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kaiser Abdicates
Germany is in a state of chaos during war
Kaisers turns down the allies offer for peace
revolts occured - so he abbdicated -
Armistice WW1
Germany was virtually bankrupt
war had created divisions in society
600, 000 widows -
Weimar Goverment
free elections take place for 1st time -
German Workers Party
Anton Drexler founded the German Workers Party in 1919- had strong nationalistic views and was anti-sematic -
Hitler asked to Join
Hitler had been a spy for the goverment looking at outer goverment parties, he was keen on this pary and was asked to join in September 1919 -
25 Points
This speech, Hitler spoke about twenty-five points of the German Worker's Party. Some were to abolish treaty of Versailles, a Greater Germany, Eastern expansion, exclusion of Jews from citizenship. -
Nazi Party
Name was changed to National Socialist German Workers party (Nazi) so that it appealed to a broader range of German Citizens -
Chairmen
Hitler was ellected Chairmen of Nazi group. He became the sole leader of this orgainisation all decisions made by him. He brought out his views stronger than before and introduced the SA to attack other partys. Saw this group as a was to overthrow the Weimar Goverment. -
Hyperinflation
ended in 1923 Money became worthless as Greman goverment printed more and more to repay debts
starvation and ANGER -
Ruhr
Miss 1922 Payment
French and belgians troops enter Gremany to take raw materials and goods to repay treaty of versailles
people stop producing (passive resistance)-this does not hekllp economy-GERMANY FAILS -
Party Grew
The french and Beligiums cam to Ruhr to take the rest or reparation payments. This caused chaos in German, the KPD (communist party) attempted a revolution. Reactions made the Nazi party member count grow to 20, 000 -
Stressman Chancellor
he became leader of Weimar goverment
Calls off pasive resistance
renegotiates traety of Versailles
Create new currnency (end hyperinflation) -
Munich Putsch
This was an attempted revolution that failed miserably. Hitler interupted a goverment meeting saying he was going to take over. Nazi storm troopers began taking over official buildings but were soon stopped by the police that killed around 16 Nazis. Hitler was arrested -
Hitler In jail after Putsch
It was meant to be a life sentance
charged 5 yrs of which he served 9mths
in this time he wrote Mein kampf (soon besteller) and decided to gain power legally -
Nazi Party starts power
Nazi gained 32 seats in Reichstag
continue to increse supporters by appealing to workers however this group was oalrwady represented by various parys eg SPD. So they tergetted peasant farmers and middle class shop owners.
