The Rise Of The Nazis Flashcards
A) What voting system was used in the Weimar Republic?
B) Why was this a problem?
A) Proportional representation
B) The government was always an unstable coalition.
A) What was Article 48?
B) Why was it a problem?
A) Article 48 allowed the President to pass any law he wanted if it was an emergency.
B) The terms of an emergency were never defined so it made the Reichstag useless.
What did the political extremists think of Weimar Germany?
They wanted to abolish it.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
It was a peace treaty signed by Germany at the end of WW1.
What were the measures introduced by the Treaty of Versailles?
- Limited army and navy size
- £6.6bn in reparations to be paid
- Germany had to give Alsace and Lorraine back to France
- Introduced a militarised zone in the Rhineland.
How did Germans react to the Treaty of Versailles?
People felt betrayed by their government. They called the politicians who signed it the November Criminals.
How did the Wall Street Crash affect Germany?
America recalled its loans which left Germany with no money to pay back reparations. Hyperinflation came back.
What was the Sparticist Uprising?
Communists overthrew newspaper and telegraph offices in 1919. There weren’t many people involved so they were quickly stopped.
What was the Red Rising?
A communist army of 50,000 seized the industrial Ruhr area in 1920. They were stopped by the army.
Who took over the Ruhr in 1923 and why?
France and Belgium. Germany was struggling to pay the reparations so France and Belgium seized materials for themselves.
What was the Kapp Putsch?
The government tried to overthrow the Freikorps. In retaliation the Freikorps captured the Reichstag. They were stopped after four days.
Who founded the Nazi Party and when?
It was founded by Anton Drexler in 1919.
What does DAP stand for?
German Workers Party
What was the DAP renamed to?
National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)
How was Hitler introduced to the Nazi party?
He was sent as a spy by the Reichstag.
In what year did Hitler become party leader?
1921
Describe the Munich Putsch.
Hitler needed the support of Kahr, the Bavarian leader. He stormed a public meeting with 600 storm troopers, announced a revolution and forced Kahr to join him. Along with General Ludendorff they planned to take Munich the next day. However, Kahr pulled out and alerted the authorities. Hitler’s 2000 men were stopped by the army and police.
What was the outcome of the Munich Putsch?
16 Nazis died. Hitler was given a 5 year prison sentence.
Why do some people say the Munich Putsch was a failure?
- All Nazi activity was made illegal.
* Hitler was arrested so was effectively out-of-action.
Why do some people say that the Munich Putsch was a success?
- The Nazis were in the news a lot.
- Hitler’s trial gave him a platform to express his ideas to a large audience.
- It gave Hitler time to write Mein Kampf.
What was Mein Kampf?
Mein Kampf was the book Hitler wrote in prison. It was part autobiography and part manifesto.
What conclusion did Hitler reach at the end of Mein Kampf?
“Instead of an armed coup, we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag.”
Who was voting Nazi in 1928?
- Veterans who felt cheated by the Treaty of Versailles
* Patriots who felt cheated by the Treaty of Versailles
Who joined the Nazi voters in 1932?
- The middle classes who had lost money during the war.
- Business people who were afraid of communism
- Farmers who had suffered because of hyperinflation
- Anti-Semites
- Criminals who found the party exciting
