Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party

by McDonough; Frank

• ISBN13: 9781408269213
• ISBN10: 140826921X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-04-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Each book in the Seminar Studies series provides a concise and reliable introduction to complex events and debates. Written by acknowledged experts and supported by extracts from historical Documents, a Chronology, Glossary, WhoÆs Who of key figures and guide to Further Reading, Seminar Studies are the essential guides to understanding a topic.

Author Biography

Frank McDonough is Reader in International History at Liverpool John Moores University. He is the author of numerous books on Nazi Germany, including The Holocaust (2008) and Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler (2009). He has also written on British political and social history.

Table of Contents

Publisher's acknowledgements	p. xi
Chronology	p. xii
Who's who	p. xv
Glossary of terms and organisations	p. xx
Background ?	p. 1
The Vulnerabilities of Weimar Democracy, 1918-1933	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
The Impact of War	p. 5
The German Revolution of 1918	p. 6
The Impact of Versailles	p. 7
The Culture of Violence	p. 8
The Constitution and the Emergency Powers of the President	p. 9
The Political Parties	p. 11
The Anti-Democratic Forces within the German State	p. 13
Economic Difficulties	p. 14
Analysis	p. 15
Adolf Hitler: Personality and Early Life	p. 17
Family Background	p. 17
Parents	p. 19
Childhood	p. 19
Youth	p. 22
The Death of his Mother	p. 24
The Vienna Period (1908-1913)	p. 25
Hider's Political Ideas in Vienna	p. 28
Hitler's Anti-Semitism in Vienna	p. 30
Munich (1913-1914)	p. 31
The First World War	p. 32
The Early Growth of the Nazi Party, 1918-1924	p. 36
The Birth of the Nazi Party	p. 37
The Early Programme of the Nazi Party	p. 41
The Emergence of Hitler as Leader of the Nazi Party	p. 42
The Growth of the 'Fuhrer Cult'	p. 43
The Munich Beer Hall Putsch	p. 45
The Ideology of Hitler and the Nazi Party	p. 50
Links with Fascism and Totalitarianism	p. 50
The Historical Roots of Nazism	p. 53
The Philosophical Roots of National Socialism	p. 54
Hider's Central Role in Nazi Ideology	p. 57
The Importance of Foreign Policy	p. 58
The Centrality of Race	p. 59
The Function of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Marxism in Nazi Ideology	p. 60
The Folk Community	p. 61
The Function of Socialism in National Socialism	p. 64
The Nazi Party: Organisation, Propaganda and Membership	p. 66
Organisation	p. 66
Propaganda	p. 71
Membership	p. 74
The Nazi Breakthrough, 1925-1930	p. 79
A New Direction	p. 79
Rebuilding the Nazi Party	p. 80
The Strange Mystery of Hitler and Geli Raubal	p. 82
The Emergence of a New Nazi Party Election Strategy	p. 83
The Impact of 'The Great Depression'	p. 84
The Emergence of Hitler on the National Stage	p. 85
The Nazi Electoral Breakthrough in 1930	p. 86
Why Did the Nazi Party Appeal to Voters?	p. 87
The Psychological Attraction of Nazism to Voters	p. 89
Hitler's Intriguing Road to Power, 1930-1933	p. 91
The Bruning Experiment, 1930-1932	p. 91
Hitler Courts Big Business and the Army	p. 92
Hitler Bids for the Presidency, 1932	p. 93
Franz von Papen: A Nazi in a Pin-Striped Suit?	p. 94
The July 1932 Election and its Aftermath	p. 95
General von Schleicher's Fifty-Seven Days in Office	p. 98
Hitler Comes to Power, January 1933	p. 99
Assessment	p. 101
Why Did Hitler Come to Power?	p. 103
Documents	p. 109
Hitler in Vienna	p. 110
Hitler's First Appearance at a Meeting of the German Workers' Party	p. 110
The Twenty-Five Points of the Nazi Party Programme	p. 111
The Demands of the Nazi Party	p. 113
Hitler on the Leadership Principle	p. 114
The Munich Beer Hall Putsch	p. 114
Hitler on the Key Lesson of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch	p. 115
Joseph Goebbels' Views on National Socialism	p. 116
Hitler on the Power of the Spoken Word	p. 117
The Nazi Party and Private Property	p. 118
Hitler Debates the Meaning of 'Socialism' with Otto Strasser	p. 118
Hitler Defines National Socialism	p. 119
The Appeal of National Socialism: A Pacifist View	p. 120
The Nazi Appeal to Farmers	p. 121
A Schoolteacher Describes the Atmosphere at a Nazi Party Meeting	p. 122
Hitler's Speech to the Dusseldorf Industry Club	p. 122
Edgar Jung on the 'Conservative Revolution'	p. 124
'How Do We Struggle Against a Third Reich?': The Views of a German Novelist	p. 124
Joseph Goebbels Instructs Party Workers to Tone Down 'Radical' Aspects of the Nazi Programme	p. 125
Countdown to Hitler Coming to Power	p. 126
Hitler's Views on Anti-Semitism	p. 127
Hitler Defines the Difference between the Nazi Party and the Traditional German Conservative Party	p. 129
Meeting of Hider and Hindenburg, 13 August 1932	p. 131
The Appeal of National Socialism to Youth	p. 132
References	p. 133
Bibliographical Essay	p. 135
Index	p. 139
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