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4905374-733425Describe two economic reasons why the middle classes supported the Nazis1.2. What values, generally, did the middle classes and the Nazis share?00Describe two economic reasons why the middle classes supported the Nazis1.2. What values, generally, did the middle classes and the Nazis share?58292992838450What policy changed farmers’ attitudes towards the Nazis?Why?00What policy changed farmers’ attitudes towards the Nazis?Why?48958504391025Why did people who owned major industries believe the Nazis would protect them from?How did the Nazis benefit from support from big business?1.2.020000Why did people who owned major industries believe the Nazis would protect them from?How did the Nazis benefit from support from big business?1.2.48863267267575How did the Nazi’s appeal to women?How did the Nazis appeal across many groups of people aid their success?0How did the Nazi’s appeal to women?How did the Nazis appeal across many groups of people aid their success?-676275-771525Nazi Support grows 29-32 2 of 2Middle-class supportOne key group in the growth of Nazi support was the middle class, which contained professional people, like teachers and lawyers, business people and small farmers. They often owned land or businesses and had savings. Between 1929 and 1932, they deserted the moderate parties, like the Social Democrats and the German People’s Party and supported the Nazis. There were several reasons for this.The Great Depression had hurt the middle classes. Many had lost their companies, their savings and their pensions. They saw Hitler as a strong leader who could help the country recover.They were also afraid of the growing Communist Party after 1929. The communists wanted to abolish private ownership of land and businesses. The middle classes saw the Nazis as a strong party which could protect them from the communists.There was also a view that there had been a moral decline under the Weimar Republic, including more drinking and sexual openness. The Nazis represented a return to traditional German values. This went down well with the middle classes.FarmersThe Nazis targeted farmers in particular. The Nazi policy of confiscating all private land (in the 25 points of 1920) was changed in 1928. The new policy said that private land would only be confiscated if owned by Jews. So Hitler could promise to protect the farmers from the Communist Party, which would have confiscated their land.Big businessesThe support of big businesses was another reason for the growth of the Nazi party after 1929. The wealthy business classes usually supported the National Party. But this party, along with the more moderate parties, declined after 1929 – it’s Reichstag seats were cut by half. Industrialists saw Hitler as their best hope of protection from the rise of the communists. There were two main benefits from this for the Nazis.Nazi finances benefited from wealthy business men like Benz and Krupps who began to poor money into the NSDAP.Nazi propaganda benefitted too. The National Party leader, Alfred Hugenberg, was a newspaper tycoon. He allowed Goebbels to use his newspapers for Nazi propaganda against the communists.Young people and womenThe Nazi Party also gained support from women and the young. Young people were attracted by Hitler’s passionate speeches, his ambitions for the future and the atmosphere of Nazi rallies.At first, women did not support the Nazis, whose policies towards women restricted them. However, Nazi propaganda made special appeals to women. It claimed that voting for the NSDAP was best for their country and best for their families.Something for everyoneNo single group was the key to Nazi success. Some historians say this was new for German politics and helped the NSDAP to grow. Therefore, between 1929 and 1932, the Nazis grew from what the Interior Ministry called an ‘insignificant’ threat to the biggest party in the Reichstag, with the 230 members. Moderate members cringed in the Reichstag as the Nazi delegates answered to the initial roll call with ‘Present. Heil Hitler!’ Nazi progress would not stop here. There was more to come in 1933.00Nazi Support grows 29-32 2 of 2Middle-class supportOne key group in the growth of Nazi support was the middle class, which contained professional people, like teachers and lawyers, business people and small farmers. They often owned land or businesses and had savings. Between 1929 and 1932, they deserted the moderate parties, like the Social Democrats and the German People’s Party and supported the Nazis. There were several reasons for this.The Great Depression had hurt the middle classes. Many had lost their companies, their savings and their pensions. They saw Hitler as a strong leader who could help the country recover.They were also afraid of the growing Communist Party after 1929. The communists wanted to abolish private ownership of land and businesses. The middle classes saw the Nazis as a strong party which could protect them from the communists.There was also a view that there had been a moral decline under the Weimar Republic, including more drinking and sexual openness. The Nazis represented a return to traditional German values. This went down well with the middle classes.FarmersThe Nazis targeted farmers in particular. The Nazi policy of confiscating all private land (in the 25 points of 1920) was changed in 1928. The new policy said that private land would only be confiscated if owned by Jews. So Hitler could promise to protect the farmers from the Communist Party, which would have confiscated their land.Big businessesThe support of big businesses was another reason for the growth of the Nazi party after 1929. The wealthy business classes usually supported the National Party. But this party, along with the more moderate parties, declined after 1929 – it’s Reichstag seats were cut by half. Industrialists saw Hitler as their best hope of protection from the rise of the communists. There were two main benefits from this for the Nazis.Nazi finances benefited from wealthy business men like Benz and Krupps who began to poor money into the NSDAP.Nazi propaganda benefitted too. The National Party leader, Alfred Hugenberg, was a newspaper tycoon. He allowed Goebbels to use his newspapers for Nazi propaganda against the communists.Young people and womenThe Nazi Party also gained support from women and the young. Young people were attracted by Hitler’s passionate speeches, his ambitions for the future and the atmosphere of Nazi rallies.At first, women did not support the Nazis, whose policies towards women restricted them. However, Nazi propaganda made special appeals to women. It claimed that voting for the NSDAP was best for their country and best for their families.Something for everyoneNo single group was the key to Nazi success. Some historians say this was new for German politics and helped the NSDAP to grow. Therefore, between 1929 and 1932, the Nazis grew from what the Interior Ministry called an ‘insignificant’ threat to the biggest party in the Reichstag, with the 230 members. Moderate members cringed in the Reichstag as the Nazi delegates answered to the initial roll call with ‘Present. Heil Hitler!’ Nazi progress would not stop here. There was more to come in 1933. ................
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