Eight Steps to Becoming Dictator

     

Exam Practice (click here for the full markscheme)

Description (markscheme)

Describe how Hitler seized dictatorial power, January 1933 to August 1934.

  

  

Explanation and Analysis (markscheme)

Why did Hitler destroy the SA in June 1934?

   

  

Evaluation of an Interpretation (markscheme)

  

Source A

This David Low cartoon from 3 July 1934 shows Hitler (with a smoking gun) and Goering (shown as Thor, the God of War) glowering at - not the traditional Nazi salute - but terrified SA men with their hands up.  

  

How accurate an interpretation is Source A of the events of the Night of the Long Knives?   Use Source A and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

   

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