UNIT 2 – SECTION A Weimar Germany‚ 1919-1929 Key Issue One: How far do the early problems of the Weimar Republic suggest that it was doomed from the start? The origins of the Weimar Republic; the armistice; the effects of the Treaty of Versailles Political problems: the constitution and its consequences for government; political instability Challenges to Weimar‚ 1919-1923: the Spartacists; attempted takeovers by the right-wing: the Freikorps; Kapp Putsch; Munich Putsch
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Nazism the dominant force in Germany In the 1930’s‚ Nazism became the dominant force in Germany. Adolf Hitler fought for Germany during World War One. Afterwards he became the instrumental piece in the formation and growth of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP/ Nazi Party).With help and taking advantage from various key factors‚ Hitler and the NSDAP rose into power. He expressed his hatred towards the defeat of World War One‚ and played on grievances from the Great Depression
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“The Nazi rise to power was essentially linked to the Great Depression” (Holtfriech). To what extent do you agree with this statement? After all the hard work put in by the Nazis over several years in order to access rise to power‚ President Hindenburg finally appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933. Many historians have argued about how this all came about‚ however one in particular‚ Holtfriech‚ believes their rise to power was all due to the Great Depression‚ which was
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Matt Muscari ENG 270 Dr. Shevlin 10 December 2015 The Nazi Book Burning Book burnings are just what they sound like. Piles of books being incinerated while crowds of on lookers watch. The definition of a book burning from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is: “ritual destruction by fire of books or other written materials. Usually carried out in a public context‚ the burning of books represents an element of censorship and usually proceeds from a cultural‚ religious‚ or political opposition
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The system in Nazi Germany has been suggested to have a adopted a stance of divide and rule‚ which results in power struggles between senior Nazi’s‚ in the attempt to grab Hitler’s attention. Source W says ‘once they had survived struggle by battle‚ they would serve him loyal’‚ this encompasses the belief Hitler had‚ which was that the strongest would come out on top‚ allowing them to show their full loyalty to the Fuhrer. However‚ Carr disagrees with this idea‚ seeing as this illogical idea would
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The Stasi The Stasi were the primary intelligence and security agency of East Germany also known as The German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the cold war. They had a large amount of informants‚ agents and military trained police. They focused on espionage and political security. In its 39 years at least 1/3 of the East German population came under Stasi surveillance‚ arrest‚ detention‚ or torture. The East German government‚ with the assistance of the Soviet intelligence community‚ established
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the Unification of Germany Liberal hopes for German unification were not met during the politically turbulent 1848-49 period. A Prussian plan for a smaller union was dropped in late 1850 after Austria threatened Prussia with war. Despite this setback‚ desire for some kind of German unity‚ either with or without Austria‚ grew during the 1850s and 1860s. It was no longer a notion cherished by a few‚ but had proponents in all social classes. An indication of this wider range of support was the change
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How important was Stresemann to Germany between 1923 to 1929? Introduction Stresemann‚ first aider of Germany all-round played a major part to Germany’s recovery after world war one was therefore very important to Germanys recovery. After the Kaiser fled Germany he left the new found government the Weimar republic to pick up the pieces of the ruined Germany and get the blame for the war loss the German people referred to this as being ‘stabbed in the back’
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the affect of the Nazi rule on the German people? Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933‚ that same year the ‘Enabling Act’ was passed and Germany transformed from a Democracy into a Dictatorship. Hitler had three main plans in his vision of Germany. Firstly he was to rebuild Germany’s economy‚ secondly he was to make Germany a powerful nation again and thirdly he was to create a ‘pure German’ society by getting rid of racial minority groups‚ especially Jews. When the Nazi party came to power
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The Treaty of Versailles consisted of three main points. These points were: 1.German loss of territory Germany lost territory both in Europe and Africa. In Europe‚ Germany lost territory in the north to set up new states in Poland‚ Lithuania‚ Estonia‚ and Latvia. Germany had annexed these states from Russia just a year earlier. German land in East Prussia‚ Posten and Upper Silesia was also taken away and given to Poland‚ giving the Poles access to the sea. The Rhineland was demilitarised as a buffer
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