Weimar Germany Flashcards
What date was the armistice signed?
11th November 1918
What happened to the Kaiser?
He fled Germany
Who were the November criminals?
the Weimar Government
Who did many Germans blame for the loss of the First World War?
Marxists, communists and Jews
What was signed on the 28th June 1919?
The Treaty of Versailles
What does L.A.M.B stand for?
Land, Army, Money and Blame
What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?
That the government had stabbed the people and solders in the back by signing the armistice
What % of land did Germany have to give up?
13%
Name an area of land that Germany lost.
Prussia
How many men was the German army reduced too?
100,000
How much did Germany have to pay in reparations?
6 billion
What was proportional representation?
Political party’s get a proportional amount of seats to the number of votes they get.
When did the Spartacist revolution take place?
January 1919
Is the Spartacist uprising an example of a left or right wing uprising?
Left wing
Who were the Freikorps?
Ex-soldiers (private army)
