HAEC IB History 03 Hitler's emergence and consolidation

12

Seats won by the NSDAP in the 1928 election

Wall Street Crash

Event that led to the Great Depression

107

Seats won by the NSDAP in the 1930 election

Neidenburg

Town in East Prussia which saw the Nazi vote increase from 2% in 1928 to 25% in 1930 despite there being no NSDAP organisation in the town (and therefore no propaganda).

6 million

Number of unemployed Germans by 1932.

5 to 66

The number of decrees passed by Hindenburg using Article 48 in 1930 and 1932.

98 to 5

The number of laws passed by the Reichstag in 1930 and 1932.

Schleicher

The Chancellor who came immediately before Hitler.

Papen

The former Chancellor who made a deal with Hitler in January 1933.

Hindenburg

The President who appointed Hitler Chancellor in January 1933.

27 February 1933

The date of the Reichstag Fire.

Decree for the Protection of People and State

The proper name of the Reichstag Fire Decree.

4,000

The number of communists arrested using the Reichstag Fire Decree.

44%

The percentage of seats won by the NSDAP in the 5 March 1933 elections.

23 March 1933

The date the Enabling Act was passed.

Other political parties

Banned by Hitler, using the Enabling Act, on 14 July 1933.

Ernst Röhm

Leader of the SA, executed during the Night of the Long Knives.

30 June 1934

The date of the Night of the Long Knives.

400

The number of people killed on the Night of the Long Knives.

Führer

Hitler's new title after the death of President Hindenburg.

A.J.P. Taylor

'If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power.'

Kershaw

'Without the changed conditions ... Hitler would have remained a nobody.'

Bullock

'Hitler was jobbed into power by backstairs intrigue.'

Goebbels

'Propaganda was our sharpest weapon in conquering the state.'

Eddy and Lancaster

The Reichstag Fire Decree 'became the foundation on which Nazi rule rested.'