Chapter 6- Social and Cultural developments in Germany 1924-8 Flashcards

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George Grosz quote about Berlin in the golden age

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“Berlin was a bubbling cauldron”

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1925 State accident insurance system

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Introduced by Bismarck to help those injured at work
was extended to cover those with diseases

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how man war orphans and veterans did the state support in 1926

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800k disabled war veterans
900k war orphans

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4
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Means tests

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A check on the financial circumstances of a benefit candidate to confirm eligibility

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5
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Characteristics of the “New Woman”

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Free, independent, sexually liberated, and visible in public life

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6
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Freedoms women gained from the Weimar Constitution

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Right to vote
Opportunity of education
Right to Equal pay
Opportunity to serve in the civil service

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7
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League of German Women

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900k members
they promoted family values and maternal responsibilities

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8
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Myth of New woman vs reality:
Sexual freedom

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new woman:
Abortions, by 1930, 1 mil a year
Divorce rates increased
Birth control became more widely available

reality:
Abortion was a criminal offence often performed by unqualified ppl. 12k deaths annually
churches heavily opposed birth control

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9
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Youth Cliques in Hamburg

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Red apaches
Eagles claw

They tried to appear physically tough,
aggressively masculine and anti social.

They had their own uniforms, flags and initiation tests

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10
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Wandervogel

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Middle class boys
highly nationalistic but not political
hated industrialisation and big cities
Some adopted nudism and vegetarianism

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11
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church youth groups

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Both catholic and protestant
promote religious observance and instil respect

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12
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Political Youth groups

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Young communist League was founded in 1925 for KPD children

Hitler youth, slow growth in 20s, 13k members by 1929

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13
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% of Jews that lived in Cities

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80%

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14
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% of German pop that was jewish

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1%

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15
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High ranking Jews in Politics

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Rathenau, Luxemburg, Hasse

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16
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Examples of Jewish dominance of Industry

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Jewish firms dominated coal mining, steelworks and chemical industry in Silesia

17
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% of Jewish owned banks in Germany compared to all banks

18
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Barmat Scandal

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1925
jewish Barmat brothers accused of bribing Prussian state bank
one of them was sentenced to 11 months in jail

19
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Berlin Nightclubs

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hub of homosexuals and trans people able to be free after having to hid their identity pre-weimar

20
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Art in the Golden age

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Kandinsky, George Grosz
surge of modern art

21
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Theatre in the Golden age

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Abstract symbolism
bertold Brecht

Threepenny opera:
turned middle class as villains
prostitues and criminals are heroes

22
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Architecture in the Golden Age

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bauhaus 1919
Incorporated steel, concrete and glass into designs. stripped away an superfluous decoration