Germany Flashcards
What was the army limited to under the treaty of Versailles?
100,000 men
How many different political parties were there in the Reichstag in the 1920s?
28
What was the price for bread in 1923?
200,000 million marks
How many Freikorps were there by March 1919?
250,000
How many protesters marched on Berlin in 1920 (kapp putsch)?
5000
How many members did the Nazis have during the Munich Putsch (1923)?
55,000
When was the Rentenmark introduced?
1923
How long was Hitler in prison for?
9 months
When was the DAP 25 Point Programme revealed?
Feb 1920
How many members did the SA have by 1930?
400,000
How many Germans were unemployed by 1933?
6 million
How many seats did the Nazis win in July 1932?
230
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th February 1933
When was the Night of the Long Knives?
30th June 1934
When and where was the first concentration camp built?
Dachau 1933
How many members did the Edelweiss pirates have by 1939?
2000
What was the medal awarded to mothers called?
Mothers Cross
How many men were in the German army in 1939?
900,000
When did Stresemann receive the Nobel peace prize?
1926
How many pastors lost their jobs because they would not declare their support for Nazi views?
18
When was the Confessional Church set up?
1934
How many members did the confessional church have at its peak?
5000
In 1939 what percentage of the German population claimed to believe in God?
5%
What percentage of German households had a radio by 1939?
70%
When was the Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops and businesses?
April 1933
How many battleships was the navy limited to under the treaty of Versailles?
6
How many of its colonies did Germany lose under the Treaty Of Versailles?
11
What percentage of its iron reserves did Germany lose due to the treaty of Versailles?
50%
When was the French occupation of the Ruhr?
January 1923
When did the Kaiser abdicate?
9th Nov 1918
What happened on 10th Nov 1918?
A new republic was set up with a new president, Freidrich Ebert
When was the Armistice signed?
11th Nov 1918
Where did the Kaiser flee to?
Holland
What does ‘Dolchstoss’ mean?
Stab in the back
When were election for the Weimar parliament held?
19th Jan 1919
Which party did Freidrich Ebert belong to?
Social Democratic Party
What was the theory called which suggested that Germany had been betrayed by those who signed the armistice
Dolchstoss
What percentage of the electorate voted in the first election?
82%
What percentage of the seats did SDP win?
40%
Why did the first National Assembly not meet in Berlin?
Because it was too dangerous
Under the Weimar Constitution, how old did men and women have to be to vote?
20
What was the name of the new German parliament?
Reichstag
How many states made up the Weimar Republic?
18
What type of voting system did the new constitution use?
Proportional Representation
What was the major strength of the new voting systen?
Smaller parties had a voice
All parties who were voted for got got seats
Which feature of of the constitution allowed the president to pass laws without the approval of parliament in times of emergency?
Article 48
What was the name of the French prime minister who wanted to make Germany pay at Versailles?
Georges Clemenceau
What percentage of its coal reserves did Germany lose under Versailles?
15%
How much did Germany have to pay reparations?
136 billion marks
What is Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles better known as?
The War Guilt Clause
Who signed the Armistice?
Matthias Erzberger
What is a diktat?
A harsh penalty with no negotiations of terms
How much of its European territory did Germany lose?
13%
Who are the November criminals?
The politicians who signed the treaty
What was the Communist Party in Germany inspired by?
The Russian Revolution in 1917
In June 1920 election, what percentage of support did moderate parties get?
40%
When was the Spartacist Uprising?
5th Jan 1919
What happened during the Spartacist Uprising?
They organised a revolt
Occupied headquarters of the government newspapers and telephone offices
Name the leaders of the Spartacist Uprising
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Which group was used to put down the Spartacist Uprising?
Freikorps
What did Ebert do to upset the Freikorps in 1920?
He disbanded 2 Freikorp units
Who was declared as the new leader of Germany during the Kapp Putsch?
Dr Wolfgang Kapp
What did Ebert encourage the public to do in order to stop the Kapp Putsch?
