[tom101]

Can someone give me coursework on hitler

[Mrs Faithorn]

Sorry, but it's not clear what you are asking for.

If you mean coursework questions - that's your teacher's job
If you mean model answers - we don't do that here.

Perhaps you like to post again making it clearer what help you need.

[matrixgirl04]

While looking through a past paper I came across the question:

What happened in 1929-32 which led to the Nazis becomming the most popular political party in Germany?

I'm certain that the wall street crash and its after affects were the main factors in this. But what else should I research/consider? Currently i'm exploring these ideas:

Wall street Crash
Death of Stresemann

Are there any other factors that I should be researching to add to my answer?

Many thanks
Becky

[Mrs Faithorn]

Certainly the death of Stresemann followed (almost immediately) by the Wall Street Crash and the USA's demands that the loans made to Germany under the Dawes Plan be repayed are the two most important factors you would need to explore.

A good answer would refer in some detail to actual unemployment figures in Germany during these years and correlate them with the changing fortunes of the Nazi Party in the Reichstag Elections of 1930, July 1932 and November 1932 (when interestingly support for the Nazis fell - although they were still the single largest Party in the Reichstag). You might also refer to the Presidential Election of 1932; although Hitler was defeated by Hindenburg he still gained significant support. I would assume that your course textbook has these statistics - but if not I can point you to a web site (just say if you need that)

In addition you might refer in your answer to the following:

The way in which the Nazis exploited the situation via their propaganda targetting this to specific groups of Germans (unemployed factory workers, businessmen fearful of the success of the Communists, farmers concerned about their declining markets etc) and also to the use the Nazis made (under Propaganda Chief - Goebbels) of 'modern' technology to reach Germans in a way that no other Party at the time did. A good example of this is the 'Hitler over Germany' election campaign of 1932 when Hitler was flown all over Germany making election speeches in many cities.

However the words "what happened" in the question suggest that you are expected to look at specific events and at GCSE level I would think this is sufficient.

How many marks did the question carry??? If it was one requiring a paragraph answer rather than an essay this would definitely be enough.

If you need help with web sites etc - just say so.

[matrixgirl04]

Please could you give me the websites with the specific statistics you mentioned. It was an essay question, so that would be a great help.

Many thanks
Becky

[Mrs Faithorn]

Weimar Republic Election results (Reichstag). The ones for 1930, and 1932 are the ones you should focus on though reference back to the number of seats the Nazis had gained in 1928 (only 12) when Germany was prosperous would be a good idea.

Number of unemployed:

1928 2 million

1929 2.5 million

1930 3 million

1931 5 million

1932 6 million

The section on the Great Depression and the Rise of the Nazis on this page (scroll down) is quite helpful in a descriptive sort of way. (and it includes statistics relating to the Presidential Election of March/April 1932 too)

I must admit to being a bit surprised that this is an essay question particularly since the instruction to write about "what happened" invites the sort of descriptive answer which does not normally get good marks. If you are going to practice doing this as part of your revision do make sure that you explain how the events you refer to actually helped to make the Nazis the most popular Party.

When you look at the Election results also pay attention to what was happening to the Communist (KPD) vote. The fact that it was also rising (and support for the moderate parties that supported the Weimar Republic was declining) is also a factor that you need to consider I think.

Post again if you need more help.

[Rose Toole]

I was wondering if somebody could give me a little assistance?. I'm trying to find some important details/dates in the early stages of the Nazi Party from it’s beginning- i.e president Drexler right up to Hitler becoming president and the rise.

Can someone tell me what I really need to know, perhaps tell me some key dates in these periods? Anything else relevant relating to this period? Help would be tremendously appreciated!

Apologies, if I did not mention before, I'm in my GCSE course now!

Regards,
Rose

[Mrs Faithorn]

It's rather detailed but one of the best (straightforward, descriptive) sites on Hitler's Rise to power and doing just what you have asked about is this:
http://www.historypl...itler/index.htm

That link takes you to the contents page and each hyperlink takes you to detailed info. However, the Contents table itself also is helpful for providing a 'timeline' of key events/dates.

If you want something more analytical than descriptive then try this online lesson of Mr Field's:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/ris...itler/index.htm

It's for Year 9 really but I think it's still good for GCSE students especially if you are just starting this topic.

[Rose Toole]

Thank you! both links very helpful, tried the quiz brill idea!. Thank you so much for the help!

Rose

[kimmy]

today in my history lesson we were asked
"how did Hitler become chancellor in 1933?"
my history teacher told us to divide our answer into 4 parts
election metods
the depression
Germans fear of communists
i cant remember the other one oops!
any way he told us to LINK the answers together to create a better answer and the possibility of getting better grades in exams what does he mean by this?

[Mr Field]

kimmy, on Jan 5 2005, 06:18 PM, said:

today in my history lesson we were asked
"how did Hitler become chancellor in 1933?"
my history teacher told us to divide our answer into 4 parts
election metods
the depression
Germans fear of communists
i cant remember the other one oops!
any way he told us to LINK the answers together to create a better answer and the possibility of getting better grades in exams what does he mean by this?

Using the Jews as a scapegoat for all of Germany's problems?
Uniting the German people against the Treaty of Versailles.

If you look at the other recent questions - see http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/studentforu...php?showforum=3 you can find lots of help.

Linking your ideas together is key to a good answer. For example if you are asked the question "How did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933?" you would explain that he became Chancellor for a combination of reasons. You could then explain each reason in a paragraph (or three). At the end of your explanation you need to tie everything up and link it back to the question. Perhaps you could end your explanation by saying something like "... thus Hitler decided to use electoral methods to gain power. This was one factor enabling him to become Chancellor". This links your point back to the question and then leads onto the next explanation.

However - and this gets even better - you then go onto your second reason and can now explain that in detail, but also link it into your first area. Thus you might suggest that Hitler was able to get electoral success because of the conditions in Germany - people were looking for an alternative and Hitler promised to solve all their problems.

So linking your ideas together is really two things - linking each idea back to the main question and (more importantly) showing how your ideas 'link together'. In your conclusion you can then build into a really clever explanation saying how all the factors lead to him becoming Chancellor.

[kimmy]

thanx it really makes sense to me now.
i will remember to use this method when i come to doing coursework exams ect thanx again

[kimmy]

in history we are doing about the rise of hitler and the nazi party, today we were studying the the things hitler did to get people to vote for him. there were 3 headings.
The stick
The carrot
The mind
could any please give me some examples of each of these please

[Mr Field]

Kimmy, have a think about what these different areas actually mean.

For 'the stick' these are things that Hitler used to force people to vote for him (or I guess, also prevent people from voting for others).

For 'the carrot' these are things that Hitler did to encourage people to vote for him. Example: He promised jobs and food for everyone.

For 'the mind' these are ideas that Hitler put across to people to convince them to vote for him. Example: That the Jews were responsible for all of Germany's problems.

If you explore pages like these:
http://www.johndclare.net/Weimar7.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/...azismrev2.shtml
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/ger...chancellor.html (click on 'show hints')

.... you can see the reasons why people voted for Hitler. Take these and try and put them into the different categories.

Have a go and then post again if you need more help.

[kimmy]

thanks alot Mr Field
i put them in different catagories as you said and it really helped me. I now understand how Hitler got to power
thanks alot