Unit 3 - Rise Of Hitler And Nazi Germany Flashcards
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Features of the treaty of Versailles
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- limits on military
- demilitarisation of the Rhineland
- Taking sole responsibility for World War I
- Anschluss, no more alliances with Austria or hungry
- 6.6 million in reparations
- Surrender, all colonies, and some land
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Opposition to the treaty of Versailles
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- germans felt vulnerable with no army
- Huge economic impact
- Having to take sole responsibility
- they felt it was unfair, and betrayed by those who signed it
- Anschluss, other countries could form alliances why couldn’t they
- Loss of land, and some Germans are now living in different countries
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Characteristics of the Weimar Republic
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- universal suffrage, anybody could vote
- Proportional representation democracy
- Article 48 president could take complete power while in crisis
- Letters telephone conversations were private
- Free speech
- Free practice of religion was guaranteed
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Spartacist revolution
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- The aim was a workers revolt like Russia (they were communist)
- A general strike called by Spartacists, 500,000 take to streets
- Freikorps attack starting bloody week where 700 died
- The two main leaders (Rosa Luxembourg and Karl leibnecht) of the spartacists are executed and spartacists forced off streets
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The beer hall putsch
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- Hitler storms a beer hall in Munich, where Bavarian leaders are having a meeting
- Hitler is joined by his ally, Ludendorff and force Bavarian leaders such as von kar to support him publicly. Then they take to streets.
- Ludendorff, let’s leaders go home where they called the police
- Hitler is shot and arrested
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Impact of hyperinflation
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- money, the German mark became worthless
- Peoples life savings were wiped out
- People could not afford anything e.g. bread was 250 marks and then rose to 200,000 million marks
- in some cases, it allowed industrialists to pay back debts with worthless bank notes
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Impact of Wall Street crash/Great depression
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- too many good and not enough people to buy them lead to shutdown of factories
- America, called back all the loans given to Germany, which killed the economy
- Government refused to print money in fear of hyperinflation
- Taxes were increased to gain money to the government and country, but public had no jobs due to the shutdown of factories or money to pay higher taxes
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Appeal of the Nazis
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- appealed to racist Germans due to Nazi views on Jews, being the downfall of Germany
- Hitler’s promises
- Hitler himself
- The promise of ending the treaty of Versailles
- Nazi propaganda, e.g. radio, posters etc
- Discontent towards the Weimar
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Hitler’s rise to power
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- Hitler’s promises
- Wall Street crash/great depression
- Hitlers public speaking
- Propaganda
- Discontent towards the Weimar
- Nazi and Hitler views on race and religion
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Impact of Reichstag fire
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- A Communist was caught at scene with matches in pocket leading to people, disapproval of communists
- this allowed for the reichstag fire decree to be passed as an immediate response
- It was a legal basis for the imprisonment of anyone considered to be the opponents of the Nazis
- It also allowed to the suppression of any publications, not considered to be “friendly” to the Nazi cause
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Nazi consolidation of power
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- Enabling act: gave Hitler total power to pass laws without the approval of the reichstag or president Hindenburg
- The Reichstag fire decree, which is a legal basis for the imprisonment of opponents to the Nazis
- President Hindenburg dies so Hitler declares himself president
- now, being head of the army, president, and chancellor, he makes all soldiers spinoff of loyalty to him
- Concordat: deal with the pope to that Hitler as long as Catholic churches remain untouched
- The night of the Long knives killing 400 SA leaders that are seen as a threat to Hitler
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Events of the night of the Long knives
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- Hitler calls meeting of SA leaders in Bavaria
- Hitler killed many of his enemies, are those he thought were a threat
- 400 SA leaders were murdered
- those who were killed include leader of SA Ernst Röhm, former Chancellor von schlicher and von khar
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Events of Kristallnacht
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- No major start was when German diplomat was shot dead by young Jewish man, Nazi used this as an excuse
- Many ordinary Germans and Hitler youth joined in when breaking and vandalising Jewish shops
- Police did not get involved unless German property was affected
- 91 Jews died during the attack
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Nazi control
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- The Nuremberg laws, this band, marriage or relations between Germans and Jew, Nazis legally controlled relations
- Informers, strong local structures divided into blocks, wardens checking up on people, eyes and ears of the Nazi party
- They controlled police, courts and prisons
- Concentration camps
- the SS
- The gestapo
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Opposition to Nazis
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- communist and socialist worker resistance, going on strike and post anti-Nazi posters
- George Elser plotted to kill Hitler bomb
- Swing youth 14 to 18-year-olds with my head American and British way of life and dance so non violently refused Nazi regime
- The Edelweiss pirates a group of 14 to 17-year-olds you left school early to avoid Hitler youth and help deserters in the Germany
- Joseph Faith clashed with Nazis, who tried to lure children away from Catholic beliefs
- Cardinal gallen attacked Nazi policies
