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1
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what was Stresemann’s role in between the period of 1923 to 1929

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Foreign minister

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what is the definition of Weltpolitik

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The Kaisers plan to turn Germany into a leading world power

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What is the Dawes Plan

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An agreement between USA and European countries
Written up By Charles Dawes in 1924
Reparations were reduced in the short term to 50 million pounds per year
The United States gave loans of $25 billion to Germany to help rebuild its industrial capacity

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who is the Chancellor

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The leader / prime minister of German Gov

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What is Democracy

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Where the Gov is chosen By the people
E.G. Weimar Gov were every adult was able to vote for the political party they wanted

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who were the Edelweiss Pirates

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a youth group that rebelled against Nazi Ideas

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7
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what was the Enabling Act

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A law that was passed in 1933
gave Hitler power to act without talking to Reichstag or president

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Who were the Freikorps

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An organisation of armed ex-soldier volunteers

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What was the German Labour Front (DAF)

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an Organisation set up by the Nazis to help workers and improve their lives

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who were the Gestapo

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Hitler’s secret police

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Who was Goebbels

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The person who was in charge of Nazi propaganda

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Who was Himmler

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The leader of the SS who controlled both the police and the Gestapo

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13
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Who was Hindenburg

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president of Germany from 1925 till 1934
made Hitler Chancellor in 1933

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14
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what was the purpose of the Hitler youth

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to convert young people to Nazi ideas

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15
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What was the July 1944 Bomb Plot

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an attempt to assassinate Hitler .mainly by a group of people in the army, to take control of the Gov and end WW2

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who were the Junkers

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Land-owning class in Prussia
Pro Millitary
supported Kaiser

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What was The Kapp Putsch

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uprising against Gov led by Wolfgang Kapp and involving many Freikorps
Berlin 1920

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What was Kristallnacht

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took place November 1938
Jewish people, their synagogues, and businesses attacked throughout Germany

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What was the Munich Putsch

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an armed uprising that took place during 1923 led by Hitler and the Nazi party

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What was the Night of the Long Knives

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when Ernst Rohm and other SA leaders were arrested and murdered on the 30th of June 1943

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21
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What was the Nuremburg laws

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a set of laws that excluded Jews from being German citizens

Jewish German passports were considered invalid unless there were J stamped on them

Jews had to were the star of David on their Chest

Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor- Jewish and German couples cant marry nor have sexual relations

Reich Citizenship Law- only those of the Aryan race will be able to have a citizenship- Jews not Aryans were not seen as proper citizens- they had no political rights

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22
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when was the Ruhr invaded

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1923

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23
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Who was Von Papen

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leader of centre party who agreed to make a coalition with Hitler

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24
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what is Prussian Militarism

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Admiration for the army and its values

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25
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What was the Reichstag Fire

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Burning down German parliament in 1933

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Who was Rohm

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Leader of the SA

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27
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What was the SS

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Hitler’s private bodyguard

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28
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what was the swing youth

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a group of young people who didn’t support Nazi ideas or join any Hitler youth group

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29
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what was the purpose of the Wannsee conference

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a meeting in which they planed on how to murder all Jews in Europe

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30
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During the depression how many business firms closed down

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50,000 closed between 1929-1932

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31
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how was the great depression caused

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the wall street crash 1929

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32
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what did America do when the wall street crash happened

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it asked for its loans to be returned

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33
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what did Germany face during the depression

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mass unemployment and damage to their economy
Poverty

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34
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what happened to the wages of German workers during 1932

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they fell by one third

35
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when was Himmler made head of the SS

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1929

36
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When was Goebbels put in charge of Nazi Propaganda

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1928

37
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how many gestapo members were there

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15000 Gestapo members for 60 million Germans

38
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What powers did the SS have

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They could arrest people without trial
could search houses and take control of property

39
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who were the SS deaths head

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They were the SS members who ran concentration camps

40
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How many members did the SS have by 1939

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250,000
all recruits had to be recognisably Aryan and physically be fit

41
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Were the courts under Nazi control

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Yes so in turn fair trials were impossible as the judges were Nazi’s

42
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what did Judges Have to wear after 1936

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A swastika and the Nazi eagle

