HIST 1F90 : Hitler's Germany Notes For Essay.docx

• School: Brock University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1F90
• Professor: Elizabeth Vlossak

Document Summary

1921: national socialist german workers party (nsdap or nazi party); creation of the sa ( brown shirts ) Hitler is imprisoned and writes mein kampf ( my struggle ) To gain power hitler must exploit the instruments of democracy. Hitler incorporates military attitudes and techniques into politics; Use of uniforms, salutes, emblems, flags, various symbols; Frenzied denunciations of the versailles treaty, marxism, the republic, and jews. Elections of 1928: nsdap receives only 2. 6% of vote (810,000 votes) Depression hits leads to massive unemployment. 1930: 6. 4 million votes (107 seats in the reichstag) July 1932 elections: nazi party largest in reichstag, but still no majority. 30 jan. 1933 hitler appointed chancellor. March 1933 elections: 288 (out of 647) seats go to nazi deputies. Army ties itself to nazi party soldiers must swear oath to hitler. Economic policies to combat unemployment and make germany into an unstoppable war machine.