Why Were the Nazis Successful in Keeping the Support of Most of the German People Between 1933-39?
Why were the Nazis successful in keeping the support of most of the German people between 1933-39?
By 1933, Hitler and the Nazi Party had already had number of great achievements, one of them being the fact that Hitler had gone from operating the Munich Putsch, to becoming Chancellor. Also, he hosted the Berlin Olympics in 1936, which proved to be a huge success after a large number of the medals went to the German Athletes. Also, it was an opportunity to show the world how much Germany had improved after a disastrous world war one, and to show off their brand new technology, which was scarce in other countries. In 1938, Kristallnacht took place which resulted in the death and arrest of thousands of Jews. This would have been seen as a set-back for other Jewish people in Germany; where as normal German people would have felt that this event would have been a positive thing. He had gained support from a large majority of the German Public, but in order to maintain his post of Chancellorship, he had to ensure that he was still gaining the votes he had already received to stay in power. He did this through a number of ways, from indoctrinating the young people of Germany, to adjusting the Economy and its’ policies.
Hitler and the Nazis made many political changes to Germany, which helped him hugely in gaining the German citizens’ vote. In 1933, the ‘Protection Law’ was passed, which meant that the leading Communist parties could not take part in elections, which meant that they could receive more votes. Later that year, Hitler also banned trade unions which meant that he had taken away the workers way of complaining about pay and working conditions. This meant that the workers had no way of complaining about working standards and so there fore meant Hitler did not receive any formal complaints about workplaces and kept the support of German workers. In July, a law was passed which banned the formation of new parties. Anyone who attempted to set up their own
By 1933, Hitler and the Nazi Party had already had number of great achievements, one of them being the fact that Hitler had gone from operating the Munich Putsch, to becoming Chancellor. Also, he hosted the Berlin Olympics in 1936, which proved to be a huge success after a large number of the medals went to the German Athletes. Also, it was an opportunity to show the world how much Germany had improved after a disastrous world war one, and to show off their brand new technology, which was scarce in other countries. In 1938, Kristallnacht took place which resulted in the death and arrest of thousands of Jews. This would have been seen as a set-back for other Jewish people in Germany; where as normal German people would have felt that this event would have been a positive thing. He had gained support from a large majority of the German Public, but in order to maintain his post of Chancellorship, he had to ensure that he was still gaining the votes he had already received to stay in power. He did this through a number of ways, from indoctrinating the young people of Germany, to adjusting the Economy and its’ policies.
Hitler and the Nazis made many political changes to Germany, which helped him hugely in gaining the German citizens’ vote. In 1933, the ‘Protection Law’ was passed, which meant that the leading Communist parties could not take part in elections, which meant that they could receive more votes. Later that year, Hitler also banned trade unions which meant that he had taken away the workers way of complaining about pay and working conditions. This meant that the workers had no way of complaining about working standards and so there fore meant Hitler did not receive any formal complaints about workplaces and kept the support of German workers. In July, a law was passed which banned the formation of new parties. Anyone who attempted to set up their own