Question

In the early 1920s, the Nazis found it difficult to mobilise popular support. However, during the 1930s, the Nazi Party received support from the German people because it promised to:

• A. Abide by the Treaty of Versailles
• B. Promote policies that ensured ethnic equality
• C. Improve the economic conditions of Germany
• D. Utilise international organisations to solve problems

Answer 1

The correct option is C Improve the economic conditions of Germany

The core ideology of Nazism was anti-semitism. However, the people who supported the Nazi Party in the 1930s were not anti-semites. The onset of the Great Economic Depression of 1929 helped the party to mobilise support. After the deep crisis of the Great Depression, the Nazi Party promised to improve the economic conditions of Germany. The people who were dissatisfied with the Weimar Republic then laid their faith in the promises made by the Nazi Party.