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WHO supported the
NAZIS?
Remember that even though the Nazis had not been voted into power,
they were the largest party in the Reichstag
This meant Hitler was given the opportunity to become Chancellor
Your initial thoughts
Most likely to vote Nazi
Least likely to vote Nazi
Divide the following groups of people into the 2 columns: Low-ranking civil
servant, Retired professor, Army general, Shopkeeper in northern Germany
(northern Germany was largely Protestant), Female industrial worker, Junker
(landed nobility who owned great estates), Catholic priest, Protestant small
retailer, Industrial worker, High-ranking civil servant, Protestant student, Small
farmer, Catholic unemployed worker, Unemployed ex-soldier, Unemployed
artist
WHO supported the
Nazis?
• Popular belief that most Nazi support came
from the Protestant middle classes (the pettybourgeoisie)
• However, as we shall see, the Nazis got votes
from most groups in society including young
new voters and workers
• They had a broad appeal rooted in Protestant
middle class support
WHO supported the
Nazis?
• Read p.118-19 (H+H) and study the sources on
p.120-21
• Use this information to make a list of the
groups that supported the Nazis – include some
facts/figures/statistics
• Make sure you compare the map in source 7.14
with chart 7C – how does support differ by
region and what might account for this?
WHO supported the
Nazis?
• Who voted for the Nazis is a controversial issue
as behind this lies the question ‘who was to
blame for Hitler?’
• Use the extracts on p.122-23 to fill in your table
and identify the main trends in historians’
explanations
What degree of historical consensus about Nazi
support emerges from this?
why did people support
the Nazis?
• Look at the Nazi propaganda on p.124-25
• Make a list of all the reasons why people voted
for the Nazis
• Emotional appeal e.g. family values, economic
policies, propaganda
Which of these reasons do you consider the most
important?
Modify your views?
Most likely to vote Nazi
Least likely to vote Nazi
Return to the list you made at the start of the lesson: Do you need to amend
any of your lists based on what you’ve learnt this lesson? Are you surprised by
any of these groups? Why?
Did the Nazis appeal to
every German?
• November 1928, Hitler:
‘[The NSDAP is] not the movement of any particular
class or of a particular status group or
profession…[instead it is] in the highest sense of the word
a German national party. It aims to encompass all
elements of the nation and to embrace all occupational
groups, to address each and every German of good will.’
To what extent do the sources you have studied today
confirm Hitler’s claim that the Nazis were successful in
appealing to ‘every German’?