Germany (Key Individuals and their roles) Flashcards
Who was Kaiser Wilhelm
The German leader up to 1918 when he was forced to abdicate
Who was Ebert?
The German president who set up the Weimar Republic
Who were the Spartacists?
Left wing communist rebels
Who were the Freikorps?
Right wing ex-soldiers opposed to communists
Who was Stresemann?
The German Chancellor who takes over the Weimar government
Who was Hitler?
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Who was Lundendorff?
A WW1 hero with right wing beliefs
Who was Hindenburg?
The German president and a former WW1 General
Who was Joseph Goebbels?
The Head of Nazi propaganda, his role was to spread messages across Germany
Hitler declares himself as the Fuhrer what is his role now?
He is a combination of the president and chancellor of Germany
What was the role of concentration camps?
To hold political prisoners in harsh and violent conditions
What was the role of the Gestapo?
They were a secret police made by the Nazis who arrested anyone who disagreed with the Nazis publicly without trial
What was the role of women in Nazi Germany
The women were expected to remain at home and raise children as the Nazis wanted to increase the number of Aryan children
Who were the Edelweiss Pirates?
a loosely organized group of German youths in the late 1930s and early 1940s who rejected the strict regimentation of the Hitler Youth and the Nazi regime, often engaging in acts of defiance and resistance.
Who were the White Rose
Munich students who printed leaflets with anti-Nazi messages and was run by brother and sister duo Hans and Sophie Scholl
