facts for how life didn't improve for workers | 15% hour work inc, wages decrease, food price inc by 20%. 20% small businesses closed |
what were the strengths of the Weimar republic | democracy; everyone over 20 could vote plus women |
why was proportional representation a weakness of WR | led to coalition government, extreme parties could vote |
who was the 1st president | president Ebert |
what was germany army number reduced to | 100,000 |
which political group tried taking power in he spartacist uprising and when | communists in 1919 |
who and when tried taking power in the kapp putsch | friekorps 1920 |
how did the government take down the kapp putsch | asked Berlin workers to go on strike |
how much repairs did germany have to pay | 6.6 billion |
what happened when Germany missed a payment | French army attacked the Ruhr |
when and how was hyperinflation solved and by who | 1923 Gustav stresemann, new currency rentenmark |
what plan helped Germany recover and when | Dawes plan. loans from USA in 1924 |
which groups liked the 25 point programme | farmers, middle class, the rich, nationalists and racists |
who were the SA | armed group of ex soldiers that beat up those from parties, led by Ernest rohm |
when was the Munich putsch | November 1923 |
which famous general supported the Munich putsch | Ludendorff |
how long was Hitler's sentence and why and when | 1924- 9 months as right wing agreed with Hitler's view on the WR |
what 3 ideas did Hitler outline in Mein Kampf | hatred of Jews, master race, communists |
what did Hitler realise in prison | he had to take power legally |
what event created HY, SS and other branches of Nazi parties | Bamburg conference |
by Jan 1923 how many people were unemployed | 6 mill people. 60% |
why did the great depression help Hitler gain popularity | he promised to stop paying reparations and ignore ToV |
how many seats did the Nazis go up by and what years | 12 in 1928 to 230 in 1932 |
when did Hitler become chancellor and why | Jan 1933 bc von papen convinced Hindenburg as they thought they could control Hitler |
when was the Reichstag fire and who was blamed | 27th Feb 1933 , communist |
what decree was created due to fire and what did it lead to | emergency decree, 4000 communists arrested |
what was the Enabling Act and when was it passed | March 1933, allowed Hitler to make laws without support from Reichstag |
why and when was the SA a threat to Hitler | 1934. leaders demanded control of army |
what happened the night of 30 June 1934 | night of the long knives. Rohm was executed plus 85 powerful
soldiers |
what did Hitler become and when after Hindenburg died | Aug 1934, Fuhrer. government and chancellor |
what was the Gestapo | secret police, targeted anyone who seemed against the Nazi regime |
how did Nazis control the legal system | all non Nazi judges were fired |
who was the minister of propaganda | Joseph Goebbels |
what were the opposition youth groups called | Edelweiss pirates, swing youth |
what 3Ks did Hitler believe women should focus on | Kinder, Kuche, Kirche (children,cooking,church) |
How were women rewarded and when did it start | 1933- marriage loans and medals |
how many young kids were in the HY by 1939 | 8million |
Why was the Strength through joy set up (kdf) | to organize peoples leisure time. happy people work harder |
what was built by the men employed by the Nation Labour Service | Autobahn(motorway), schools, hospital |
what was most important reason for the fall of unemployment | rearmament |
what year was Jews businesses boycotted | 1933 |
what things did Nuremburg Laws create towards Jews and when | 1935- weren't citizens of Germany, couldnt vote, weren't allowed to marry germans |
What was kristallnacht (night of the broken glass) | 9th Nov 1938. violence against Jews. synagogues burnt down |
what other groups were discriminated | disabled people, gypsies, homosexuals, black people |
when and what was sterilisation | may 1933. law to prevent disabled people having children |
what was the youth group of girls called | league of German maidens 1930 |
what and when was the propaganda jew film called | the eternal jew in 1940 |
when and what positives of the olympics | 1936. Nazi regime able to show of Aryan race |
how did Germany deal w homeless 1924-31 | built 2mil homes |
when did they burn books | 1933 |
how many people attended rallies in 1934 | 700,000 |
how many Jews were fired due to kristallnacht | 1 billion |
when did gov try kick Jews out of germany | 1939 |
how many months did young men have to spend with national labour service | 6 months |
facts for how life didn't improve for workers | 15% hour work inc, wages decrease, food price inc by 20%. 20% small businesses closed |
when did HY become compulsory | 1936 |
how many Catholic priests arrested due to opposition | 400 |
what did the nation labour device build? | autobahn, schools, hospitals |