How did Hitler destroy the Treaty of Versailles - Lesson 1

Question 1

Between what years did Hitler destroy the TOV?

Answer 1

1933 - 1936

Question 2

Why was he able to destroy it?

Answer 2

• One reason was he was willing to take risks.

- Another was the weakness of other nations and their unwillingness to stop him.

Question 3

The Treaty had placed Saar (an important________area) on the ______________ border under the LON administration for ___ years.

Answer 3

• coal mining
• Franco-German border
• 15 years

Question 4

In January 1935, people of Saar voted by ____ to ____ to return to Germany.

Answer 4

• January 1935

- 477,000 to 48,000

Question 5

Why was the Saar Plebiscite a success for Hitler?

Answer 5

• propaganda success for HITLER who increased its International impact by ‘Promising to make no further claims on French territory, thereby giving up German claims to Alsace and Lorraine.
  This improved his international image by presenting himself as a reasonable man who wanted justice for the Germans suffering from the Treaty.

Question 6

What was the profit made in the German coal-mines in Saar used for?

Answer 6

To pay for reparations to France. This was seen as a great injustice because the people of Saar were being denied their rights whether they wanted to be a part of Germany.

Question 7

Stages of Saar:

Answer 7

1919- Saar removed from Germany, under the LoN control. Profit from coal mines used for reparations. Unjust to Germans no longer part of Germany.

1933 - Hitler’s opponents hid in Germany – fought for Saar to remain under the League.

1935- LoN held a plebiscite. 90% to 10%.
Victory for Germans as it portrayed the Nazis as representing the Germans in a fight against the Treaty.

Germans who lived outside Germany showed their hate for the Treaty and love for Germany.

Question 8

Conscription and Rearmament

Answer 8

1935

Conscription was forbidden by the Treaty.
German rearmament began in 1933.