Weimar Germany Essential Revision Flashcards
When did food start to run out
1915
How many workers demonstrated against the war in —-
10 000
1916
When did Ludendorff say Germany couldn’t win the war
October 1918
How many civilians and how many soldiers died from flu in ___
500 000 civilians
200 000 soldiers
1918
When does the kaiser abdicate?
9/11/1918
When is armistice signed?
11/11/1918j
When did Hitler join DAP?
1919
When was T of V signed?
28th June 1919
How many political murders 1919-1922
Over 376
When was first spartacist rebellion
January 1919 - over newspapers
How many weeks was spartacist rebellion
2 weeks
When was the second spartacist rebellion?
April 1919
How many spartacists were killed by Freikorps in the January spartacist rebellion
Over 100
Who were the leaders of the spartacist revolution of January and were they killed
Karl Leibknecht and Rosa Luxemburg
Yes
Who was shot in 1919 and what was his party?
Hugo Hasse
1919
When was the DAP renamed NSDAP
1920 Feb
- Hitler renamed it
How many members did the Nazi party have 1920
1100
When was League of Nations established
1920
When was the kapp putsch
1920
How many Freikorps marched on ___ in the kapp putsch
12 000
Berlin
Where did the government flee to after the Kapp Putsch
Dresden
How was the kapp putsch stopped?
Government asked the workers of Berlin to go on strike
Were any Freikorps prosecuted after the kapp putsch?
No
During the spartacist rebellion of 1920 how many workers took control of the Ruhr and how many were killed
50 000
1000
When did Hitler introduce SA
1921
When did Hitler become leader of the Nazi party
1921
When was the March on Rome?
1922- blackshirts
When was German economy declared bankrupt
1922 - December
When did France March into Ruhr?
Jan 1923
When is foreign minister gunned down in the street and what was his name
1922 - Walter rathenau
When was the burning of the Deutschmark?
October 1923
What new currency was introduced
Rentenmark
When was the Munich putsch
8th Nov 1923
When was the new___bank introduced
Reichsbank - 1924
When was the Dawes plan
1924
What were reparations reduced to by the Dawes plan?
Reduced to 50£ million annually
How large was the loan given by the Dawes plan
25 bn
Give the 2 things that happened as the result of the Dawes plan
Reparations reduced to 50 mn per year
Loan of 25 bn from USA
When was Nazi party relaunched after Munich Putsch
Late 1924
How many seats did the Nazis have 1924
32
When was the Locarno pact and what was it also called?
Locarno pact
Locarno honeymoon
What did the Locarno pact say?
Existing borders between Germany, Belgium and France held
When was Mein Kampf published
1925
When did farm prices start falling from
1925
How many members did the Nazis have 1925
27 000
When is Germany forced to join the League of Nations
1926
How many are unemployed 1926
2 mn
When is bamberg conference
1926
How many seats did the Nazis get in 1928
12
How many members did the Nazi party have 1928
100 000
When was the Kellogg Briand pact
1928
How many nations signed the Kellogg braind pact?
64
What did nations agree to solve issues by
Peaceful means
How many were unemployed 1928
1.3 million
When was the Wall Street crash
29th October 1929
How may unemployed October 1929
1.6 million
When was young plan
1929
What did the young plan reduce reparations to?
2 billion
How many extra years did the young plan give to finish paying reparations?
59
How many seats did the Nazis have 1930
107
What was second part of the young plan and when
1930 - French agreed to leave the Rhineland
Give all 3 parts of the young plan
Reparations reduced to 2billion
Given a further 59 years to pay reparations
French agreed to leave the Rhineland
How many were unemployed 1931
4.3 million
How many seats for Nazis in July election of 1932
230
How many were unemployed 1932
5.1 million
How many seats for the Nazis Nov 1932
196
How many speeches was Hitler doing per week 1932
25
How many speeches did Hindenburg do per week
1
What was unemployment feb 1932
Over 6 million
When did Hindenburg stand for re election
March 1932
What % of the vote does Hindenburg get March 1932
49.6%
What % of the vote does Hindenburg get April 1932
53%
When does bruning resign?
30 may 1932
What is the rule of von papen and con schliecher coalition called
The cabinet of the barons
How many were killed in clashes between Nazis and communists in run up to election
7000
When does von schliecher become chancellor
2 December 1932
How many SA members are there 1932
600 000
When does Hitler become chancellor
January 1933
When does Hitler call for the next election
5th March
When is the law for free and peaceful elections passed?
4th Feb
What does the law for the free and peaceful elections say?
All election meetings have to be declared to the police 48 hours in advance and the police have to be allowed into each meeting
When are goerings orders to the police
Feb 17th 1933
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th Feb
How many seats did the Nazis win in the March elections
288
When does Hitler abolish trade unions
May 1933
When does Hitler abolish all parties apart from the Nazis (one party state begins)
July 1933
When is the enabling act
23 March 1933
What did the enabling act say?
Let Hitler govern for 4 years without parliament
When was the night of the long knives
29th-30th June 1934
When did Goering add the Auxiliary police force and how many SA members were involved
22 Feb - 50 000
When were Jewish shops boycotted
April 1933
When was the gestapo set up?
1933
1933 -39 the number of crimes punishable by death (maybe) rose from what to what
3 to 46 - don’t use this in real thing without checking
How many members did the Reichstag have by 1933
647
When does Hindenburg die
August 1934
When does Hitler become a dictator
2 august 1934
When does Hitler host the Olympics
1936
When did the Nuremberg laws deny the Jewish people citizenship
1935
