Unit 2 - The Weimar Republic: People Flashcards
Who were the Allies?
Great Britain - David Lloyd George
France - Georges Clemenceau
Russia - Nicholas II
America - Woodrow Wilson
Who became the 1st Chancellor of the Weimar Republic?
Friedrich Ebert, a Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader
Who signed the armistice on the 11th November 1918?
Matthias Erzberger
Who were the ‘November Criminals’?
The politics who signed the Treaty of Versailles
Who was the leader of Germany during WW1?
Kaiser Wilhelm
What were the two parts of the German Parliament?
The Reichstag - controlled tax
The Reichsrat - could delay laws
What were the 2 leadership roles in Germany?
Chancellor - head of government: ran country
President - head of state: chose Chancellor & could suspend constitution
Who was appointed Chancellor in September 1923?
Gustav Stressemann
What were the two extreme right-wing movements?
Fascism and Nazism
What was an extreme left-wing movement?
Communism
Who was the communist party in Germany?
The KPD
Who were the SPD?
The social Democratic Party
Who were the Democratic Party?
DDP
Who were the ZP?
The centre party
Who were the DVP?
The people’s party
Who was the national party?
The DNVP
Who were the NSDAP?
The Nazi party
Who were the left-wing private army?
Rotfronkamper (Red Front Fighters)
Who were the right-wing private army?
Stahlhelm (Steel Helmets)
Who were the Sozi force?
The moderates’ private army
Who was the Spartacist League?
An influential left-wing movement who led uprisings during 1918-1919
Who were the leaders of the Spartacist League?
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
What was the name given to demilitarised soldiers who refused to give up their arms?
Freikorps
Who led the Kapp Putsch in 1920?
Dr Wolfgang Kapp
Who established the German Workers’ Party (DAP) in 1919?
Anton Drexler
What did the DAP become on 7th August 1920?
National Socialist German Workers’ Party / NSDAP / Nazi Party
Who was in charge of the SA?
Ernst Röhm
Who was Hermann Goering?
A wealthy hero of the German Air Force
Who became Hitler’s secretary?
Rudolf Hess
Who established the Nazi paper, Der Sturmer?
Julius Streicher
Who was Hitler’s private army?
The Sturmabteilung (SA) / storm troopers / brownshirts
Who did Hitler believe were the superior race?
Aryans - pure, strong, athletic Germans
What was established in 1925?
The Schutzstaffel / SS / Protection Squad
Who ran the SS?
Julius Schreck & Heinrich Himmler
Who helped with nazi propaganda?
Dr Joseph Goebbels
Who became President in 1925?
Hindenburg
Who was Chancellor from 1930 to 1932?
Heinrich Bruning
Who formed a coalition of right-wing groups in an attempt to remove Chancellor Bruning?
General Kurt von Schleicher
Who was chosen as the figurehead for the new coalition?
General Franz von Papen
Who confessed to setting the 1933 Reichstag Fire?
Marinus van der Lubbe
Who did Hitler appoint as the Chief of Police?
Hermann Goering
Who set the Gestapo (the secret police) in 1933?
Hermann Goering
Who led the Gestapo?
Reinhard Heydrich
Who was Jesse Owens?
An African American athlete who won 9 medals in 1936 Berlin Olympics but Hitler refused to present the medals
Who reached a concordat (agreement) in July 1933?
Pope
Who led the German Christian Movement?
Ludwig
Who established the Pastors’ Emergency League (PEL)?
Pastor Martin Niemoller
What did Hitler set up instead of Trade Unions?
The DAF (German Labour Front)
What was set up in 1933 to aid employment?
RAD (National Labour Service)
Who shot Ernst von Rath in Paris in 1938?
Herschel Grynszpan - Polish Jew
Who led the Communist rising in Munich in 1918?
Kurt Eisner
