National Socialist German Worker's Party: The Nazi Party
The Nazi Party was not started by Adolf Hitler. But, without this popular politician, neither Hitler or the Nazi Party would have grown to be as big a success without one another.
Hitler became a part of the Nazi Party or National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920. The Nazis called for the union of all German citizens to end the suffrage of what the Treaty of Versailles was doing to their country. This treaty stated that the country of Germany was to pay war damages to the countries who defeated them in World War I. Another point of the Nazi’s was to stripe any non-German or person of Jewish origin of their German citizenship (Hoffman).
Hitler was seeking a way to carry out his movements to the rest of Germany. While he traveled …show more content…
to Berlin for a visit to nationalist groups in 1921, his own Nazi Party held a revolt. They wanted to take Hitler’s leadership within the party away from him in Munich. The original members of the party’s committee considered Hitler to be too much of a dictator towards everything he did and they did not want that in the Nazi Party. To weaken Hitler's position, they formed alliances with several socialist groups from Augsburg. When word got to Hitler, he rushed back to Munich and counteracted them by announcing his resignation from the party on July 11, 1921 (Gavin).
The members of the Nazi party then became aware of how much the loss of Hitler would affect their organization. They realized it would be the end of their party without his popular vote. That is, until Hitler proposed he would come back to the Nazi Party only if he were to be elected chairman and given dictatorial powers.
The executive committee of the Nazi Party eventually backed down on their disagreements with Hitler and his demands were put to a vote for the party members. At the Nazi’s next gathering in July
29, 1921, Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, marking the first time that title was publicly used to address him. “Hitler received 543 votes for, and only one against” (Andrews).
On Nov. 8, 1923, at a rally in a Munich beer hall, Hitler proclaimed a Nazi revolution, or putsch. The next day, he attempted to seize the Bavarian government in what became known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler led over 2,000 people on a march against the government. But state police came before Hitler could do much harm. Instead, they opened fire, stopping the procession and killed 16 of Hitler’s marchers. Overnight, Hitler became a known figure worldwide, due to massive press coverage (Wistrich).
Not only had Hitler’s attempt to seize power failed, he was also put on trial for treason. Instead of pleading not guilty, he admitted to his want to overthrow the government and outlined his reasons, portraying himself as a German patriot and the democratic government itself and stated that the real criminals here were the founders and leaders of the government. Hitler told the court of his judgements against the government, “I alone bear the responsibility. But I am not a criminal because of that. If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the revolution. There is no such thing as high treason against the traitors of 1918" (Gavin 13). After the Putsch, the Nazi Party became a disorganized. But, thanks to the press, Hitlers gained an advantage by making his ideas made known.
When Hitler was released from prison, he spent 6 years getting ready for his campaign to be the president of Germany.
In 1930, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis started their movement unlike any other that Germany had ever seen. Hitler offered something to everyone: work to the unemployed, prosperity to failed business people, profits to industry, expansion to the Army, social harmony and an end of class distinctions to idealistic young students. He would make Germany strong again by ending payment of war reparations to the Allies, tear up the treaty of Versailles, and dealing harshly with the Jews, whom he believed were hiding their money. He promised the restoration of German glory. Hitler traveled the country with his campaign for leadership by trying to win the love of the Germans. He acted almost as a celebrity by giving speeches, holding meetings, signing autographs, posing for pictures and even kissing babies. He promised to give order to all of those in pandemonium from World War I (Gavin).
On election day, September 14, 1930, the Nazis received 6,371,000 votes – over eighteen percent of the total – and were thus entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. This was a great achievement for Hitler and the Nazi Party. They were one of the smallest political parties and grew to one of the largest in Germany
(Gavin).
Germany had little experience and interest in a democracy. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler took a hold of the 14 years of a democratic republic government. In the minds of the people, this type of government had served its term long enough in their history. Adolf Hitler, who had spent his entire political career condemning and attempting to destroy the Republic, was the leader of it. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was sworn in as the president of Germany.
Between Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s trickery towards the German population, their beliefs grew rapidly throughout all of Europe. And without one another, their success wouldn’t be as great as it is.
Works Cited:
"Adolf Hitler." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2013. 3 February 2013.
Gavin, Philip. "The Rise of Adolf Hitler." The History Place. N.p., July 1996. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
Hoffman, Peter, and William Kingsford. 1999 World Book. [Armonk, N.Y.]: IBM, 1999. Print.
Wistrich, Robert S. Who's Who in Nazi Germany? New York: Macmillan, 1982. Print.
