Who joined the Nazi party, and did it pay off?

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Between 1925 and 1939 the number of Nazi party members grew massively from just a few thousand to millions. But who were the people that fuelled Hitler’s rise to power? Who were the members of the Nazi party?

This video is part of our school series 'Representation, Protest and Political Movement’, which looks at the intersection of economics, politics and history and the effect on modern society. It is based on the published research Rise and fall in the Third Reich: Social advancement and Nazi membership(Matthias Blum, Alan de Bromhead).

The lesson includes a fully-resourced 1-hour (or similar) lesson, with worksheets, prompts and differentiated tasks.

The project is a partnership between Discover Economics, the ESRC CAGE Research Centre and the All-Ireland Centre of Excellence in Economics, History and Policy (CEPH). Please visit https://www.discovereconomics.co.uk/ for further information.