key figures Flashcards
SPD
SOCIAL DEOMOCRATS
KPD
COMMUNIST PARTY OF GERMANY
MARINUS VAN DER LUBBE
DUTCH COMMUNIST FOUND AT THE SCENE OF THE REICHSTAG FIRE AND CONFESSED TO THE CRIME
ANTON DREXTER
FOUNDER OF THE NAZI PARTY
TRADE UNIONS
ORGANISATIONS THAT HELP IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS BY HAVING COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS AND THREATS OF STRIKES
CHARLES DAWES
AN AMERICAN WHO LATER BECAME VICE PRESIDENT OF THE USA, HE HELPED TO RELIVES GERMANYS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
S.A
MILITARY ARM OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY ALSO KNOW AS THE NAZIS
ALSO STORMTROOPERS
gestapo
secret police
Hindenburg
president of Germany from 1925 - 34
respected conservative figure
appointed Hitler chancellor in 1933
died in 1934
HESS
JOINED NAZI PARTY IN1920
WAS DEPUTY FUHRER AND PERSONAL AID TO HITLER
GOEBELLES
HEAD OF PROPAGANDA
JOINED NAZI PARTY IN 1924
HIMMLER
IN CHARGE OF GESTAPO AND SS
ERNST ROHM
LEADER OF SA
SS
HITLERS BODYGUARDS
ROSA LUXEMBURG
LEADER OF THE SPARTACIST UPRISING ALONG WITH KARL LIEBKNECHT