A form of government in which one person has total control and power over a country
Democracy
A political system in which the government is elected by the people
Communism
A type of political and economic system where wealth is shared equally among everyone. In a communist system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole communing owns these things. Everyone is supposed to share the wealth that they create
Aryan race
The name given to an idealised German 'master race' of people. Aryan people were typically white, blonde and blue eyed
Anti-semitism
A hatred of or prejudice against Jews
Extreme nationalism
The belief that a person's country is superior to all others and that other territories should be taken as part of their empire
The Treaty of Versailles
A peace treaty signed in 1919 after the end of World War I. Under the terms of the treaty, Germany paid financial reparations, lost territory and much of its military, and gave up its colonies
The Weimar Republic
Germany's form of democratic govemment from 1919 to 1933
The SS (Blackshirts)
Adolf Hitler's elite bodyguards, who grew into one of the most powerful organisations in Nazi Germany
The SA (Brownshirts)
Hitler's paramilitary wing, who intimidated and attacked Nazi opponents
The Nazi Party
a dictatorship that ruled Germany in the 20th century under Adolf Hitler
