Hitler Rise to Power

Date of Election Jan 1919 Jun 1920 May 1924 Dec 1924 May 1928 Sep 1930 Jul 1932 Nov 1932 Mar 1933 SPD Social Democrats 165 102 100 131 153 143 133 121 120 Communists KPD/USPD 22 88 62 45 54 77 89 101 81 Centre Party (Catholics) 91 64 65 69 62 68 75 70 74 DDP (Democrats) 75 39 28 32 25 20 4 2 5 Right-wing parties (BVP/ DVP/DNVP) 63 157 156 174 134 90 66 83 72 NSDAP (Nazis)     32 14 12 107 230 196 288 Others 7 9 29 29 51 72 11 12 7 Total Deputies 423 459 472 493 491 577 608 584 647

Source From GOOGLE:) Re-organising the Party  In this period, however, Hitler set about reorganising the Party.   He put in place many of the things which helped it take power after 1928:    •      He reduced the number of Stormtroopers (SA) and set up the SS, a personal bodyguard fanatically loyal to himself. •      He set up a network of local parties.   He merged with other right-wing parties, then took them over. •      He set up the Hitler Youth, which attracted young people to the party. •      He put Josef Goebbels in charge of propaganda.Goebbels and Hitler believed that the best way to get the support of the masses was by appealing to their feelings rather than by argument.   They waged a propaganda campaign using posters, leaflets, radio and film, and organised rallies. •      He cultivated the support of wealthy businessmen promising them that, if he came to power, he would destroy Communism and the Trade Unions.This gave him the finance to run his campaigns.

Source G This Nazi poster c.1927 reads ‘Despite the Ban, not dead’.   This poster was drawn by "Mjölnir," (real name was Hans Schweitzer) who set new standards for Nazi publicity.