Paper 1- Germany Depth Study

Question 0

Describe the main events in the development of the Nazi party up to the end of 1923 (4)

Answer 0

1918-DAP formed 
Sept- Hitler joins DAP
1920- renamed to be the Nazi party
1921-becomes party leader 
Starts the storm troopers>known for violence.
1923- grew to 35,000 members

Question 1

Describe the problems Germany faced in 1919 (4)

Answer 1

Spartcist revolt- Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnect continuing German revolution> Friekorp

Question 2

Describe the main features of the enabling act (4)

Answer 2

Rule alone for four years which he did becuase he disagreed with parliamentary democracy
Had to have a 2/3 majority to be passed so Hitler surrounded reichstag with SA.

Question 3

Who were the Spartcists and what happened to them? (4)

Answer 3

German communists
Led by Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebnect.
Revolted against Ebert
Put down by the Friekorps

Question 4

Briefly describe the work of Goebbels (4)

Answer 4

Minister of propaganda and enlightenment- responsible for spreading Nazi views
Organised attacked on Jews and he was part of the work against the Jews.

Question 5

What steps did Hitler take to solve unemployment in Germany? (4)

Answer 5

Putting people into the army
Rearmement
Building and repairing roads
Working on the Autobahn

Question 6

What were the main features of the Weimar Constitution? (4)

Answer 6

Deputies/ MP’s were elected every 4 years
Men and women over 20 could vote
President elected every 7 years
President appointed and dismissed chancellors.

Question 7

Briefly describe the Hitler youth movement (4)

Answer 7

To impose Nazi views
Train boys for war
Girls for motherhood
Final resort as a child army for Nazi (when Berlin fell in 1945)

Question 8

Briefly describe the methods used by the Nazis to deal with their opponents within Germany (4)

Answer 8

Using SS as their main security force after 1934
Nazified courts
Nazi police force- Gestappo
Send opponents to concentration camps or death camps.