Who was the first president of the Weimar Republic?
Friedrich Ebert
What was the German Parliament called?
Reichstag
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What problems did the Weimar Republic face?
Too many parties
Proportional Representation
Acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles; which was hated by the Germans
Revolts
Who were the leaders of the Spartacist Revolt in 1919?
Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemberg
When was the Kapp Putsch
1920
When did France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr?
1923
What is Hyperinflation?
This happens when production cannot keep up with the amount of money, so money keeps losing its value.
What did the German workers in the Ruhr do?
Went on strike
Strike
What were 3 results of Hyperinflation?
Wages were paid twice a day
Middle Class lost all their savings
The German Mark- Currency- became completely worthless
When did the German workers return to the Ruhr?
September 1923
What did Stresemann do in 1924?
Accepted the Dawes Plan
Introduced the Rentenmark
What did the French and Belgian troops do in 1925?
Left the Ruhr
What did the Locarno Treaty; agreed by Stresemann in October 1925; mean for Germany?
The Western borders of Germany were agreed
When did Germany join the League of Nations?
1926
What pact did Germany sign in 1928? What did the 65 countries who signed promise?
Kellogg-Briand Pact: Not to use violence
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Not to use violence
What replaced the Dawes plan in 1929?
The Young Plan
What were the main terms of the Young Plan?
Germany given 59 years to pay reparations, which were to be reduced by 3/4's
Germany given 59 years to pay reparations.
Reparations were to be reduced by 3/4's
When did Stresemann die?
1929
What other key even happened in that year?
Wall Street Crash
What party did Anton Drexler lead in 1919?
German worker's party
What was the name of this party changed to in 1920?
National Socialist German worker's party
NAZIS
Who were the SA?
Armed groups who harassed opponents of the Nazis
The Nazis army
When was the Munich Putsch?
What was the name of the book which Hitler wrote in prison?
Mein Kampf
My struggle
What was Anschluss?
Joining Austria and Germany together
What was Lebensraum?
Living Space
Germans having a right to living space
How did Hitler change his tactics after the Munich Putsch?
Tried to gain control of Germany through the democratic system
Democracy rather than force
How many members did the Nazis have in 1925?
30,000
Fewer than 30,000
How many seats did the Nazis, the communists and the Social democrats have in the Reichstag in the 1928 elections?
Nazis- 12
Communists- 54
Social Democrats- 153
Nazis- 12 Communists- 54 Social Democrats- 153
How many Germans were unemployed by 1933?
6 million
6,000,000
How many members of the Nazi Party were there in 1930?
Over 300,000
300,000
How many seats did the Nazis win in the July 1932 elections?
230
When was Hitler offered Chancellorship?
1933
30th January 1933
What act did Hitler force through in March 1933?
Enabling Act
What was the name of the event in June 1934 when Hitler removed opposition from within the Nazi Party?
The Night of the long knives
What was the name of the leader of the SA who was killed on this night?
Ernst Rohm
Rohm
What 2 things did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do?
To govern for 4 years without Parliament and make all other political parties illegal
All political parties illegal
To govern for 4 years without parliament
Who was Paul Von Hindenburg?
The president of the Weimar Republic 1925-1934
The president of the Weimar Republic
When did he die?
2nd August 1934
1934
Which Nazi was in charge of the Ministry of Enlightenment and propaganda?
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
When were the Berlin Olympics?
1936
Who was in charge of the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
When were concentration camps started?
What was the Gestapo?
The secret police
What is the term used to describe the hatred of the Jews?
Anti-semitism
Who did Hitler sign an agreement with in 1933 where both sides promised not to interfere with each other?
The Catholic Church
How did Nazis fiddle with unemployment statistics?
Didn't count Jews or women?
What was the name of the Nazi scheme that provided German workers with cheap holidays and leisure activities?
Strength through joy
When was military conscription reintroduced?
1935
How old did boys have to be to join the Hitler Youth?
14
What did girls join?
League of German Maidens
How did the Nazis change the education system?
Nazi Propaganda
Jews banned from teaching and schools
Nazi teachers association
Subjects rewritten to suit Nazi ideals
What Nazi ideas did the League of German maidens spread?
Large families
Large families: Awarded cross of Honour for German Mothers
Give 2 reasons why the Nazis were popular
Brought Jobs
Taught ideals from an early age
Made them proud internationally
Mass rallies
Army Support
Brought prosperity
People feared them
When was the opposition within the Nazi party crushed?
The night of the long knives
Name one leading member of the Confessing Church
Pastor Martin Niemoller
Name 2 Youth groups who opposed the Nazis
Edelweiss Pirates
Swing kids
What happened in Munich in 1943?
The white rose members were executed
What did Claus Von Stauffenberg do?
Tried to kill Hitler
What was the Holocaust?
The persecution and mass murder of the Jewish people by the Nazis
Name 2 African Americans who won medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
Jesse Owens
Joe Louis
What were the Nuremberg laws?
Laws that prevented Jews from being German citizens
Laws that prevented Jews from marrying 'Germans'
Laws that prevented Jews from having sexual relations with 'Germans'
What was the Kristallnacht (1938) ?
The Night of the Broken Glass
The Night of the Broken Glass where thousands of Jewish shop windows were smashed and many dues were arrested following on from a German official being murdered by a Jew in Paris.
When were the Jewish people forced into Ghettos?
1940
What were German soldiers ordered to do when they invaded Russia in 1941?
Kill every Jew they came across
What was the final solution?
The Nazi's plan to destroy the Jews
Who was in charge of the Final Solution?
Name 2 famous death camps
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Sobibor
Chelmno
Belzec
How many Jews were killed by the Nazis in total?
