff was
involved
The Plan
- Hitler would go to the Beer Hall where Gustav Kahr (the Bavarian Minister)
was giving a speech
- The SA would control the crowd while Hitler took Kahr and the other ministers
- Hitler would force Kahr to support him at gunpoint
- They would then go to the town hall and declare a new Government for
Bavaria, separate from Weimar Germany
- Ludendorff would get the army in Bavaria to support them
- The Bavarian army would march to Berlin and take over Germany
What Went Wrong?
- Hitler never really had enough support to pull it off in the first place
- The Nazi party only had 3000 members – not enough to take over Germany
- Ludendorff was late – even at gunpoint Kahr and the ministers wouldn’t
support Hitler because they thought he was lying about Ludendorff supporting
him
- This wasted several hours, until Ludendorff finally showed up
- Ludendorff allowed Kahr and the ministers to go home “to see their wives” –
assuming this would be ok
- The ministers immediately contacted the Weimar Government in Berlin, who
mobilised the army
- The SA came under heavy gunfire when they tried to take over the Bavarian
army barracks – this was no expected
- With everything falling apart, Hitler, Ludendorff and the SA decided to march
to the town hall – the army was waiting
- 16 Nazi’s were killed in the fighting
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