To What Extent Were Weaknesses Within The Weimer Republic Behind The Rise Of The Naazis By 1933 Flashcards
When was Armistice signed
11-11-1918
2 days after who cam to power
Weimar
What were the weimar known as
November criminals
What was contained in the treaty of Versailles that Germany owed?
6.6 billion in reparations
Had to agree article
2.3.1 the war guilt clause
What and where in Article 2.3.1
Treaty of Versailles
The guilt war clause
Many Germans resented the Weimar due to the harsh what?
Diktat as no communist or German nationalist could accept such horrific terms
Spartacists revolted when?
1919
As Germany was very unstable
Who launched a putsch in 1920
Kapp
What did kapp launch in 1920
Putsch
In what year did Kapp launch a putsch
1920
Leader of the Weimar
Freidach Elbert
The new German constitution was a system called
proportional representation
Because of pr how many political parties were there
38 in the reichstag
Causing the reichstag to be
Unstable coalition
What 3 things did the German public think about the unstable coalition government was ?
Looked - weak
Unable - to rule
Dangerous - an extremist foot hold
What could article 48 do
In a crisis president can dissolve parliament
This could be damaging as in the wrong hands germany would turn into
A dictatorship
The crisis in where is an important reason behind the rise of the nazi party
Ruht
The workers were ordered to passively protest, by striking why?
French and Belgium invasion where they took over Germany’s valuable raw materials
This led the government to do what?
Print more money
Which meant the duitchmarkplummeted
The duitchmark plummeting resulted in
Hyperinflarion
What did the middle class lose?
Savings for retirement
What did hyper inflation cause
The German people to turn to the rise of the nazi party
However nazi support dropped to ?what did Germany do?
2.7%
Recovered
However The German recovery under who
Resulted in the nazi vote dropping to 2.7%in 1928 reducing the impact of the what
Gustav stresemann
1923 Ruhr crisis
What did article 48 do
Dissolved parliament
What could article 48 do
Turn Germany into a dictatorship
What foreigners entered the Rheinland
French and belgium
How many Germans supported democracy
55%
What article did Hindenburg enact?
Article 48
How many Germans were unemployed 1928
And 1930
1928 2 million
1930 4 million
What did the politicians do?
Walked out of reichstag
What was the financial plan supporting Germany
Daws plan
When was the Wall Street crash
1928
What image did the SS bring
Discipline
Who ran propaganda in the nazi party
Alfred hugenburg
What did the media do?
Huge exposure
Influencing people public opinion into nazi ideas
What made people turn to the nazi party
Being fed up with democracy
When was hitler elected president by the public
He wasnt
Who persuaded Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor
Frank Von papen
When did emocracy begin to die
1930
What was Hitler promise
To make Germany great again
What was the increase in the vote in the nazi party
Rose from 2.7% to 3.7% by 1932