43
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Who were Block leaders

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Local Nazi in charge of their own block
collected donations for Nazi Party
noted signs of any disobedience

44
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What were signs of disobedience

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Not being enthusiastic enough when talking about Hitler
Not flying the Nazi flag during celebrations

45
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how many books were burnt during 1933

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20,000

46
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how many paintings were burnt during 1936

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5000

47
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what punishment did people face when listening to foreign radios

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Death penalty

48
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What programmes used for propaganda were on German radio

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Hitler’s speeches
German History
German music

49
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How many Germans owned radio in 1932

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25%

50
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when was the Dawes Plan

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1924

51
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when was the Munich putsch

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1923

52
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when was the Kapp putsch

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1920

53
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when was the enabling act passed

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1933

54
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when was Kristallnacht

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9th Nov 1938

55
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What was the young plan

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A plan to lower reparations from 6.6 billion to 2 billion and allow Germany to pay over a longer time frame (59 years)

56
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When did the Germany join the league of nations

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1926

57
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Who was assassinated in 1922

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Walter Rathenau- foreign minister -showed that Weimar republic faced political instability

58
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When did Hyperinflation start

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1923- loaf of bread cost 100,000 million marks

59
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Whose trial happened in 1924

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Hitler’s trial happened in 1924

60
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What was set up in 1925

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Hitler sets up the SS

61
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What does Stresemann win in 1926

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The Nobel peace price

62
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What youth group was first set up in 1926

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the Hitler youth

63
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Who dies in 1929

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Gustav Stresemann dies of a heart attack

64
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How many seats in government do the Nazis get in 1930

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107 seats

65
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What major financial event happened in 1930

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Wall street crash

66
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Who was made chancellor in May 1932

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Von Papen

67
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In the 1932 November election how many seats did the Nazi party get

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196 seats

68
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In the 1932 December elections how many seats did the Nazi party get

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230

69
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Who replaces Von Papen as Chancellor in December 1932

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Von Slcheicher

70
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What happened in 1942

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the Wannsee conference was held to see how all Jews should be handled-final solution

71
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When were the Nuremburg laws enacted

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They were enacted on the 15th of September 1935

72
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How much in reparations did Germany have to pay

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6.6 billion pounds

73
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What German colonies in Africa did Germany lose

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They lost Togoland and Cameroon to France and England

Lost German south west Africa to South Africa

Lost German East Africa to Britain

74
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What article in the treaty of Versailles led to Germany taking the blame

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Article 231- War guilt clause

75
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How much of the 6.6 billion pounds in reparations would the French get

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50%

76
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How much of the 6.6 billion pounds in reparations did Britain get

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30%

77
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What were some Nazi social policies against women

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Abortion and contraception was restricted except for people with weaknesses or inherited diseases

Jobs and education- no female members of the Reichstag- all woman employed by the state were banned- woman judges and lawyers were banned in 1936- amount of women going to uni was restricted to 10%

Divorce made easier- having no children was seen as grounds for divorce

78
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Social policies towards children

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1933- 20% of teachers sacked due to not wanting to teach Nazi ideals

1929-Nazi teachers league- provided training for teachers in Nazi ideals- textbooks rewritten to fit Nazi ideals

1936- all Aryan children were required to join a Nazi youth group at the age of 6

79
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How was the Nazi school curriculum structured

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PE- three double lessons a week- trained boys to be soldiers and and woman to produce healthy children- Boxing compulsory for boys and girls were taught homemaking and healthcare

History-taught about unfair treaty of Versailles + wicked Jews and communists

Biology-pupils were taught eugenics and superiority of Aryan race

Physicist- linked to warfare- taught about radio communications, fire arms and explosives

80
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When was the law for encouragement of marriage passed

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July 1933

81
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What was the law for the encouragement of marriage

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Married couples were given a loan of 1000 reichmarks

Each child a married couple had a quarter of the loan would be payed off

82
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How many German woman applied for abortion between 1935 and 1940 and how many were accepted

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Between 1935 and 1940, there were only 14,333 applications and 9,701 approvals.

83
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How many German women applied for an abortion before Hitler rise to power (1932)

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In 1932, the year before Hitler’s rise to power, just under 44,000 German women applied to terminate a pregnancy and 34,698 of these were approved. .

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