Nazi Germany Flashcards
1) Friedrich Ebert
2) Gustav Stresemann
1) Born 1871, died 1925;
first President of Weimar Germany focused on post-WWI stability.
2) Born 1878, died 1929;
Weimar Foreign Minister who improved Germany’s economy and diplomacy.
1) Paul von Hindenburg
2) Adolf Hitler
1) Born 1847, died 1934;
President who appointed Hitler, leading to Nazi control.
2) Born 1889, died 1945;
Nazi dictator responsible for WWII and the Holocaust.
1) Ernst Röhm
2) Joseph Goebbels
1) Born 1887, died 1934;
SA leader and early Hitler ally, later purged in “Night of the Long Knives.”
2) Born 1897, died 1945;
Nazi Propaganda Minister who spread Nazi ideology.
1) Heinrich Himmler
2) Hermann Göring
1) Born 1900, died 1945;
SS leader and main organizer of the Holocaust.
2) Born 1893, died 1946;
key Nazi official and Luftwaffe head involved in Nazi war efforts
1) End of World War I
2) Treaty of Versailles
1) 1918: Fighting stops on November 11, 1918, ending the war and defeating Germany and its allies.
2) 1919: Signed on June 28, 1919, it officially ends the war and punishes Germany with reparations and land losses.
1) the hyperinflation
2) Start of Great Depression
1) 1923 Germany faces massive inflation, making money nearly worthless and causing economic chaos.
2) 1929; The stock market crash leads to a worldwide economic downturn, hitting Germany hard with high unemployment and poverty.
1) : Hitler Becomes Chancellor
2) Night of the Long Knives
1) 1933: Appointed by Hindenburg on January 30, 1933, after the Nazis gained seats in the Reichstag.
2) 1934:In June 1934, Hitler purged the SA and rivals, solidifying his control and becoming Führer after Hindenburg’s death.
1) Nuremberg Laws
2) Kristallnacht
1935
1) Racial laws that stripped Jews of citizenship and legal rights in Germany.
2) 1938 A violent pogrom against Jews in November 1938, marked by widespread destruction of synagogues and businesses.
1): Start of World War II
2) : Start of the Final Solution
3) Defeat of Nazi Germany
1) 1939 Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939, prompting Britain and France to declare war.
2) 1941/2 The Nazi regime begins systematic extermination of Jews and other targeted groups, culminating in the establishment of death camps.
3) 1945: Nazi Germany surrenders on May 7, 1945, after facing defeat on multiple fronts, leading to the end of World War II in Europe.
1) Stab in the Back Theory
2) November Criminals
1) Belief that Germany lost WWI due to betrayal by politicians, not military defeat.
2) Term for leaders who signed the Treaty of Versailles, viewed as traitors.
1) Munich Putsch
2) SA
1) Hitler’s failed coup in 1923 to seize power in Munich, leading to his
2) (Stormtroopers/Brown Shirts):
Nazi paramilitary group using violence against opponents, evetually killed in NOTLK
1) SS
2) Reichstag Fire
1) (Schutzstaffel/Black Shirts):
Elite Nazi organization enforcing policies and carrying out the Holocaust.
2) February 1933 fire used by Nazis to justify increased repression and power consolidation.
1) Enabling Act
2) Gleichschaltung
1) 1933 law allowing Hitler to enact laws without parliamentary approval.
2) Process of Nazification, coordinating all aspects of society under Nazi control.
1) Holocaust/Genocide
2) Aryan
1) Systematic extermination of six million Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII.
2) Term for the supposed “master race,” non-Jewish and Northern European.
1) Freikorps
2) Auschwitz:
1) Paramilitary groups of WWI veterans fighting against communism in post-war Germany.
2) Largest Nazi extermination camp, where over a million were murdered.
