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Germany Vocab Flashcards

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Chancellor

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Prime Minister of Germany

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Kaiser

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German for King

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Reichstag

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Parliament

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Weimar Republic

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New Democratic Government in Germany after WW1

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Friedrich Ebert

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First President of Weimar Germany

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The Dolchstoss

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The Stab in the Back

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Armistice

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An agreement for peace

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Reparations

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Compensation for war

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Freikorps

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Soldiers who supported the Weimar Republic (To start with)

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Putsch

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An attempt to seize power/ Violent Uprising

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The SA

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The Nazi Party’s private army

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Inflation

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When prices go up

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Passive resistance

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No cooperation/ Refusal to work

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Führer

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Supreme Leader

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SS

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Blackshirts - Nazi Secret Army

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The Road to Dictatorship

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Nazi Consolidation of Power

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Emergency Powers

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Given to Hitler by Hindenburg after the Reichstag Fire meaning the police could arrest and hold people without trial

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Gestapo

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Part of SS - Spies

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Eugenics

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Creating a pure race

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Lebensraum

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Living space

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Autarky

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Self sufficient

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Genocide

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The deliberate and systematic destruction of a religious, racial, national or cultural group

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Pogrom

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Organised massacre of a particular ethnic group/ religion

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Perpetrator

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The one who commits an act

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Bystander

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One who watches an act and doesn’t intervene

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Collaborator

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Helps/ encourages an act

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Resister

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Tries to stop an event

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