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Germany In Transition (1919-1939) - Key Definitions Flashcards

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Autocracy

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Ruled by one person

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Abdication

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To give up the throne

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Kaiser

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German word for Emperor

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Chancellor

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Chief minister

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Constitution

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An agreed method of governing a country

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Armistice

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The ending of hostilities in war (ceasefire)

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Diktat

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Harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor.

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Extremism

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Extreme political views

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Spartacists

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A group of people who represented the workers in the Communist Party

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Freikorps

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Paramilitary groups formed from demobilised soldiers from WW1

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Putsch

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Attempted overthrow of the government

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November Criminals

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Armistice, WW1
The politicians who signed the Treaty

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Dolchstoss

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The German soldiers had been betrayed and told they were winning
Stabbed in the back

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Passive resistance

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Opposition to government or invading power without violence

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Marianne

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Symbol of France - freedom and liberty, protector

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Ceasefire

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End to fighting

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Treaty

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An agreement between countries or states

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Weimar

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The Weimar Government was a new form of government, aiming to represent more people through a classless system. It was controversial.

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President

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The elected head of a republic

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Hyperinflation

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Very high rate of monetary inflation, cost of items rises very rapidly

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Right-wing

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Political parties who wanted to keep society stable, a strong government, capitalism, Kaiser back, nationalist.

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Left-wing

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Political parties who wanted rapid social change, equality, political power to workers, end capitalism, internationalist.

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Democracy

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A system of government where the whole population or eligible people can vote and their say , typically through electoral representatives.

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Anschluss

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A political union between Germany and Austria

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Allies

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Countries working together - France, Great Britain, Russia and later USA, Italy and Japan

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Demilitarised Zone

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The Rhineland - area free of German tanks, military personnel, weapons etc

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Volkisch

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A pure German people

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Reichswehr

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German army 1919-1935

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Volksgemeinschaft

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A people’s community. Inclusive and without class systems. Everyone belongs.

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Lebensraum

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Living space. Hitler believed land in the East was the destiny of the German people

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Gauleiter

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Local leader of Nazi Party

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Fuhrerprinzip

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The leadership principle that everyone in the Nazis worked for and was answerable to Hitler

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Dictator

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A ruler with total power over a country, one who has obtained power by force

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Enabling Act

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A law to transfer full power to the Chancellor and his government for 4 years

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Gleichshaltung

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Coordination. The ‘Nazifying’ of German society

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Four Year Plan

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An economic plan to get Germany war ready starting in 1936

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Armaments

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Military weapons and equipment

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Conscription

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Enlisting in the state army

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DAF

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German Labour Front

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Invisible Unemployed

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People in Germany excluded from working and from unemployment statistics e.g Jews, women

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Red Front

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Communist military wing who fought SA on the streets until 1933

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Indoctrination

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Teaching a person to accept rules or beliefs without thought, brainwashing

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Aryan

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A person of European descent, not Jewish, preferably with blonde hair and blue eyes. Superior race.

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Untermenschen

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Sub-humans, inferior people

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Mischlinge

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Half-breed

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Herrenvolk

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Master race (Aryan)

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Autarky

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To make Germany economically self sufficient

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Nuremberg Laws

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Reich Citizenship Law - Jews not citizens
Law for the protection of German blood and German honour - Jews and racially pure not allowed relationships together

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