1.2 Opposition + Control - FRG

Question 1

What was the main opposition in the rebuilding stage 1949

Answer 1

SPD (against Year Zero + hiring ex nazis in civil service)

Question 2

which party was banned 1952

Answer 2

Socialist Reich party (similar views to nazi)

Question 3

What did the KPD do in 1953

Answer 3

Communist demonstration
- 6000 clash with police in Munich

Question 4

What did Young people want to confront in the 1960s

Answer 4

Nazi past (rejected ‘Year Zero’)

Question 5

Why were there protests against FRG’s military

Answer 5

• Involvement with West and possibility of storing Atomic Weapons

Question 6

Who was the APO

Answer 6

• Young intellectual students with no LW parties to support

Question 7

Which party was banned 1956

Answer 7

KPD

Question 8

what did the APO do

Answer 8

Violent Protests on streets
Showed ‘Viva Maria’ radical film

Question 9

who did SDS (German Socialist Student Union) brake away from

Answer 9

1961, SPD

Question 10

What were the SDS against

Answer 10

Vietnam War, Nuclear Proliferation + ex nazis in positions of power

Question 11

What happened in 1967 in regards to SDS

Answer 11

student got shot during Human rights protest for Iran
- Membership grew

Question 12

When did SDS member Dutschke get shot by Neo Nazi

Answer 12

April 1968

Question 13

What was the name of the series of attacks on Springer Press officers

Answer 13

Easter Riots

Question 14

When was SDS last major protest

Answer 14

11th May 1968

Question 15

how many protestors gathered for SDS final protest + what did it lead to

Answer 15

80,000
Emergency Law passed

Question 16

What did emergency Law grant

Answer 16

Gov got power of arrest and surveillance

Question 17

What challenge did FRG face with protests in 1970s

Answer 17

• protestors resorted to terrorism
• FRG put up wanted terrorist posters

Question 18

when Did a leader of West Berlin Tupamaros get shot

Answer 18

1971 - by police

Question 19

When was the Baader-meinhoff first Bombing

Answer 19

1970, Dahlem

Question 20

What did Baader-Meinhoff call itself

Answer 20

RAF - Red Army Faction

Question 21

when were most Baader Meinhoff members arrested

Answer 21

1972

Question 22

Who did Baader meinhoff target with their bombings

Answer 22

Homes of Lawyers

Question 23

Why did terrorism decrease

Answer 23

people realise it was ineffective

Question 24

What was public opinion of terrorism like in 1970

Answer 24

-1/5 germans felt sympathy for Baader meinhoff
- 5% willing to let them stay a night

Question 25

Who did Gov control most heavily effect

Answer 25

LW extremist (like Weimar)

Question 26

When was the BFV + BND set up

Answer 26

BFV = 1950 BND = 1956

Question 27

What were BVF and BND entitled to do

Answer 27

investigate people they suspected working against Basic Law (BVF only national) (BND abroad and national)

Question 28

what were the restriction of BFV and BND

Answer 28

because of basic Law forbid from opening mail/searching homes

Question 29

when did BND have right to go against Basic Law

Answer 29

1968 - Emergency Law granted

Question 30

What were the results of The BVF + BND

Answer 30

Decrease in protests Increase in arrests But now underground protesting

Question 31

What caused the establishment of the GSG-9

Answer 31

1972, Munich Olympics shooting of Israeli athletes

Question 32

What was the GSG-9

Answer 32

Special operation unit against terrorism

Question 33

What did GSG-9 do Oct 1977

Answer 33

Rescued hostages from hijacked plane Arrested some Baader-meinhoff members

Question 34

How did FRG tackle extremists by restricting employment

Answer 34

1949-employment ban on KPD members (and nazi-like beliefs parties)

Question 35

How many people ,lost there jobs due to employment ban from 1950-72

Answer 35

less than 100

Question 36

When did Adenauer implement Article 131

Answer 36

May 1951

Question 37

What was Article 131

Answer 37

allowed employment of Ex-Nazis in Civil service

Question 38

When was Anti-radical decree established

Answer 38

Jan 1972

Question 39

what was the Anti radical decree

Answer 39

allowed for political vetting of anyone applying for State job (e.g. teachers)

Question 40

When did the Nuremberg trials take place

Answer 40

18th October 1945

Question 41

How many defendants persecuted in Nuremberg trials

Answer 41

10/23 were executed - including Goering

Question 42

How many people arrested by end of 1946 - Denazification policies

Answer 42

250,000

Question 43

What was the issues behind denazification policies

Answer 43

- Process looked Corrupt - left gaps in Key jobs - people joined because of fear/no choice

Question 44

when did Allies ban Nazi School Books + films

Answer 44

1946

Question 45

in 1945-49 what did US opinion polls show about Denazification

Answer 45

2/3 of Germans though necessary 1951 - fell to under 1/4

Question 46

Why were people being critical of Allies being inconsistent

Answer 46

1000 Ex-Nazi Scientists + Doctors avoided persecution by working for USA

Question 47

In 1947, what percentage of Teachers in Bavaria lost their jobs because of De-Nazification, then returned

Answer 47

85%

Question 48

in 1961, how many Uni students in Frankfurt believed in future of democracy

Answer 48

1/3

Question 49

What was Voter Turnout in 1949 + 1987

Answer 49

1949 = 78.5% 1987 = 84.3%

Question 50

During 1951-64 what was the support for reinstallation of the monarchy

Answer 50

fell from 1/3 to 1/10