Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 Flashcards

30 fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering key facts, figures, and events from Weimar and Nazi Germany (1918–39).

On 9 November 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated following advice from General __________.

Wilhelm Groener

On 9 November 1918, SPD member __________ proclaimed the new German Republic from a window of the Reichstag.

Philipp Scheidemann

The armistice to end fighting in the First World War was signed on 11 November 1918 by Ebert's representative, __________.

Matthias Erzberger

In the Weimar Constitution diagram shown, the head of state elected by the people every $7$ years was the __________.

President

Under Article $48$ of the Weimar Constitution, the chancellor could ask the president to pass necessary laws by decree in a crisis without the support of the __________.

Reichstag

Under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, German reparations were eventually fixed in 1921 at $136,000$ million marks.

136,000

The belief that the German army was betrayed by politicians who surrendered in November 1918 was known as the __________ theory.

stab in the back

The Spartacist Revolt of January 1919 in Berlin was led by Rosa Luxemburg and __________.

Karl Liebknecht

In March 1920, five thousand armed Freikorps members marched on Berlin in a right-wing uprising known as the __________.

Kapp Putsch

In January 1923, French and Belgian troops occupied the __________ industrial area after Germany failed to send coal.

Ruhr

In November 1923, Gustav Stresemann set up a new state-owned bank, the Rentenbank, which issued the temporary currency called the __________.

Rentenmark

Under the __________ Plan of 1924, reparations payments were temporarily reduced and US banks agreed to give loans to German industry.

Dawes

Signed on 1 December 1925, the __________ Pact was an agreement between Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium accepting Germany's 1919 western borders.

Locarno

In August 1928, Germany and 61 other countries signed the __________ Pact, promising not to use war to achieve foreign policy aims.

Kellogg-Briand

Between 1925 and 1928, real wages for workers in the Weimar Republic rose by $25$\%.

25

In February 1920, Adolf Hitler and Anton Drexler wrote the NSDAP's political manifesto known as the __________ Programme.

Twenty-Five Point

The official newspaper bought by the NSDAP in December 1920 was called the __________.

Völkischer Beobachter

The military wing of the NSDAP set up in August 1921, whose members wore brown uniforms, was called the __________.

SA

During the Munich Putsch on 8 November 1923, Hitler burst into a meeting at a beer hall with 600 SA men and threatened Bavarian state leader __________.

Gustav von Kahr

While imprisoned at Landsberg Prison following the Munich Putsch, Hitler dictated his book titled __________.

Mein Kampf

At the __________ Conference of 1926, Hitler successfully addressed internal party divisions and defeated the northern 'socialist' wing led by Gregor Strasser.

Bamberg

The US stock market collapse in October 1929, which triggered a global economic depression, is known as the __________.

Wall Street Crash

By January 1933, unemployment in Germany reached $6.1$ million workers.

6.1

On 27 February 1933, the Reichstag building was destroyed by fire, and Dutch communist __________ was caught on the site and executed.

Marinus van der Lubbe

Passed on 24 March 1933, the __________ Act allowed Hitler and his Cabinet to pass laws without the consent of the Reichstag for four years.

Enabling

On 30 June 1934, Hitler purged the leadership of the SA and murdered Ernst Röhm in an event known as the __________.

Night of the Long Knives

The secret state police force established in 1933 by Hermann Goering and later placed under SS control was called the __________.

Gestapo

In September 1933, Joseph Goebbels set up the Reich Chamber of __________ to ensure all artistic activities in Germany aligned with Nazi ideas.

Culture

The anti-Jewish laws passed in September 1935, which stripped Jews of German citizenship and banned marriage with Germans, were the __________ Laws.

Nuremberg

The nationwide violent attack against Jewish homes, shops, and synagogues on 9–10 November 1938 is known as __________.

Kristallnacht