1. This cartoon depicts Hitler in 1934 before the Night of the Long Knives. What does it tell us about the challenges that he faced at this time.

2. LO: SKILLS – Cartoon practice on Hitler’s Consolidation of Power
What is the message of the cartoon? Use the details of the cartoon and your knowledge to explain your answer.

3. THINK about these questions about each cartoon
Look at the date of the cartoon. What was happening at the time? = CONTEXT
What is happening in the cartoon? = CONTENT
How does the CONTENT link to the CONTEXT?
What is the cartoonist’s main message?

4. WRITE about the cartoon like this…
“The message of the cartoon is…”
“I know this because the cartoon shows…”
“At the date that the cartoon was drawn, X was happening”
MESSAGE + CONTENT + CONTEXT = FULL MARKS

5. A British cartoon published after the NOLK…
The figure in the middle is Herman Goering, Hitler’s No. 2 in the pre-war years.
You should know who the seated figure is…

6. A British cartoon published after the NOLK…

7. A British cartoon published before the 1933 Reichstag election…

8. A British cartoon published after the NOLK…

9. A British cartoon published after the Reichstag fire called “The Red Peril”.
The “Old Consul” is saying to Hitler: “This is a heaven sent opportunity my lad, if you cant be a dictator now you never will be.”

10. A British cartoon from the time of the 1933 Reichstag election.

11. How did I do? – max 7 marks
L1 – Uses surface features of cartoon only [1-2]
L2 – Interpretation only [3]
L3 – Main message only [4]
L4 – Main message supported by details of the cartoon OR contextual knowledge [5-6]
L5 – Main message supported by details of the cartoon & contextual knowledge [7]
The main message is that Hitler is forcing ordinary Germans to vote for him in the 1933 elections by threatening them with violence.
The cartoon shows Hitler towering over a voter and holding a gun to his head. He also has a knife to threaten/stab the voter if needed. Hitler is drawn as much bigger than the voter and has a wide stance around the voter – the voter is unable to escape. The voter looks scared and meek and is putting a cross against Hitler’s name, which is the only name on the ballot. He has no choice but to vote for Hitler.
At the time of the 1933 elections Hitler was Chancellor and, following the Reichstag fire, used fear of Communism and all the power of the state to force Germans to vote Nazi. Voters were hassled and threatened at the polls. As a result, the Nazi vote went up.