Hitler became a part of the Nazi Party or National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920. The Nazis called for the union of all German citizens to end the suffrage of what the Treaty of Versailles was doing to their country. This treaty stated that the country of Germany was to pay war damages to the countries who defeated them in World War I. Another point of the Nazi’s was to stripe any non-German or person of Jewish origin of their German citizenship (Hoffman).
Hitler was seeking a way to carry out his movements to the rest of Germany. While he traveled …show more content…
to Berlin for a visit to nationalist groups in 1921, his own Nazi Party held a revolt. They wanted to take Hitler’s leadership within the party away from him in Munich. The original members of the party’s committee considered Hitler to be too much of a dictator towards everything he did and they did not want that in the Nazi Party. To weaken Hitler's position, they formed alliances with several socialist groups from Augsburg. When word got to Hitler, he rushed back to Munich and counteracted them by announcing his resignation from the party on July 11, 1921 (Gavin).
The members of the Nazi party then became aware of how much the loss of Hitler would affect their organization. They realized it would be the end of their party without his popular vote. That is, until Hitler proposed he would come back to the Nazi Party only if he were to be elected chairman and given dictatorial powers.
The executive committee of the Nazi Party eventually backed down on their disagreements with Hitler and his demands were put to a vote for the party members. At the Nazi’s next gathering in July
29, 1921, Adolf Hitler was introduced as Führer of the Nazi Party, marking the first time that title was publicly used to address him. “Hitler received 543 votes for, and only one against” (Andrews).
On Nov. 8, 1923, at a rally in a Munich beer hall, Hitler proclaimed a Nazi revolution, or putsch. The next day, he attempted to seize the Bavarian government in what became known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler led over 2,000 people on a march against the government. But state police came before Hitler could do much harm. Instead, they opened fire, stopping the procession and killed 16 of Hitler’s marchers. Overnight, Hitler became a known figure worldwide, due to massive press coverage (Wistrich).
Not only had Hitler’s attempt to seize power failed, he was also put on trial for treason. Instead of pleading not guilty, he admitted to his want to overthrow the government and outlined his reasons, portraying himself as a German patriot and the democratic government itself and stated that the real criminals here were the founders and leaders of the government. Hitler told the court of his judgements against the government, “I alone bear the responsibility. But I am not a criminal because of that. If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the revolution. There is no such thing as high treason against the traitors of 1918" (Gavin 13). After the Putsch, the Nazi Party became a disorganized. But, thanks to the press, Hitlers gained an advantage by making his ideas made known.
When Hitler was released from prison, he spent 6 years getting ready for his campaign to be the president of Germany.
In 1930, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis started their movement unlike any other that Germany had ever seen. Hitler offered something to everyone: work to the unemployed, prosperity to failed business people, profits to industry, expansion to the Army, social harmony and an end of class distinctions to idealistic young students. He would make Germany strong again by ending payment of war reparations to the Allies, tear up the treaty of Versailles, and dealing harshly with the Jews, whom he believed were hiding their money. He promised the restoration of German glory. Hitler traveled the country with his campaign for leadership by trying to win the love of the Germans. He acted almost as a celebrity by giving speeches, holding meetings, signing autographs, posing for pictures and even kissing babies. He promised to give order to all of those in pandemonium from World War I (Gavin).
On election day, September 14, 1930, the Nazis received 6,371,000 votes – over eighteen percent of the total – and were thus entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. This was a great achievement for Hitler and the Nazi Party. They were one of the smallest political parties and grew to one of the largest in Germany
(Gavin).
Germany had little experience and interest in a democracy. In January 1933, Adolf Hitler took a hold of the 14 years of a democratic republic government. In the minds of the people, this type of government had served its term long enough in their history. Adolf Hitler, who had spent his entire political career condemning and attempting to destroy the Republic, was the leader of it. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was sworn in as the president of Germany.
Between Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s trickery towards the German population, their beliefs grew rapidly throughout all of Europe. And without one another, their success wouldn’t be as great as it is.
Works Cited:
"Adolf Hitler." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2013. 3 February 2013.
Gavin, Philip. "The Rise of Adolf Hitler." The History Place. N.p., July 1996. Web. 03 Feb. 2013.
Hoffman, Peter, and William Kingsford. 1999 World Book. [Armonk, N.Y.]: IBM, 1999. Print.
Wistrich, Robert S. Who's Who in Nazi Germany? New York: Macmillan, 1982. Print.