Weimar and Nazi germany

• Who was the minster of interior in October 1933?


  Wilhelm Frick
• What was the secret police called?

  The gestapo
• What was DAF?

  German Labour Front - the new Nazi trade union
• Which law allowed judges to make their own laws?

  Penal code of 1935
• Which Nazi organisation did writers, musicians and actors have to join?

  Reich chamber of culture
• What was established in October 1933 to ensure lawyers followed Nazi beliefs?

  German lawyers front
• Who was the minster of public propaganda and enlightenment?


  Joseph Goebbells
• What October 1935 law tightened Nazi control of newspapers?


  Reich press law
• How many books were burnt in Berlin in May 1933?


  Approximately 20,000
• Who swore an oath of allegiance to Hitler in August 1934?


  The German army
• Whose death in August 1934 allowed Hitler to combine chancellor and president role?


  Hindenburg
• What agreement in 1933 saw the pope agree to keep the Catholic Church out of politics?


  Concordat
• The Nazis increased the number of crimes for a death penalty from 3 to what?


  46
• Lander parliaments were abolished in January 1934 and replaced by what?


  Reich governers
• Who established the Gestapo in 1933?


  Hermann Goering
• What music was banned by the Nazis?

  Jazz
• What year were the Berlin olympics?

  1936
• How many votes did Nazis have in 1932?


  37%
• Give 3 clauses of the treaty of Versailles?

  1- Germany had to reduce its army to 100,000 men

  2- Germany had to pay £6.6 million in reparations

  3- Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria
• When was the first naval war passed?


  1898
• Why did the Weimar government let down Germany?

  They signed the 1918 armistice and the treaty of versailles
• Who was Freidrich Ebert?


  Leader of the SPD
• When did the Kaiser abdicate?

  9th November 1918
• What is socialism?

  A political ideology that supports the rights of workers
• What does the president do?

  They control the military but are not involved in day to day running of the country
• What is militarism?

  The belief a country should have strong armed forces
• What is Weltpolitik?


  The ideology for Germany to become a global power and have an empire that rivals Britain
• What are Bundersrat?


  A group in parliament made up of representatives from each German state
• How much debt was Germany in by 1913?


  490 billion marks
• What is a mutiny?

  Where a group of people (eg soldiers or sailers) refuse to obey orders and try to take power from leader
• How was the Weimar Republic formed?


  Politicians proposed a set of rules on how democratic Germany would be governed
• Who were the Spartacists?


  A group of communists who wanted Germany to be rifled by soldiers and workers
• How much did unemployment rise between 1928 and 1932?

  1928 - 2.5 million

  1930 - 4 million

  1932 - 6 million
• Who were the leaders of the spartacist league?

  Rosa Luxemberg and Karl Liebknecht
• What is autocracy?


  a system of government by one person with absolute power.
• What was article 231?

  The war guilt clause which said Germany had to take full blame for starting to war
• How long was Hitler imprisoned for?

  He was sentenced for 5 years but only served 8 months
• What % of votes did the Nazis have in 1930?

  18%
• When did Kaiser Wilhelm II become Kaiser?

  1888 for 29 years
• What is proportional representation?

  A voting system that meant lots of political partied could win seats, but it was difficult for one party to gain a majority