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Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship c.1918-1945

The early Nazi party and the Munich Putsch

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SA and state its purpose, three groups the early Nazis blamed for Germany's condition and mein Kampf and summarise what it sets out.

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How did the putsch end?

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Describe Mein Kampf and summarise what it sets out.

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What was the German Workers' Party, and who founded it?

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  1. 1

    What was the German Workers' Party, and who founded it?

    Model answer

    A tiny nationalist and anti-Semitic group founded in Munich in 1919 by Anton Drexler, which Hitler was sent to investigate and then joined.

  2. 2

    When did the party take the name National Socialist German Workers' Party?

    Model answer

    In 1920, when it also adopted the swastika emblem and the Twenty-Five Point Programme.

  3. 3

    Give four demands of the Twenty-Five Point Programme.

    Model answer

    The destruction of the Treaty of Versailles, the union of all Germans in one greater Germany, the exclusion of Jews from citizenship, and land for settlement, alongside socialist-sounding demands such as the confiscation of war profits.

  4. 4

    Why did Munich suit the young Nazi party so well?

    Model answer

    Bavaria had a right-wing state government hostile to Berlin, a police and judiciary tolerant of nationalist agitation, and a large population of embittered ex-soldiers.

  5. 5

    Describe the SA and state its purpose.

    Model answer

    The Sturmabteilung or stormtroopers, formed in 1921 to protect Nazi meetings and to break up those of their opponents, giving the party a paramilitary presence on the streets.

  6. 6

    How did Hitler become the party's leader?

    Model answer

    In 1921 he threatened to resign unless he was given dictatorial control of the party, and the members, who could not do without his speaking, agreed.

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