Weimar and nazi Germany

What was the goal of stresmand?

To end hyperinflation through a new currency

What did stresmand introduce?

• Dawes plan

• Young plan

What was the Dawes plan?

A decrease in respirations us loans ( 50 million a year)

What was the young plan?

Gave a further 59 years cresting lower tax

What was the reichstag?

German parliament

What was the armistice?

The peace treaty signed at the end of ww1

What was the treaty of Versailles?

The peace deal signed by the leaders of the allies and Germany in 1919

What was the stab in the back myth?

Germany had only lost the war due to the leftwing damaging the country and the war effort

What is the sartacist revolt?

A putsch led by the German communist to take power in Berlin 1919

What was the Ruhr?

The major industrial region of Germany where it produced most of its coal iron and steel

What was the kapp putch?

A march led by the wolf gang kapp due to disband and fear of unemployment

What was the Munich putch?

Hitter and the NSDP try and fail to take control of Munich , barviara and the rest of Germany

How many people marched in the kapp putch and what did they do?

5000 marched and declared a new government

What was the outcome of the sparacist revolt?

Liebknecht and Luxembourg captured and killed

What was the outcome of the kapp putch?

The Weimar government fled

How did the kapp putch collapse?

• Lack of support

• The population strike

How was the spartacist revolt stopped?

Eburt asks freikourps to help suppress the revolt

Which problems did Germany face in 1923?

• Hyper inflation

• French invasion of the Ruhr

• Guilt clause

What did the Weimar constitution promise?

• Votes via proportional representation

• Chancellor chosen from biggest party

• Article 48 - emergency law

What were the terms of the treaty of Versailles?

• Guilt solely placed upon Germany

• Army reduced to 100000

• Respirations of 6.6 billion

• Banned from League of Nations

What were the revolts from the left?

• The Ruhr uprising

• Spartacist uprising

What were the revolts from the right?

• Kapp putch

• Munich putch

What did stresmand do to stabilise the economy?

• Controlled inflation

• French leave Ruhr

• Deals with the USA

• Foreign affairs improved

What did article 109 do?

Make women and men legally equal

What is the wall st crash?

1929 USA ask for the Dawes loans back causing serious economic problems and the Great Depression

What happens in the great depression?

• 40% industrial production falls

• Unemployment grew from 1 million to 8 million

What was article 48 used for?

To bypass the reichstag

What happened at hitters court case?

Marched around the court room stating he was only guilty of fighting for a better Germany

What was the impact of hilters court case?

• Gained media attention

• Reorganised the party

• Redounded the NSDAP

What did hitler promise In his propaganda campaigns?

• Strong leadership

• Solve economic crisis

• Build a strong Germany

Who was blamed for the Reichstag fire?

A communist

What did the Reichstag fire allow hitler to do?

Gave hitler a excuse to round up the communist

What was the night of the long knives?

Hitler order the SS to execute rohm and Sa leadership

What is goebbels propaganda machine?

• Fils and radio

• Poster and rallies

• Made sure Hitler speeches reached millions

What was censored and controlled during Hitler reign?

• Newspapers and journalists

• Modern art and architecture

• Black American jazz

What was the kdf ( strength through joy ) ?

A organisation providing cheap holidays and sporting events for workers

What did Hitler youth do ?

trained young men to…

• Shoot

• Hunt

• Camping

Why was it viewed that Hitler created a economic miracle?

By wiping out unemployment by 1934

Why did unemployment rates dramatically increase during Hitlers reign?

Pushed people into jobs such as the army

What was racial hygiene?

Pure Germans were the master race and should not breed with other races to stay racially pure

What did the Nuremberg laws state?

• Only those of German blood were Citizens

• Jews lost rights

• Jews banned from marrying or having sex with non Jews