Germany Just Before The Holocaust Flashcards
The treaty of _______ was signed
The treaty of Versailles
When was the treaty of Versailles signed
June 18th, 1919
Who gained charge of Germany after the kings abdication?
Ebert
When did Ebert gain charge of Germany
June 17th, 1919
When did the kaiser abdicate
November 9th, 1918
What uprising started on January 5th 1919
The Spartacist revolution
Was the Spartacist revolution a left wing (communist) or right wing (nationalist) revolution
Left wing
How did the Spartacists try to revolt
They tried to start a general strike (a strike of the whole country)
Who were the leaders of the spartacist revolution
Rosa Luxenburg and Karl Liebnecht
What revolt started in 1919-1920
The kapp putsch
Who led the kapp putsch
Wolfgang Kapp
Was the kapp putsch a left wing or right wing revolt
Right wing
What did the kapp putsch try to do
While Ebert was away they tried to take over the government with firepower
What did the German military do about the kapp putsch
They did nothing because ‘they wont kill their fellow soldiers’
How much did the treaty of Versailles cost Germany
6.6 billion marks
How many troops was the German army limited too
100,000
What part of Germany was demilitarised
The Rhine land
What part of Germany was taken over by France
The Ruhr
What did the German government do to stop the effects of loosing all of this money
They printed more
What did the mass printing of money lead too
Hyper inflation
What new currency was created by Stresemann in 1923
The rentenmark
How did the creation of the renten mark help the economy of Germany at the time
Because marks had lost value because of hyper inflation this helped stabilise the economy again
In what year did Germany join the League of Nations
1926
What German actor ended up starring in a holly wood movie
Marlene Dictrich
What is the English translation of Munich putsch?
The beer hall revolution
Who lead the Munich putsch
Adolf Hitler
Was the Munich putsch a success or a failure
Failure
How many people died in the Munich putsch?
14 nazis and 4 police men
What was the long term success of the Munich putsch?
Adolf hitler gained popularity
What was the book hitler wrote in prison
Mein campf
What does mein kampf translate too?
My struggle
What does NSDAP stand for
National socialist German workers party
Who was Joesph goebbels ?
He was the nazi head of propaganda
When did the beer hall putsch happen
November 8th - 9th 1923
When the Ruhr was invaded what did the German workers do
They went on strike
What was the Dawes plan made by stressman
It was a plan to stagger and lengthen the time Germany had until they had to pay their dept
What was the young plan that was put up by stressman
It was a plan to reduce the reparations Germany had to pay from 6.6 billion marks too 2.5 billion marks
What actually was the League of Nations
It was a group of countries that created a kind of pact to reduce the chances of war
What was the Kellogg Briand pact
It was a pact that outlawed war
When was the Kellogg briand pact signed
August 7th 1928
