Social studies - 4 Flashcards
Who was Ebert?
a leader of the Social Democratic movement in Germany
Who was Stresemann?
chancelloer and foreign minister
Who was Hindenburg?
President of Weimar Republic
Who was Hitler?
appointed chancellor of Germany
Who was Rohm?
German army officer and chief organizer of Adolf Hitler’s Storm Troopers
Who was Goebbles?
German Nazi politician
Who was Himmler?
The reich leader
Who was Goering?
German politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
What was the stab in the back theory?
the belief that the German Army did not lose the First World War on the battlefield, but were instead betrayed by the communists, socialists and Jews on the home front.
What was the november criminals?
A group of people composed mainly of socialists, democrats and Catholics were found to be openly supporting the Weimar republic
What was the Munish Putsch?
Hitler attempted to pull off a military coup and overthrow the Weimar Republic
What was the SA?
organization associated with the Nazi Party. storm troopers brown shirts,
What was the SS?
political soldiers of the nazi party . black shirts
What was the reichstag fire?
to claim that Communists were planning a violent uprising.
What was the enabling act?
allowed Hitler to enact new laws without interference from the president or the Reichstag (German parliament) for a period of four years.