Go on general strike
What happened to the Freikorps after the Kapp Putsch?
They disbanded
When did the French and Belgians invade the Ruhr?
Jan 1923
Why did the French invade the Runh?
Because Germany failed to pay some of the instalments of the reparations
What did the German government encourage workers in the Ruhr to do?
To carry out passive resistance
What was the problem with the French invasion of the Ruhr?
Germany lost income because the French and Belgians were taking industrial products
German government had to pay the striking workers
What did the German government do to try and fix the economical problems?
They printed more money
What was the name given to the period in which extreme inflation happened, causing prices to rise very qickly?
Hyperinflation
How many paper mills and printing shops were there in 1923 for just printing money?
300 paper mills + 200 printing shops
How many marks were needed to buy 1 dollar in Nov 1923?
4.2 billion marks
Which groups were affected the worst during hyperinflation?
People with savings
People with foxed incomes
Which groups benefitted during hyperinflation?
People with loans/debts/mortgages
Big business owners
In which year did Stresemann become chancellor?
1923
What was the name of the government he led?
The Great Coalition Government
How long was Stresemann Chancellor for?
4 months
What was the name of the temporary currency?
Rentenmark
When was the temporary currency introduced?
Nov 1923
What was the value of the currency based upon?
Germany’s industrial and agricultural worth
Gold
What did Stresemann promise to exchange the notes for shares?
German land or business
What was the name of the permanent currency?
Reichsmark
When was the permanent currency introduced?
August 1924
How many marks were loaned to Germany by USA under the Dawes Plan?
800 million gold marks
What were reparations payments lowered to for 5 years under the Dawes Plan?
1000 million marks each year
What were the Allies given control over under the Dawes Plan?
The Reichsbank and the railways in Germany
How much did Germany receive in loans from the USA in the 6 yrs following 1924?
25 billion marks
What happened to the industrial output in the years 1923-1929?
It doubled
What was the reparations bill reduced to under the Young Plan?
$8 billion
Over what period were the payments to be made in the Young Plan?
59 years
By which date did the French leave the Ruhr?
July 1925
By which date did the French agree to leave the Rhineland?
June 1930
How much was Germany obliged to pay each year under the Young Plan?
1/3 of the annual amount
How many people signed a petition opposing the YP?
4 million
What percentage voted against the Young Plan in a referendum?
14%
What did Germany accept under the Locarno Pact?
It’s new western borders
How were Germanys eastern borders to be settled under the Locarno Pact?
Peaceful means (through the League of Nations)
Which award was given to Stresemann in 1926?
Nobel Peace Prize
When did Germany join the League of Nations?
September 1926
Which element of the League of Nations was Germany awarded a place?
On the League of Nations council
How many countries signed the Kellog-Braind Pact?
62 (including Germany)
What was not to be used to settle disagreements under the Kellog-Braind Pact?
Military Force
Which country was not in the League of Nations but signed the Kellog-Braind Pact?
USA
Which year was the Dawes Plan?
1924
Which year was the Young Plan?
1929
Which year was the Locarno Pact?
1925
Which year was the League of Nations?
1926
Which year was the Kellog-Braind Pact?
1928
Who founded led the Germans Workers’ Party in January 1919?
Anton Drexler
When was the German Workers’ Party founded?
In Jan 1919
How many members did the DAP have when Hitler first attended a meeting?
6
When did Hitler join the German Workers’ Party?
September 1919
Which document rewrite the aims of the DAP?
25 Point Programme
What did NSDAP stand for?
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
When did Hitler oust Drexler?
1921
Which Italian fascist had influenced Hitler before 1923?
Benito Mussolini
What was the name of the first Nazi newspaper first published in 1920?
People’s Observer
What was the membership of the NSDAP by the end of 1920?
1100
When did Hitler set up the SA?
1921
Who led the SA?
Ernst Rohm
What did members of the SA wear?
Brown shirt as uniforms
What did the SA do?
Disrupt meetings of opposing parties
Control crows at Nazi meetings