AS History Unit 2: Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1945

1. AS History Unit 2: Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1945

2. expectations • Bring lesson notes to class • Keep organised notes • Homework/reading prep to be completed and bought to the lesson • You might consider buying the exam board book

3. Unit 2 – understanding of change over a short period studied in depth • Source based unit • Sit one written paper – 1 hour 30 minutes • 50% of your total AS marks • 25% of your total A level mark

4. Unit 2: Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1945 Topics: • 1) The Nazi Consolidation of Power (1933-1934) • 2) Nazi propaganda and Mass Indoctrination • 3) Nazi Organisation and the co-ordination of German Society • 4) The impact of war on the German people (1939-1945)

5. 30th January 1933

6. 3 key questions • Why did Hitler come to power? • How did Hitler come to power? • Why did people vote for the Nazis/who voted for the Nazis? The answers to these key questions should form the basis of your background knowledge for this unit. You should have some idea based on your GCSE studies

7. How and why did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany in January 1933? • Nazi party founded by Anton Drexler in 1919 as the German Workers’ Party • In 1920 assumed the name National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) (NSDAP) or Nazi Party for short • Throughout the 20s they were a fringe party preaching about the reversal of the Treaty of Versailles, hatred of Communists and Jews, the need for Lebensraum and a social revolution • In 1923 the attempt to overthrow the Weimer Republic (Munich Putsch) but fail miserably and Hitler ends up in prison and writes Mein Kampf • After this the party attempts to follow a more ‘legal’ approach, using elections • In the 1928 election the NSDAP polled only 2.6% vote

8. Reich minister for the Interior commented in 1927: That the Nazis were: • ‘a numerically insignificant…radical revolutionary splinter group incapable of exerting any noticeable influence on the great masses of the population and the course of political events.’

9. 5 years later • 1932 – 37.3% of seats in the Reichstag • 30th January 1933 Hitler is offered the position of Chancellor of Germany • Hitler was to head up a Nazi-nationalist coalition government • In which there would be 2 other Nazis (Frick and Goring) in a cabinet of 12 • Why did this happen?

10. Use p.2-8 of your Layton textbook to complete the spider diagram Economic Collapse Fear of Communism Why did the Nazis come to power in January 1933? Failure of Weimar Republic Nazi Organisation and tactics Ext. Task – can you create any links between the causes? Which do you think was most significant in bringing the Nazis to power?

11. Economic Collapse Wall Street Crash 1929 Depression 1930 What impact did this have on the Weimer Republic? Fear of Communism Why did the Nazis come to power in January 1933? Failure of Weimar Republic WWI and Treaty of Versailles Hostility of German elites Limited base of support Nazi Organisation and tactics Methods Hitler’s character

12. Homework Print the course welcome pack off moodle and read through it (password: Nazigermany1)

13. Podcasts • Set Weimar Germany podcasts as an early homework? They summarise some notes with prompt questions • http://www.thehistoryfaculty.org/search-pods