Laws and Acts

• What does Article 1 state in the Weimar Constitution?

  Political authority of a party derives from the people
• What does Article 22 state in the Weimar Constitution?

  All Reichstag members were elected by all men and women over 21 in accordance of the principles of Proportional Representation
• What does Article 23 state in the Weimar Constitution?

  The Reichstag has to be elected once every four years
• What does Article 41 state in the Weimar Constitution?

  The Reich President (Head of State) is voted upon by the entire German Electorate
• What does Article 48 state in the Weimar Constitution?

  The Reich President could utilise emergency powers to pass any law to restore peace in Germany
• What was the aim 1924 Dawes Plan?

  To temporarily resolve the issue of reparation payments so Germany's economy could recover
• What was the aim of the 1929 Young Plan?


  To provide a permanent solution to Germany's reparation payments
• What was the aim of the 1925 Locarno Pact?

  To create a sense of security for Germany and the allies
• What was the aim of the League of Nations in 1926?

  To maintain world peace
• What was the aim of the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928?

  Discourage war by encouraging peaceful techniques of resolution
• What was the aim of the Enabling Act of March 1933?

  An act that provided Hitler and the Nazi Party full power to dictate Germany for 4 years and to make new laws - destroying the power of the Reichstag
• What was the Law of the Encouragement of Marriage in 1933?

  A Nazi policy to encourage women to marry by giving them a loan of 1,000 marks once a couple was married
• What was the Law against the Establishment of Parties in 1933?

  The law that Hitler made to ban all political Opposition apart from the Nazis