HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 34 Outline of Last Lecture I Building Socialism in one country A The first five year plan B Collectivizing agriculture II Stalin s dictatorship the price paid Outline of Current Lecture I Peaceful interlude Weimar 1924 29 A Constitution established in Weimar B Gustav Stressemann 1 Dominant politician from 1924 29 2 Supported the old royalty 3 Signs 1925 Locarno Treaty i Affirms Germany s agreement that Western borders are permanent ii Result 1926 Germany joins the League of Nations C Dawes Plan 1924 1 Provided loans and investment into the German economy D Young Plan 1929 1 Provided loans and investment into the German economy II Great Depression crisis and paralysis A Manufacturing crisis 1 By 1931 unemployment over 5 and a half million B Government does not respond effectively 1 Government cuts taxes and balances the budget 2 You actually want to increase taxes C Civil violence D Different political parties organizing militias III Why the Nazi s A Conservative Elites 1 Von Papen i Go to Hindenberg and want to establish a coalition government with Hitler as head ii Hitler will do the dirty work These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV iii Hindenberg agrees 2 1933 Hitler appointed as chancellor legally B Why did the Nazi s become so powerful 1 BY 1941 has SA very powerful i Leader was E Roehm 2 1923 Beer Hall Putsch i Declares that there is a revolution about to take over 3 Hitler is arrested 5 year sentence i 1928 released and decides he has to be voted into power 4 1932 Nazi s become most powerful party i Hitler is famous for fanatical racism ii Nazi s pledged to restore German greatness put German s back to work iii Unity of German nation zealous nationalism iv Helps that Nazi s were dominated by young energetic men 5 Reichstag fire i Hitler declares that it is a conspiracy by the German Communist party ii This outlaws communist party round all communists up and put them in political camps 6 Enabling Act March 23 gives Hitler emergency powers suspends due process i Purges the civil service ii Dismantles political system bans each political party iii Hitler was only still afraid of the army only thing that could challenge his power 7 E Roehm i Wants SA to be the new German army ii Night of the long knives SA leadership arrested and killed Hitler s oldest friend Roehm executed for threatening army leadership iii Army indicates full approval of Hitler 8 Hindenberg dies and army decides Hitler will assume Hindenberg s position Hitler consolidates power
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