Exam 1 People Flashcards
Social Darwinism
Herbert Spencer
Founded Action Francaise (believed violence gets things done)
Charles Maurras
German General during WWI, 1st mention of “stab in the back”
Erich Ludendorff
Led the Kapp Putsch in 1920, helped form Fatherland Party, led the Freikorps
Wolfgang Kapp
Nazi party’s 1st “in” in the government: elected president of Reichstag (goal to make Reichstag chaos), head of Gestapo
Hermann Goering
Chief of the SS
Heinrich Himmler
Nazi minister of propaganda, leader of Reich Chamber of Culture
Joseph Goebbels
Chancellor with goal to split Nazi Party, killed by SS during Night of the Long Knives
Gen. Kurt von Schleicher
Appointed Chancellor, gets Article 48 invoked
Heinrich Breuning
President of Weimar Republic from 1925-1934
Paul von Hindenburg
Chancellor appointed by Hindenburg, lifts ban on SA, ally of Nazi Party
Franz von Papen
Youth Leader of Reich (Head of Hitler Youth)
Baldur von Schirach
Head of SD (secret service)/secret intelligence police
Reinhard Heydrich