UNPOPULAR POLICIES OF WEIMAR GOVT
HITLER’S ABILITY AS LEADER
FLEXIBILITY – CHANGING POLICIES TO SUIT VOTERS
POST 1929 – RAISED TAXES, CUT WAGES AND REDUCED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
ARTICLE 48 USED – PRESIDENTIAL RULE IN TIME OF EMERGENCY – 84 YRS OLD – LOST TOUCH
EXTREMISTS GAINED GROUND AS THE GOVERNMENT REACTED SLOWLY
MAIN PARTIES OF GOVERNMENT QUARRELLED BETWEEN THEMSELVES – FORGOT ABOUT/IGNORED NAZI THREAT
HAD DOMINATING PERSONALLITY – WAS INTELLIGENT AND DECISIVE
USE OF FEAR - SA STORM TROOPERS USED TO ELIMATED POLITICAL OPPOSITION
RELAUNCHED AND REORGANISED THE NAZI PARTY FEB 1925
REALISED THAT ANTI-SEMITISM WAS POPULAR WITH WORKING CLASSES- SO INCREASED IT
1928 – BEGAN TO TRY AND ATTRACT FARMERS AND MIDDLE CLASS – ESPECIALLY INDUSTRIALISTS
POST ’29 – PROMISED TO ‘WORK FOR THE PEOPLE’
POST ’29- PROMISED JOBS FOR UNEMPLOYED, PROFITS FOR BUSINESS AND FARMERS
REALISED NATIONALISATION WAS UNPOPULAR – SO DROPPED IT FROM POLICY
SWASTIKA DEVELOPED BY HITLER – COLOURS OF KAISER – RED, WHITE AND BLACK
NAZIS PUBLISHED OWN NEWSPAPER – PEOPLES FREEDOM
USE OF PUBLIC MEETINGS – HAD CLASSES – RAN POPULAR MEETINGS – USE OF RADIO
WROTE MEIN KAMPF – BECAME A NATIONAL BESTSELLER
USE OF GOEBBELS – MINISTER FOR PROPAGANDA – EG USE OF PLANES FOR RALLIES/ SPEECHES
