Nazism and the rise of Hitler Flashcards
“The treaty of Versailles was humiliating on the Germans.” Give reasons.
a. Germany lost it’s overseas colonies, a tenth of it’s population, 13 percent of it’s territories, 75 percent of iron and 26 percent of coal to France,Denmark, Poland and Lithuania.
b. The allied countries demilitarized Germany so as to weaken it’s power.
c. By Article 321 of the treaty or the war guilt clause the allied powers held Germany responsible for the war and the damages they suffered.
d. Germany had to pay the compensation amounting to about 6 billion pounds.
e. The allied army also occupied the resource-rich rhineland.
“Politically, the Weimar Republic was fragile.” Explain.
The Weimar Constitution had some inherent defects which made it unstable. Due to proportional representation, a single party could not get access to power,so coalition governments had to be formed. Another major defect was the Article 48, which gave the President the power to impose emergency,suspend civil rights and rule by decree. With a short period of time,many governments changed and this made people lose confidence in democratic-parliamentary system which seemed to offer no solution.
Germany surrenders to allies
May 1945
Hitler’s propaganda minister
Joseph Goebbel
Hitler committed suicide in
Berlin Bunker in April
What was set up to prosecute Nazi war criminals for Crimes against peace
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
Allied Powers
France, Britain, USA and USSR
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy,Austria[WWI]
Germany,Italy, Japan{WWII]
Genocidal
Killing on a large scale, leading to the destruction of large sections of people.
No.of people killed during genocidal war
6 million jews, 200,000 Gypsies, 1 milllion Polish civilians, 70000 Germans who were considered mentally and physically disabled
WWI
1914- 1918
German Parliament
Reichstag
Those who supported the Weimar Republic,mainly socialists, catholics and democrats were mockingly called
November Criminals
The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising of the Spartacists League with the help of a war veterans organisation called
Free corps
Spartacists later found
Communist Party of Germany
Economic crisis occured in
1923
Industrial area occupied by the French in 1923
Ruhr
depleted
reduce, empty out
Reparation
make up for a wrong done
Hyperinflation
a situation where the prices rise phenomenally high
Wall Street Exchange crashed in
1929
The Great Economic Depression
1929-1933
Proletarianisation
To become impoverished to the level of working classes.
Cabinets in weimar republic
20 different cabinets lasting on an average 239 days.
