Germany 1929-34

Question 1

what were the effects of the wall street crash on Germany?

Answer 1

• Americans were not able to afford things from German factories, so they went bankrupt and had to close down
• America stopped loaning money to germany (Dawes plan 16 aug. 1924)
  America also demanded their money back –> Germany went bankrupt
• The German people began to look to extremists

Question 2

who were the chancellors of Germany 1929-1930?

Answer 2

• Hermann Müller (1928-1930)
  -Heinrich Brüning (1930-1932)
  -Franz von Papen (1932)
  -Kurt von Schleicher (1932-1933)
  -Adolf Hitler (1933-1945)

Question 3

what number of seats did the Nazis get in July 1932?

Answer 3

230

Question 4

what number of seats did the Nazis get in November 1932?

Answer 4

196

Question 5

why didnt Hindenburg want to appoint Hitler as chancellor?

Answer 5

he was only a corporal in the army, he thought that the Nazis were a disruptive and violent party

Question 6

when did Hitler become chancellor

Answer 6

30th of January 1933

Question 7

when did the Reichstag fire happen

Answer 7

27th February 1933

Question 8

when did the enabling act pass

Answer 8

23rd march 1933

Question 9

what was the effect of Hitler becoming chancellor?

Answer 9

he began to work on eliminating non nazis and minorities

Question 10

what were the effects of the Reichstag fire?

Answer 10

• article 48 was used to censor newspapers, letters, and phone calls
• communists were expelled from parliament, and many leaders were imprisoned
• communists were forced to stop campaigning
• Hitler being allowed to ‘deal with Germanys problems’ (protection law)

Question 11

what were the effects of the enabling act?

Answer 11

• the Nazis focused on removing local governments, trade unionists, and the political opposition
  -ended the Weimar government and democracy in Germany, became a totalitarian dictatorship

Question 12

why was the Enabling act allowed to pass?

Answer 12

the other politicians in the Reichstag were intimidated/bribed to vote to pass the law - it wasnt truly democratic (444-94)

Question 13

what groups were banned by Hitler 1933?

Answer 13

• communists
• trade unionists

Question 14

what happened in the night of the long knives?

Answer 14

Hitler and a group of his elite personal bodyguards (SS) stormed a hotel where the SA were and arrested and later shot them

Question 15

when was the night of the long knives?

Answer 15

30th June 1934

Question 16

why did the night of the long knives happen?

Answer 16

-Hitler was worried that Ernst Rohm (leader of SA) was going to over power him, and become dictator himself
- the army also didn’t like the SA and Hitler wanted the army on his side
- he also wanted to show the Germans the brutality of the attack to make them fear the Nazis

Question 17

when did Hindenburg die?

Answer 17

2nd August 1934

Question 18

what were the actions of Hitler after Hindenburg’s death?

Answer 18

• a new president wasn’t elected
• Hitler made himself Fuhrer
• Hitler made the army swear an oath of loyalty to him