The rise of the nazis

Question 1

when was the treaty of versailles?

Answer 1

28th June 1919

Question 2

What did the treaty of versailles include?

Answer 2

• germany has to pay back £6.6 billion in reparations
• it blamed germany for the war
• germany lost 13% of land
• the rhineland was demilitarised
• germany was disarmed
• the anschluss was forbidden
• the war guilt clause

Question 3

what was the treaty of versailles?

Answer 3

it was a peace treaty that stated many things

Question 4

what was the weimar government?

Answer 4

a government that took over after world war one

Question 5

what were the fundamental laws?

Answer 5

• personal freedom granted
• the home of every german is a place of safety- no one can enter without proper cause
• right to hold peaceful meetings
• right to free speech
• right to form unions and societies
• privacy must be protected
• every german is equal under the reich

Question 6

The new constitution had…

Answer 6

president, chancellor, reichstag, german people

good things:
men and women over 10 can vote in elections
everyone had equal rights
bad things:
arrival 48 was not democratic
germans didn’t understand the voting system ( proportianal representation)
or gave extreme parties a vote and say

Question 7

why were the weimar government weak?

Answer 7

-inexperienced
-couldn’t solve germany’s problems after ww1
-couldn’t pay £6.6 billion in reparations
-they had signed the armistice
-signed the treaty of versailles
-german people didn’t understand PR
(-named the november criminals)

Question 8

what was the Ruhr Crisis?

Answer 8

hyperinflation

-19 something

Question 9

what was hyperinflation?

Answer 9

hyperinflation was when money’s value went down

Question 10

what was the beer hall putsch?

Answer 10

• in november 1934 hitler and the sa stormed into a crowded beer hall
• politician von lahr was making a speech in the beer hall
• hitler shoots a gun at the ceiling and shouts the national revolution has begun
• hitler forces von kahr and general ludendorff to publicly declare their support for him
• hitler leaves to deal with another incident and -ludendorff allows people to leave the beerhall
• hitler leads a march down the streets of munich
• they are stopped by a police barricade and hitler is shot in the shoulder and 16 nazis are killed
• hitler is arrested and trailed for treason

Question 11

what are the consequences of the putsch

Answer 11

• gains the nazi partly a lot of publicity - they are on the front of every newspaper after the putsch
• hitler is allowed to speak at his own trial- like is as an opportunity to spread his idea and gain support

Question 12

golden age

Answer 12

in 1823 the weimar republic was on the verge of collapse but surprisingly a period of stability and success was about to follow
from 1823 to 1829 was a time when the economy boomed and cultural life flourished in germany

Question 13

the dawes plan

Answer 13

usa loans money to germany so that it can rebuild its economy and pay its reparations
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germany growing economy meant that it can pay reparations to france
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france pays back us loans and buys us good to help rebuild after ww1

Question 14

the great coalition

Answer 14

it worked to fight challenges like people trying to overtake the government
convinced french to lace the ruhr
burned all old currency to end hyperinflation

— not successful because it collapsed

Question 15

treaty of locarno

Answer 15

agreed to countries would attack l
france agreed that troops would be sent to rhineland
allowed germany to be part of the league of nations to prevent further war

— to solve isolation from rest of europe

Question 16

the wall street crash

Answer 16

october 1929
the american stock exchange collapsed and caused a economic depression
america immediately called in all its foreign

Question 17

reasons for nazis rise to power

Answer 17

• main kampf
• weaknesses of weimar
• changing party tactics
• the wall streets crash
• winning over the people
• reichstag fire
• enabling act
• night of the long knives
• death of hindenburg

Question 18

nazi method of control

Answer 18

• propaganda
• economic recovery- german labour front service, strength through joy
• fear and intimidation- gestapo, ss, concentration camps
• introducing the youth- education, youth groups
• women
• hitler

Question 19

what was the ss

Answer 19

a group branches off of the sa

Question 20

what was the sa

Answer 20

-killed off on the night of the long knives

Question 21

party tactics

Answer 21

• reorganising the party
• increased membership
• winning over the working class: promised jobs
• winning over the middle class: changed propaganda to appeal to this section of society
• public meetings
• mein kampf

Question 22

how did politicians help hitler become chancellor?

Answer 22

hindenburg- he was persuaded to appoint him and he believed he could control hitler
hitler- refused vice chancellor and waited for more senior position, persuaded hindenburg
franz von paper- was a weak chancellor and removed from job, made a deal with hitler to get more power
general von schleicher- persuaded hindenburg to remove papen to get himself job, uses hitler to gain popularity
hitler became chancellor in january 1933

Question 23

what was the reichstag fire?

Answer 23

people cohen a 24 year old dutchman called marius von dee line beside the building with matches and fire lights. he was found guilt so he was beheaded- he was a communist
-happened on 27th february 1933
the reichstag fire law was taking away sights from the weimar public. this meant they could search peoples houses, people without trial and take down newspaper with has real news
the nazis won 288 seats in the election after persuading the public the communists had started the reichstag fire. they could get rid of the communists

Question 24

what was the enabling act?

Answer 24

between 1933 and 1934 hitler removed the last remains of democracy in germany

• he also got rid of any possible challenges to his authority when he destroyed the power of the SA in the night of the long knives
• when president hindenburg died, hitler made himself supreme ruler of germany

Question 25

what was the enabling act?

Answer 25

the enabling act gave hitler the power to make laws without- the approval of either the reichstag or the president

Question 26

how was the enabling act passed?

Answer 26

• nazis wanted to pass the enabling act but they didn’t have a majority in the reichstag
• intimitated other politicians and voters
• banner the communists
• social democrats still voted against the act

Question 27

why was the enabling act important?

Answer 27

-it was important to the nazis because it meant they could control the whole of germany without the reichstag and the president interfering

Question 28

was happened on the night of the long knives?

Answer 28

on the 30th of june 1934, hitler assassinated hundreds of nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future

• the sa were specifically targeted
• he used this as an excuse to kill opponents like von kahr and von schleicher
• 77 men were executed including ernst rohn

Question 29

why was the night of the long knives important?

Answer 29

hitler has eliminated ALL opposition in the nazi party.

people and other parties were too scared to face hitler, which gave him power to get rid of any opponents in their way