... called Sturmabteitung or SA (storm troopers). This group was formed from former members of the Frikorps and solders that had been de-mobbed after the First World War. In 1922 the foreign minister, Walter Ratenau was murdered the NSDAP were thought ...

... socialist party. During his inspection of the party, Hitler was impressed with Drexler's anti-Semitic, nationalist, anti-capitalist and anti-Marxist ideas, which favored a strong active government, a "non-Jewish" version of socialism and mutual solidarity of all members of society. Here Hitler also ...

... proud nation into humiliated, angry and bitter people, they all wanted to blame someone for Germanys defeat in the war. There were also many demobilised soldiers who still had their guns that were joining violent demonstrations against the war and ...

... all-time low. After the First World War, Germany was left with no leader and all the pride that the German people had once felt was gone. They were almost certainly feeling devastated, abandoned, depressed, disgraced and extremely annoyed. They would ...

... citizens had no say in how the country was run. There was no effective opposition to the Kaiser and during the war the situation got worse. Opposition leaders got imprisoned. Germany was ruled as a military dictatorship by the Kaiser ...

... up. This was all part of Hitler's plan, to become the leader of the supreme party in the Reichstag. This meant total power, and no opposition. This continued into 1935, when Hitler passed the Nuremberg Laws. These laws stated that: 1. "Marriages ...

... in schools for young Germans because they could have more influence on them. With all these Anti-Semite ideas, the Jewish race was considered to be even inferior than the Black race was considered (then called Negro). Nazis had several denigrating ideas ...

... autobahns also created jobs in the car manufacturing business; many people now needed a car to take advantage of these new motorways. This produced the Volkswagen or "people's car". Cutting the import of foreign cars, such as the Ford Model ...

... opposite of the Nazis' aims. Big business and the middle classes Many middle class business people were grateful to the Nazis for eliminating the communist threat to their businesses and properties. They also liked the way the Nazis seemed to bring order ...

... did well in getting Germany out of the problems in 1923. He was very successful in foreign politics as well. He managed to get frontiers on France Belgium, which was known as the Locarno Treaties (Involving Britain, France, and Italy) He ...

... consequence of the First World War and the payment showed that Germany was strong enough to pay huge penalties every year. The resuming of the payments of these reparations was the coming about of the Young and Dawes Plans. The ...

... Reichstag for the next 4 years, in other words it would give Hitler the power of a dictator. 8. Hitler persuaded the Reichstag to approve the enabling law by intimidating the voters at the election with armed SS & SA men. 9. ...

... so gained support and ultimately power. Many rebellions broke out, these were known as the putsch. There were many putsches, such as the Kapp Putsches, Munich Putsch and the Beer Hall Putsch. The Rise of the Nazi Party was achieved ...

... the fact that one's pride had been stolen did not exactly make life for the average German easier. For a moment when Stresemann was active, things were about to change to the better after he had re-established diplomatic relations with ...

... was burned down on 27 February 1933. This helped Hitler to gain a majority in the upcoming March election. The Nazis blamed the fire on the communists, specifically Van der Lubbe - and they claimed that he intended to spark ...

... the middle classes. The middle classes were wealthy and owned many of the businesses and factories, so the communists who were treated badly and were underpaid by the factory owners threatened the middle classes. This is why the middle classes ...

... this weakness would gain him support. The rural areas also had land taken away from them after the Treaty of Versailles, and Hitler publicly damning the treaty gave them the idea that Hitler would be the kind of leader who ...

... Knowing the events that led to the second war Mien Kampf could possibly be seen as an outline to Hitler's plans and so he did plan war. Also the fact that when Hitler became Chancellor, he made the people of ...

... of the conventional changes one links with an embryonic industrial society, also claiming that "the Nazis effectively anticipated an image of a society without the associated class differences". The Nazi citizens quoted about themselves, "United like no other in recent ...

... declined which meant pressure to join increased until membership became compulsory by 1936. Showing that the numbers of hearts and minds Hitler had 'won' did not satisfy as he felt the need to take away the choice to join the ...

... from the election campaign, and a shut down of many of their party offices. This enabled him to completely wipe out all opposition to him. These emergency powers were also known as the 'Decree for the Protection of People and ...

... in August 1934, Hitler announced that he would take on himself the offices of President and Chancellor. He named himself the Führer (meaning Leader and Reich Chancellor), and his dictatorship was now complete. Hitler did not just want to create ...

... this was more for show and the fact that the army would help in concentration camps and therefore wouldn't of approved of Jews being kept in the camps. The Nuremberg laws were the first sign of change in Nazis policy ...

... nation of all non-Nazi groups and coordinate them into one pure Nazi one. Different Historians have different views as to whether or not a social revolution was actually achieved. David Schoenbaum author of 'Hitler's Social Revolution' (1960) and Ralf Dahrendorff ...

... annual payments of reparations on a fixed scale this gave Germany a longer period in which to pay the reparations. It recommended the reorganization of the German State Bank (Reichsbank) under Allied supervision and that foreign loans, primarily from America, ...