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GCSE Schools History ProjectEnquiry in Depth: Germany, 1919–45for his ideas and, more importantly, he decided the Nazis would have to participate in the democraticprocess and gain power legally. So in the long term, Hitler benefited from the failed putsch.Question 5Answers may include any three from the following:• The Aryan race (white northern Europeans) was a ‘master race’. Other races, especially theJews, were inferior.• The Treaty of Versailles should be abolished.• All German-speaking people should be united and Germany’s military strength rebuilt.• Extra living space was needed for Germany’s future expansion and this would be found inPoland and Russia.• Democracy was weak and Germany needed a strong central government under one strongleader, a Führer to whom total loyalty would be required.Question 6The period from 1924 to 1928 was one of economic recovery. Things were going well for most peopleand living standards were rising. There was therefore less interest in extremist parties. The NaziParty had almost collapsed after 1923 and Hitler was rebuilding it.Question 7DateOctober 1929October 1929July 1930May 1932July 1932November 1932January 1933EventStresemann diedThe Wall Street Crash started the DepressionHindenburg began to ‘rule by decree’Brüning was dismissed as chancellorThe Nazis won 230 seats in the ReichstagThe Nazis won 196 seats in the ReichstagHitler was made chancellor of GermanyQuestion 8The ‘Brownshirts’ was the name given to the SA because of the colour of their uniform. This organisationwas created in 1921 as a kind of private army. In the elections of 1930–33 they disrupted themeetings of Socialists and Communists, making it difficult for those parties to campaign effectively.Question 9Millions became unemployedbetween 1929 and 1933.This helped Hitler becausepeople were becoming moredesperate and more ready tobelieve Nazi promises of ‘workand bread’. Because of the risingcost of unemployment benefit,the government was forced toreduce benefit payments. Thismade it even more unpopular.Support for the Communistsgrew from 1929 to 1933.This helped Hitler because manypeople were more afraid of thethreat of a Communist revolutionthan of Hitler, who promised todestroy communism in Germany.Many rich industrialists gavemoney to the Nazi Party and thishelped fund its electioncampaigns from 1930 to 1933.The democratic parties failedto work together to find asolution to the unemploymentcrisis.This helped Hitler because itmade the parties look weak anduseless and undermined faith inthe democratic system. Hitlerseemed to offer strongleadership.6