Weimar and Nazi Germany Topic Summaries

The lean years, 1924–1929

GCSE > History > CCEA > GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany (1890-1945) > Rise of the Nazi Party (1923–1933) > The lean years, 1924–1929
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Key Terms
  • Nazi Party Headquarters (Munich): Hitler was the overall leader, and departments managed different areas. Nazi organisations like the German Women’s Order and the Hitler Youth were set up.
  • National Nazi Party (Gaue System): Germany was divided into 35 regions (Gaue), each with a leader (Gauleiter) using a “survival of the fittest” idea to select the Gauleiter. Key Gauleiters were Gregor Strasser in the north and Joseph Goebbels in the Rhineland.
  • The Bamberg Conference in Bavaria, 1926: the power of the Gauleiters caused disagreements in the Nazi Party. Northern leaders (like Strasser and Goebbels in cities) focused more on socialist, pro-worker ideas whereas southern leaders focused on nationalism and persecuting minorities. Hitler sided with nationalism and won Goebbels over. Strasser was later murdered in 1934.
  • The Schutzstaffel (SS): Hitler didn’t fully trust the SA, so he created the SS as a loyal bodyguard unit selected and led by Heinrich Himmler.

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