The Nazi Party was banned after the Munich Putsch but then in early 1925 the prohibition was lifted so Hitler relaunched the Party. It was completely updated into a party that could appeal to the voters and gain seats in the Reichstag. He changed it into a national party that was active all around Germany, not only Bavaria.
Nazi organizations were set up to appeal to certain interest groups, including the Nazi Students’ League, the Teachers’ League and the Women’s League. The Nazi youth movement was organized to appeal to the young.
Hitler reorganised the party to make it even more efficient and to insure it was prepared, even at street level, to fight future elections. He created a national headquarters in Munich and insisted on the central
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The image of the organisation was changed, placing the emphasis on discipline and order rather than violence and intimidation.
Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle), was published in 1925 and, because of the publicity from Hitler’s trial, it became a best seller. In that were many of the party’s ideas such as creation of Volksgemeinschaft (people’s community) where the strongest races would dominate the weakest; abolition of the treaty of Versailles; Gain Lebensraum (living space) to create a greater Germany where all German speaking people would be incorporated into the nation; all ills in German society were caused by Jews and must be eliminated.
The Nazi use of propaganda to spread their ideas was very effective. Their message was very simple – Germany’s problems could be blamed on the Jews, other racially inferior groups, the Communists and leading politicians of the Weimar Republic. Hitler was the main voice of the Nazi Party. He travelled all round the country – often by aeroplane – making speeches, and these were reported in 120 daily and weekly Nazi newspapers. These papers were read by hundreds of thousands of Germans. Joseph Goebbels organised Party propaganda and used posters skilfully. He also used Nazi newspapers and meetings to put across Nazi ideals. He discovered that their anti-Jewish message had most appeal among the working classes and increased anti-Semitic propaganda. The Nazis were the