Weimar and nazi germany Flashcards
9th november 1918
Kaiser forced to abdicate
10th November 1918
Friedrich ebert suspends the old Reichstag and forms council of people’s representatives
11 November 1918
Armistice signed, ending war
August 1919
Weimar constitution signed
ToV reparations
£6600 million in reparations
11 feb 1919
Ebert becomes the first president of the weimar republic
28th June 1919
Treaty of Versailles signed
Tov land losses
Germany lost 13% of European territory and 11 of it’s colonies
January 1919
Sparticist revolt led by Roxa Luxemberg and Karl Liebknect
Kapp Putsch
March 1920, led by Wolfgang Puck, backed by friekorps (250000 soldiers were friekorps)
1914-1918
The government printed more money to pay for WW1
ToV military
army limited to 100000, Navy limited to 6 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats and no submarines. No air force. No military allowed in rhineland
1923 Bank
Stresemann set up the Rentenbank and issued the Rentenmark tied to value of gold. In Aug 1924 the Reichsbank was given control of this new currency - renamed the Reichsmark
1918-22
Late 1922 Weimar Gov becomes unable to pay reparations
Housing associations between 1925 and 1929
built 101000 homes
November 1923
The german mark became completely worthless, hyperinflation
January 1923
French and Belgium troops invade rurh. 80% of German coal, iron and steel reserves seized. Passive strike
1929 plan
Yougn plan - reduced total reparations from £6.6 bil to £2 bil - payments could be made until 1988
25 point programme
manifesto written by Hitler and Drexler in 1920
1924 plan
Dawes plan - reparation instalments reduced to £50 mil a year and US banks loaned German industry money