The Depression and the Nazis

1. Look carefully at Sources 3-7 and 9. For each source, write two sentences explaning whether you think it is evidence that:

• Supports the view of Goebbels
• Supports the view of Craig
• Could be used to support either interpretation

Source 3:

This source is in favor of communists. This is because it's a scale showing that since the Nazis have been rising in power, the numbers of unemployed have risen greatly.

Source 4:

This source is in favor of the Nazis. This is because the person who was speaking in this quote said that the discipline of the SA troops won many people over because they were taking the situation Germany was in very seriously.

Source 5:

This source was in favor of the Nazis. This is because it's a poster for a festival against the Treaty of Versailles being organized by the Nazis. This poster is supposed to be a German man that is trapped by the Treaty.

Source 6:

This is Favor of the Nazi party. This is because its a rally for the Nazis, Joseph Goebbles was probably making a Pro-Nazi speech.

Source 7:

Source 7 is against the Communist party.It's Propaganda aimed at the Communists by the Nazis making the communists look lazy or stupid to deter voting towards the communist part.

Source 9:
This source is Pro- Nazi. This poster is to convince the public that the Nazis will make changes that are for the better of the community.

2. Now work through the text and other sources on pages 191-94. Make a list of examples and evidence that seem to support either viewpoint.

Source 8:

• Hitler states that he is "intolerant" because he is tired of there being 30 political parties.
• Hitler wants the Nazis to be the only party.

Source 10:

• An eye witness to one of Hitlers speeches didn't like him from the start.
• said that Hitler had a scratchy voice.
• Thought Hitler would shout his simplistic views to make them seem more important or intelligent.

Source 11:

• The Reich Interior Minister didn't like either the Nazis or the communists.
• He thought that both parties were damaging to the current state of Germany.

3. Decide how far you agree with each of the following three statements and give them a score on a scale of 1-5. And then, write a short paragraph explaining your score for each statement.

a. Very few people fully supported the Nazis (Score = ) Explanation:
Score=2. I think that many people supported to Nazis but not fully. I think this because in the state that Germany was in it was very easy to find someone to support. But many people were skeptical of anyone trying to take control because it was easy for the situation Germany was in to get worse.

b. The Key factor was the economic depression. Without it, the Nazis would have remained a minority fringe party. (Score = ) Explanation:
Score=4. Without the economic depression the Nazis wouldn't have very much to use in their speeches that the citizens could relate to. The Nazi Propaganda was mainly based on the terrible state Germany was in. If there was no economic melt down then most of the public probably wouldn't have listened to Hitler of Goebbles.

c. The politicians of the Weimar Republic were mainly responsible for the rise of the Nazis

(Score = ) Explanation:

Score=3. Its hard to say if the politicians were to blame for the rise of the Nazis because there are so many reasons for the Nazi party taking control. It might have helped if politicians all aimed at the Nazis. But because of everything that was going on much of the public might not have listened to what the government said about the Nazis because the Nazis talked so much about fixing the Economy.