Key events Flashcards
What was the Dawes plan? date?
1924, Gave Germany loans from the USA so that operation payments were made easier.
Locorno treaty what was it? and date?
1925, was a set of 7 agreements, also accepted the treaty of versailles
wall street crash? Date?
1929, greatest crash in the stock markets of america.
causes: overproduction at farms, overproduction of consumer goods, inequality.
effect: people bankrupt, lost homes, 11,000 banks stopped trading, production fell.
What happened between1928-1930? what was there a lot of?
There was a lot of unemployment.
people were let down
extremist groups could rise, ( communists and the nazis)
people started to support the extremist groups
Gestapo? date set up?
1933, could arrest anyone who opposed the government.
they were the official secret police of nazi germany
The reichstag fire? date? who got blamed?
1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. totally destroyed.
The nazis blamed the communists (KPD)
Nazis got the communists arrested
Enabling act? Date?
1933, would give hitler the right to pass laws without having to consolidate with the Reichstag for 4 years. Germany had become a dictatorship.
The knight of long knives? Date?
1934, Rohm was leader of the SA.
Army said they will support hitler if he gets rid of the SA.
rohm was also a threat to hitlers dominance of nazi party.
SO
Hitler got the SS to murder the SA and rohm. 400 people were killed.
Hitler become chancellor, president and chief of armed forces.
Nuremberg laws? Date?
1935, Jews no longer german citizens
marriages between jews and aryans was forbidden
munich conference? Date?
1938, Italy, France, Britain and Germany signed saying hitler could have the land but only if he didn’t invade anywhere else.
Kristalnacht? Date?
1938, A jew shot a german diplomat.
after
1000’s of jewish businesses attacked and synagogues burnt down.
The Night Of Broken Glass
Munich Putch? Date?
1923, the nazis plan was to capture munich.
Kahr and lasso let hitler down at last minute
Hitler stormed into the beer hall where they both were and pointed guns at them and forced them to come and help him.
Police opened fire on the stormtroopers and 16 Nazis were killed.
Hitler was arrested
Kapp Putch? Date?
1920, Wolfgang kapp and some frei korps units seized power in Berlin
Kapp as not supported by the workers in the factories. So workers organised a strike in Berlin to support the government, coal water and gas production stopped.
4 days later Kapp fled and weimar government returned to power.
