Germany pre Hitler Flashcards
civillian deaths germany WW1
763,000 starvation, 150,000 flu
industrial production pre vs post ww1
2/3
german ww1 debts
tripled to 150 billion marks
wage decrease ww1
reduced to about 60% for average worker
increased democracy under Kaiser
Prince Max of Baden
leader of german republic post abdication
Friedrich Ebert (10/11/18) - january 1919
armistice signing day
11/11/18
ww1 german troop results
2 million dead 4 million injured
weimar constitution voting eligibility
20 + men and women
weakness of reichsrat
strong german states e.g prussia held major influence
who drew up Weimar constitution
Hugo Preuss, Jewish
article for war guilt
article 231, £6.6 billion reparations, lost ~13% land mass and population
max 150,000 troops
6 ships, 0 submarines/armoured vehicles
cant join with austria
Hawes November Criminals
in August 1918, most germans thought the war would be won.
spartacist
led by Rosa luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, revolution january 1919, stopped by freikorps
Kapp Putsch
March 1920, held by Freikorps, Wolfgang Kapp, 1 regiment had swastika helmets, stopped by strike
Ruhr invasion
1923, france and belgium
132 killed
150,000 forced to abandon homes
1918 loaf of bread - november 1923
0.6 marks - 201 BILLION
foreign minister 1923-29, revived Germany
Gustav Streseman
Rentenmark
invented in nov 1923
named reichsmark Aug 1924
Young Plan
1929 - reparations from 6,6 to 2 bill
given until 1988
Dawes plan
1924
800 million reichmark loaned to german business
reparation reduced to £50,000,000 / year
Locarno Pact
1925
With Britain, France, Italy and Beligum
Rhineland demilitarised, french borders agreed
Kellog-Briand pact
1928
Germany and 62 others agree to disarm and find alternatives to war
Bauhaus
A school set up in 1919 which was greatly influential on worldwide architecture
Women in Reichstag 1932
112
Women employed 1918-1925
75 - 26% due to stop working post ww2, despite women being encouragd to work high value jobs
article used to force through laws by decree
article 48
Kiel Mutiny
a revolt by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet against the maritime military command in Kiel
3/11/18
forced Willhelms abdication