Nazi Germany (Wiemar years/golden years) Flashcards
What date was the armistice signed?
11th November 1918
What happened to the kaiser?
He fled the country
Who were the ‘November criminals’
The government/Wiemar republic or people who signed the armistice
Who did many Germans blame for the loss of the first world war?
The government or Wiemar republic
What was signed on 28th June 1919?
The treaty of Versailles
What does Lamb stand for?
Land, army, money, blame
What was the stab in the back myth?
The idea that the government signed the armistice while the soldiers believed they were winning the war, therefore the soldiers were betrayed.
What % of land did Germany have to give up?
13%
How many soldiers were the German army reduced to?
100,000
How much money in reparations did Germany have to pay?
$6.6 billion
What was the war guilt clause?
that Germany had to admit all responsibility for the causing of WW1
What was proportional representation?
Where votes were counted as a percentage. The system that was used in Germany at the time.
When did the Spartacist uprising take place?
1919
What was the Spartacist uprising?
- Left wing group led by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht
- Similar beliefs to communism
- Ebert left Berlin
- Freikorps fought against the uprising
- Both leaders killed
Who were the Freikorps?
They were mainly veterans
What is a putsch?
an attempted revolution or an uprising
When was the Munich putsch?
1923
What was the Munich putsch?
- Hitler led the party
- 50,000 members (SA)
- Planned to set up government and overtake Munich
- Poor planning meant it failed
- Hitler sent to prison (9 months, mien kampf)
Who occupied the Ruhr in 1923?
French, overtook when Germany failed to pay reparations
What was hyperinflation?
Where the deutchmark lost all its value as too much money was printed to pay reparations
What was the period of 1924-29 known as?
The golden period, Stresemann years
Who took advantage of hyperinflation?
Hitler took advantage in later years and used it to get himself voted in.
What was the new currency that Stresemann brought in?
Rentamark
When was the Dawes plan initiated?
1924
