Paper 2 crit

Question 1

Nazi seats
May 1924
May 1928
July 1932
November 1932
March 1933

Answer 1

32, 12, 230, 196, 288

Question 2

Birth rates in 1932 compared to 1938

Answer 2

15/1000 to 19/1000 babies

• Not certain if this was entirely due to Nazis

Question 3

Female uni students (1933 to 38)

Answer 3

150,000 to 50,000

Question 4

Why did French need German payments?

Answer 4

To pay their own war debts to the USA

Question 5

How did the Rentenmark stabilise German economy?

Answer 5

• Issued in limited amounts. and was based on property values rather than gold reserves.

Gold standard limits an economy’s ability to grow, and monetary policies would be ineffective for stabilizing the economy

Question 6

Politicians that opposed the young plan

Answer 6

Hitler n Hugenberg - objected to any further payment of reparations

(Germany agreed to pay 2.05 billion marks per year)

Question 7

Social Democrats seats from May 1924 to May 1928

Answer 7

100 to 153

Question 8

Effects of weimar economic stability

Answer 8

• Big businesses e.g. Ig Farben cld pay off debts - Industrial growth reflected in public work schemes e.g. Opera houses and new stadiums
• Wages increased and working day remained at 8hrs

Less strikes and fewer disputes between workers and employers

Question 9

Limitations of Weimar recovery on certain workers

Answer 9

Farmers - affected by a worldwide agricultural depression, needed to modernise in order to remain competitive on the home and foreign market. However lack of profit led them into further debt.

In 1929, when Industrial production had returned to its pre war levels, Agricultural production was still at 74% of its pre war levels

Many of the lower middle class (craftsmen + small businesses) felt as if their interests were ignored by Weimar republic in favour of larger businesses

Question 10

Impact of Kellog Briand Pact and League of Nations

w 64 other countries

Answer 10

• Allies could renegotiate reparations payment schedule
  amount of payment could be reduced and timescale established - more manageable and less of an economic burden
• Being part of the League of Nations allowed the Locarno Pact to come into operation
• 1927 - Allied troops withdrew from the west bank of the Rhine, five years before scheduled (1933)
  Showed relaxation of the terms

Question 11

Percentage of women in industry from 1907 to 1925

Answer 11

18.3 to 23%

Question 12

Name of new art forms in Weimar republic

+ painter that did it

Answer 12

“Neue Sachlichkeit” - New objectivity

Otto Dix

Question 13

Zeittheater and Zeitoper stuff

Answer 13

Featured greater realism

In an adaptation of “The good soldier Schweik”, the hero delivers his criticisms of Germany on the toilet

Question 14

Unemployment in April 1928

Answer 14

184000 middle class unemployed, almost half didn’t qualify for unemployment relief

Question 15

Pure German ppl idea in 25pp

Answer 15

Volkisch - Idea of a pure German ppl

Question 16

Reformation of 25pp

Answer 16

Point 17 amended in 1928, - Privately owned land would only be confiscated if it was owned by a Jew.
- Hitler catering towards the wealthy - needed their support to secure control

Question 17

Bruning legislations

Answer 17

Wage cuts of 2.5% for civil servants, blocked by SPD in the Reichstag but used article 48 to pass it
Increased tax rate on beer, sugar and more
Cut up to 60% to unemployment benefits

(undermined authority etc)

Question 18

Unemployment in Jan 1932

Answer 18

Over 6 million
4/10 Germans workers without a job

Many middle/upper classes feared a communist rebellion like the one in Russia (1917)

Question 19

Nienmöller’s opposition

Answer 19

A Pastor, In December 1933 established the PASTOR’S EMERGENCY LEAGUE for those who opposed Hitler

+ Established confessional church - non conforming protestant church

Question 20

Army from 1933 to 1939

Answer 20

100,000 to 1,400,000

Question 21

Number of ppl taking KdF holidays in 1938

Answer 21

Over 10 million workers

Question 22

Female propaganda food

Answer 22

“Eintopf” - A one pot dish comprised of meat and vegetables was encouraged to women, who were constantly informed of which food to buy and how to cook simple, cheap and healthy meals.

Question 23

Weekly wages in 1932 to 1938

Working hours in 1933 to 1939

Answer 23

86 to 109

42.9 to 47

Question 24

Disadvantages of DAF, KdF and Beauty of Labour on workers

Answer 24

DAF Didn’t permit workers to negotiate better pay or reduced working hours. Strikes were banned

KdF - Many couldn’t afford more expensive trips

BOL - Workers had to carry out improvements in the spare time and without pay

Question 25

Why were food items in short supply in 1939

Answer 25

Nazi agricultural policy to benefit farmers kept food prices up

Question 26

of Spartacists, Kapp Putchists, and Munich putchers

Answer 26

50,000 spartacists, 5,000 freikorps, 3,000 nazis