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Life in Germany Flashcards

1
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What type of education existed in pre-WW1 Germany?

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Lander provided kindergarden for 3-5
w/c went to Volkesschule
mostly confessional schools
Had to pay after 14

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2
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What types pf schools were set up in WR?

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Compulsory Grandschule (6-9) run by Lander

  • Common schools- various faiths taught religion separately in same school
  • Confessional schools became fee paying
  • Secular schools - no RE
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3
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What were the education articles?

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Kept compulsory Grandschule but also kept religion and faith schools

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4
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What did the government fail to introduce?

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A federal school law in 1925 - Reichstag could not agree

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5
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Who supported the ideas proposed in the federal school law of having both secular and faith schools?

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Reich parents league

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6
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Who opposed the ideas proposed in the federal school law of having both secular and faith schools?

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The Volkskirche Association for evangelical freedom

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7
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How did education remain under the WR?

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Remained diverse
29,000 Protestant schools
15,000 catholic schools
8000 common schools

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8
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What education existed beyond the age of ten?

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Fee paying
Hauptschule - went in to apprenticeships/trade
Realschule - business or technical training
Gymnasium - went to uni

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9
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What exam did you have to pass to go to uni?

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Abitur exam

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10
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What corporations existed in unis?

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Duelling corporations

non-duelling corporations

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11
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Did the WR encourage more w/c to go to uni?

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They wanted to but only 2.3% of students had w/c parents

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12
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Describe culture in WR

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Influenced by international developments

Mass (popular) culture

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13
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How did the WR encourage the film industry to develop?

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UFA was a government organised film company dominating the German film market

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14
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Name an American movie that had an impact

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Gold Rush 1925 - Charlie Chaplin silent movie

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15
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Name two German movies

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Blue Angle 1930

Metropolis 1926

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16
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How many people owned a radio by 1932?

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One in Four

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17
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How did Cabaret mock the conventions of old Germany?

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Used satirical comedy, jazz, semi nude dancers, show cased social and political themes

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18
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Give an example of literature looking at social themes

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All Quiet on the Western Front 1928

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19
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What type of movement emerged in theatre?

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New objectivity became Ziettheatre- left wing plays

20
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Give an example of a playwright

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Brecht

21
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What was the Bauhaus movement?

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A new style of architecture and design
functional and simple
led by Walter Gropius

22
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What movement was linked to Weimar art?

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New objectivity

23
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Name two famous Weimar artists

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Otto Dix and Georg Grosz

24
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What messages did artists portray

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strong political and social messages

Critical of German degradation

25
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How did the T of V affect culture in the WR?

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Led to cultural and social experimentation and decadence

26
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What was the German Civil Code of 1900?

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  • Women could not vote
  • married women had no legal status
  • women’s role was Kinder Kirche Kuche
  • could not work in law or other professions
27
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How did the war help women?

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Led to more work - 75% of work fit women working in 1918

28
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When did women get vote?

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November 1918

29
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How many women had seats in Reichstag 1919-32?

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112 women

30
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What did Article 109 say?

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Women had equal rights in principle. Marriage should be equal.

31
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Did the Reichstag support women’s rights?

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Some did, others were concerned by the falling birth rate and high divorce rate

32
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Give examples of change for women in work

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More white blouse jobs
more lawyers
number of women doctors doubled 1925-33

33
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Give examples of continuity for women in work

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  • Women paid 33% less in office work
  • employers preferred single women
  • hard to find childcare
  • poorly paid jobs
34
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Describe the new women

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Flappers - short hair, smoked and drank
sexual freedom
part of racy city culture

35
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Who glorified women as independent role models?

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Advertising and film industries

36
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What increased hostility towards women?

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The depression and unemployment

37
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Why did the depression affect women less than men?

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Women were cheaper to employ

38
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What did Chancellor Bruning do in 1932?

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Passed a law saying married women could be fired if their husbands were working

39
Q

Give examples of integration of different groups before 1918

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1915 - 1/3 married Jews were married to non-Jews

businesses were integrated

40
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Give examples of prejudice before 1918

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Protestant prejudice against Catholics

Poles, Gypsies and Jews often regarded as not part of the Volk

41
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What did article 113 say?

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Minority groups could use their own language and preserve their identity

42
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What % of the population was Jewish?

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1% in 1918 and 0.76% in 1933

43
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What contributions did Jews make to society?

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5 Jews had cabinet posts
Jewish literature and films
85,000 fought in WW1

44
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What was the German Peoples offensive and defensive alliance?

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an Anti-Semitic organisation with 170,000 members

banned in 1923

45
Q

Give an example of Antisemitism

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conservative judges were anti Semitic
Jews blamed for losing the war
increase in Antisemitism during depression

46
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How did Jews combat Antisemitism?

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organisations such as the Reich federation of Jewish front soldiers

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