past paper questions

Describe events in Berlin and East Germany in 1989?

• In Leipzig a protest was shut down by the secret police, but this was filmed by West German television and inspired other cities to demonstrate.

• Gorbachev visited Berlin.

• The German leader, Erich Honecker, told troops to fire on the demonstrators but they refused.

• In Berlin, thousands of people marched to the checkpoints on the Berlin Wall.

• When some of the marchers began to attack the wall, the soldiers took no action to stop them.

• The soldiers guarding the wall joined the marchers.

• The Berlin Wall was dismantled on 9 November.

what was the 4 year plan (6)

• plan to make germany more self sufficient- autarky

• plan for rearmament

• better economy

• industrial production

• lack of war readiness

what happened during the nuremburg rallies?

• This was the annual rally of the Nazi Party.

• They were used to celebrate Nazi victories and announce new policies like compulsory military service.’

• ‘Over half a million supporters would take part.’

• ‘They were used to show the solidarity between the German people and the Nazi Party.

• ’There would be torchlight processions.’ ‘Hitler and other leading Nazis would make speeches.’

• ‘There would be marches by soldiers with flags and drums.’

• ‘They were used to create a personality cult around Hitler.’

describe nazi policies towards the church?

• Hitler made the Concordat with the Church in 1933.’

• ‘Hitler agreed not to interfere with the Catholic Church if the Church kept out of politics.’

• In 1937, Hitler did start attacking the Catholic Church and arresting priests.’

• Members of the Confessional Church were arrested.’

• ‘The Nazis set up the Reich Church where the bible was replaced with Mein Kampf.’

• Large amounts of church property were confiscated by the Nazis.’

what was the final solution?

• executioners were a branch of the ss- the einstazgruppen, who followed german armies as they marched eastwards during the invasion of the soviet union

• approximately 800,000 jews were killed mainly by shooting

• at wansee conference in 1942, decision was taken to eliminate all european jews

• concentration camps in poland such as chelmo, treblinka and auschwitz

• death cambs were equipped with gas chambers and crematoria

• in total, nazis killed about 6,000,000 jews