Weimar Republic and the Rise of Hitler (basic info)

Flashcards about the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis in Germany between 1918 and 1933.

Abdicate

When a monarch gives up the throne

Armistice

Agreement that stops fighting in a war

Parliamentary democracy

A system of government in which people elect representatives to a parliament to make laws and govern the country

Coalition

A government made up of different political parties

War Guilt

A clause in the treaty which said Germany had to accept the blame for starting the war

Reparations

Payments made to the Allies to pay for the damage caused by Germany during the war

Passive resistance

Use of peaceful means to resist power or authority

Hyperinflation

Extreme inflation, when prices rise very quickly

Rentenmark

Temporary currency introduced in 1923 to stabilize the German currency after hyperinflation

Reichsbank

New independent German national bank; set up to help build confidence in Germany's financial system

Reichsmark

New permanent currency that replaced the temporary Rentenmark in 1924

Diplomacy

The use of negotiations and agreements to outreach decisions and resolve differences between countries

Propaganda

Information (sometimes misleading) that is used to persuade people to hold or believe in certain values and ideas

Demobilised

Troops who were sent back to Germany from the battlefield at the end of the war

Freikorps

An estimated 250,000 ex-soldiers who refused to give up their weapons and used violence on the streets of Germany to further their political aims

Nationalist

A person who wants a strong country that puts its national interests before others

Putsch

Uprising

Paramilitary force

A private group run like a military force

Lebensraum

'Living room'; areas of land that the Nazis claimed they would need to acquire to provide space for a growing Aryan population

Aryans

Those people who Hitler said were the master race

Article 48

Part of the German constitution; in an emergency, the president could make laws by decree, without the approval of the Reichstag

Scapegoats

People who are blamed for something that someone else has done wrong

Decree

An official order by an individual or group which has the force of law; Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution allowed the president to pass decrees in times of national emergency

Conspiracy

A secret plan with other people to do something bad or illegal