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The rise of the extremist parties

The rise of the extremist parties. Fragility of parliamentary system. Economic crisis. Appeal of Nazi party / propaganda / Hitler. Little support 1924-28. KPD. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund. KPD. Ernst Thälmann.

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The rise of the extremist parties

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  1. The rise of the extremist parties

  2. Fragility of parliamentary system Economic crisis Appeal of Nazi party / propaganda / Hitler

  3. Little support 1924-28 KPD

  4. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund KPD

  5. Ernst Thälmann

  6. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern KPD

  7. „Bloody May“ 1929

  8. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 KPD

  9. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 KPD

  10. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 Little support 1924-28 KPD NSDAP

  11. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Sturmabteilung (SA) KPD NSDAP

  12. Sturmabteilung

  13. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Sturmabteilung (SA) Start-up in 1925, Focus on Hitler KPD NSDAP

  14. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Sturmabteilung (SA) Start-up in 1925, Focus on Hitler Seeks power by legal means KPD NSDAP

  15. Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Roter Frontkämpferbund Loyal to Moscow and the Comintern Perceives SPD as „social fascists“ – split in 1929 Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 300,000 Little support 1924-28 Paramilitary organisation: Sturmabteilung (SA) Start-up in 1925, Focus on Hitler Seeks power by legal means Members: 1930: 130,000 1932: 450,000 Jan. 1933: 720,000 KPD NSDAP

  16. Public transport strike in Berlin, November 1932

  17. Right to work • Abolition of child labour • Old-age-pension-system • Confiscation of war profits

  18. Nazi economic programme • State socialism: Economy serves the people, not the individual State oversees direction of economy

  19. Nazi economic programme • State socialism: Economy serves the people, not the individual State oversees direction of economy • Autarkic economic development: Self-sufficiency through Lebensraum in Central Europe

  20. Nazi economic programme • State socialism: Economy serves the people, not the individual State oversees direction of economy • Autarkic economic development: Self-sufficiency through Lebensraum in Central Europe • Direct state intervention in monetary matters: Public investment Cheap money policy Investing in capital goods

  21. Workers attracted by the Nazis • Nationalistic workers

  22. Workers attracted by the Nazis • Nationalistic workers • Workers of the domestic / stagnant sector

  23. Workers attracted by the Nazis • Nationalistic workers • Workers of the domestic / stagnant sector • Unemployed workers

  24. Workers attracted by the Nazis • Nationalistic workers • Workers of the domestic / stagnant sector • Unemployed workers • Workers with the desire for social mobility

  25. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD

  26. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD • 17. Feb. 1933: firearms can be used

  27. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD • 17. Feb. 1933: firearms can be used • 24. Feb 1933: headquarters of KPD closed

  28. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD • 17. Feb. 1933: firearms can be used • 24. Feb 1933: headquarters of KPD closed • 28.Feb. 1933: burning of the Reichstag blamed on KPD – Emergency Decree

  29. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD • 17. Feb. 1933: firearms can be used • 24. Feb 1933: headquarters of KPD closed • 28.Feb. 1933: burning of the Reichstag blamed on KPD – Emergency Decree • 7. April 1933: Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service

  30. Persecution of the KPD • 2. Feb 1933: assembly ban on KPD • 17. Feb. 1933: firearms can be used • 24. Feb 1933: headquarters of KPD closed • 28.Feb. 1933: burning of the Reichstag blamed on KPD – Emergency Decree • 7. April 1933: Law for the Restoration of the Civil Service • 1. May 1933: „Marxism is dead“

  31. Persecution of the SPD • 8. Mar 1933: occupation of trade union buildings, arrest of functionaries

  32. Persecution of the SPD • 8. Mar 1933: occupation of trade union buildings, arrest of functionaries • 10. Mar 1933: arrest of SPD politicians (leaders, deputies, mayors)

  33. Persecution of the SPD • 8. Mar 1933: occupation of trade union buildings, arrest of functionaries • 10. Mar 1933: arrest of SPD politicians (leaders, deputies, mayors) • 11.Mar 1933: occupation of Reichsbanner headquarters, arrest of trade union leaders

  34. Persecution of the SPD • 8. Mar 1933: occupation of trade union buildings, arrest of functionaries • 10. Mar 1933: arrest of SPD politicians (leaders, deputies, mayors) • 11.Mar 1933: occupation of Reichsbanner headquarters, arrest of trade union leaders • 22. Jun 1933: SPD enemy of the state, all remaining socialists arrested

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