Treaty of Versailles and influences on Hitler Flashcards
Germans come under Polish control
1 million
Reparations
Fixed in 1921 at 132,000 million gold marks over 30 years
Restrictions on army
limited to 100,000 men
Treaty of Brest Litovsk 1918
74% iron deposits
27% grain
3 billion roubles
Ratzel
believed a nation’s geographic expansion was determined by its racial vivacity
Gobineau
Gave the word Aryan
claimed they had superior physical attributes
Fischer
‘Human Heredity Theory and Racial Hygiene’
Says mixing of races caused degeneration
Hitler given a copy during his stay
Kaiser quote about Jews
‘Jews and mosquitoes, are a nuisance…I believe the best would be gas?’
German Foreign Minister Second Reich
Bernhard von Bulow 1897-1900
Weltpolitik
dedicated to the creation of a German empire
Flottenpolitik
Supported development of Germany into a naval power
Policy that would drive Lebensraum
Using space in Namibia
Destruction of Namibian population
out of 80,000 only 16,363 remained
1/3 of them were children born out of rape