Germany - Key Dates and Facts

Question 1

When did the Kaiser abdicate

Answer 1

1918

Question 2

1918

Answer 2

Kaiser Abdicates

Question 3

When is the Treaty of Versailles Signed and the Weimar Constitution was formed?

Answer 3

1919

Question 4

1919 (end of war)

Answer 4

the Treaty of Versailles Signed and the Weimar Constitution was formed

Question 5

When was the Spartacists uprising

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

Jan 1919 (rebellion)

Answer 6

Spartacists uprising

Question 7

When was the Nazi party formed by Anton Drexler

Answer 7

1920

Question 8

March 1920

Answer 8

Kapp Putsch - freikorps disband and join Hitler as SA

Question 9

Kapp Putsch - freikorps disband and join Hitler as SA

Answer 9

1920

Question 10

1923!!!!!

Answer 10

• Jan - French invasion of the Ruhr
• Hyperinflation
• 8th November - Hitler leads the Munich Putsch

Question 11

1924

Answer 11

Gustav Stresemann leads Weimar to recovery with the Rentenmark and Dawes Plan

Question 12

Gustav Stresemann leads Weimar to recovery with the Rentenmark and Dawes Plan

Answer 12

1924

Question 13

1925

Answer 13

Hitler comes out of prison and begins to reorganise the party

Question 14

Hitler comes out of prison and begins to reorganise the party

Answer 14

1925

Question 15

1925-28

Answer 15

Weimar Golden Age - period of economic recovery

Question 16

Weimar Golden Age - period of economic recovery

Answer 16

1925-28

Question 17

1928

Answer 17

Nazi’s worst election ever - just 12 seats

Question 18

Nazi’s worst election ever - just 12 seats

Answer 18

1928

Question 19

1929!!!

Answer 19

• Wall Street Crash
• Stresemann dies
• Germany bankrupt

Question 20

• Wall Street Crash
• Stresemann dies
• Germany bankrupt

Answer 20

1929!!!

Question 21

1930

Answer 21

Nazi votes go up to 107 seats

Question 22

Nazi votes go up to 107 seats

Answer 22

1930

Question 23

1932

Answer 23

Nazis win 230 seats and become the biggest party

Question 24

Nazis win 230 seats and become the biggest party

Answer 24

1932

Question 25

1933!!!!

Answer 25

- Feb - Reichstag fire (communists banned and article 48 used by Hitler, censorship and press - March - Enabling act. Hitler gains dictatorial powers - von Papen makes political deal with Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor

Question 26

- Jan - von Papen makes political deal with Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor - Feb - Reichstag fire (communists banned and article 48 used by Hitler, censorship and press - March - Enabling act. Hitler gains dictatorial powers

Answer 26

1933!!!!

Question 27

1933!!!!

Answer 27

- Jan - von Papen makes political deal with Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor - Feb - Reichstag fire (communists banned and article 48 used by Hitler, censorship and press - March - Enabling act. Hitler gains dictatorial powers

Question 28

1934

Answer 28

30th JUNE - night of the long knives (SA are disbanded and army swear oath of loyalty to Hitler) - First concentration camps are set up - Hindenburg dies and Hitler combines the role of president and chancellor and names it "Fuhrer"

Question 29

1935

Answer 29

- Nuremberg laws (jews forbidden to marry germans, lose citizenship) - rearmament (Schacht's "new plan") - signs concordat with Catholic Church - The gestapo arrested 700 protestant ministers who opposed the nazis

Question 30

1938

Answer 30

- Krystallnacht - women increasingly used as workers - 38,000km of autobahns were built by the National Labour Service (RAD)

Question 31

1939

Answer 31

* Jews lose citizenship and have to wear a yellow star an their passports have to have "Israel" or "Sarah" on them - rationing introduced throughout germany - germany invades poland and ww2 is declared

Question 32

1941

Answer 32

* Nazis create the 'Final Solution' * Cardinal Galen revealed that the nazis were secretely killing mentally and physcially handicapped people

Question 33

* Nazis create the 'Final Solution' * Cardinal Galen revealed that the nazis were secretely killing mentally and physcially handicapped people

Answer 33

1941

Question 34

July 1944

Answer 34

Bomb Plot - army officers attempt to assassinate Hitler but fail

Question 35

Bomb Plot - army officers attempt to assassinate Hitler but fail

Answer 35

July 1944

Question 36

1943 | WW2

Answer 36

- anything not essential to the war effort is ended like sport and non-essential businesses - Severe shortage of Labour - American air raids destroy German cities

Question 37

- anything not essential to the war effort is ended like sport and non-essential businesses - Severe shortage of Labour - American air raids destroy German cities

Answer 37

1943 | WW2

Question 38

30th JUNE - night of the long knives (SA are disbanded and army swear oath of loyalty to Hitler) - First concentration camps are set up - Hindenburg dies and Hitler combines the role of president and chancellor and names it "Fuhrer"

Answer 38

1934

Question 39

* Jews lose citizenship and have to wear a yellow star an their passports have to have "Israel" or "Sarah" on them - rationing introduced throughout germany - germany invades poland and ww2 is declared

Answer 39

1939

Question 40

1933-1939 | propaganda

Answer 40

1933 Censorship - encourages students to burn over 20,000 books written by jews and communists 1934 Censorship - "Law against Malicious Gossip" forbade the telling of nazi jokes and stories which would receive penalties for doing so. by 1939 - 7/10 households had a volksempfänger 1934 - over 1500 newspapers were shut down

Question 41

1933 Censorship - encourages students to burn over 20,000 books written by jews and communists 1934 Censorship - "Law against Malicious Gossip" forbade the telling of nazi jokes and stories which would receive penalties for doing so. by 1939 - 7/10 households had a volksempfänger 1934 - over 1500 newspapers were shut down

Answer 41

1934 | propaganda