Formation of the Nazi Party and Hitler's Rise to Leadership, 1919-1921

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• a valid inference, e.g. that the German Workers' Party was very small before Hitler's involvement grew.1 mark
• correct supporting detail, e.g. the room usually held perhaps twenty members.1 mark
• a second, different valid inference, e.g. that Hitler's speaking ability directly attracted new members to the party.1 mark
• correct supporting detail, e.g. strangers who wandered in stayed to ask how they could join after hearing Hitler speak.1 mark

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• general statements with little specific detail.3 marks
• explains one or two factors with some specific detail, but does not link them.3 marks
• explains several linked factors with specific supporting detail, reaching a clear overall explanation.3 marks
• Content that earns credit: Hitler's forceful, emotional public speaking quickly drew larger crowds than the small DAP had previously managed; the party was tiny and loosely organised when he joined in late 1919, giving him unusual room to increase his personal influence; his growing popularity made him difficult for rival leaders to remove, so when he threatened to resign during a dispute in July 1921, the party instead gave him dictatorial control as Fuhrer to keep him.3 marks

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• simple comments on the content of one or both sources, with little or no consideration of their nature, origin or purpose.4 marks
• some analysis of the content of both sources, beginning to comment on their nature, origin or purpose, e.g. noting Source B raises questions about how the party later presented Hitler's early role.3 marks
• analyses the content and provenance of both sources, using contextual knowledge to assess their value, e.g. linking Source C's audience figure to the party's genuinely small early size.3 marks
• a sustained evaluation of both sources' content and provenance, supported by precise contextual knowledge, reaching a clear, justified judgement about their usefulness for this specific enquiry.3 marks
• Content that earns credit: Source B is useful for showing that Hitler was not, in fact, an original founder of the party, and for showing that the party later reshaped its own history to present him as one, which is itself valuable evidence about how the Nazis constructed their public image; Source C is useful, independent evidence of the party's small early audiences, though a short newspaper notice offers limited detail on content or context; used together, the sources are valuable for showing how modest the party's true beginnings were compared with its later self-presentation, but they need contextual knowledge of Hitler's later rise to explain why this contrast mattered.3 marks

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