glossary

Question 1

autocracy

Answer 1

ruled by one person

Question 2

abdication

Answer 2

to give up the throne / power

Question 3

weimar republic
what years was it

Answer 3

name of german gov aka the german reich
from 1919 - 1933

Question 4

kaiser

Answer 4

emperor

Question 5

chancellor

Answer 5

equivalent to the prime minister

Question 6

armistice

Answer 6

a ceasefire

Question 7

constitution

Answer 7

set of rules on how a counrty is governed, how power is distributed and what rights a citizen has

Question 8

dolchstoss
which parties mainly pushed this theory

Answer 8

-stab in the back, the belief held by german soldiers that germany wasn’t actally defeated, they were just betrayed by certain groups that want german to be a republic like jews mainly
-also it led to the policitians involved in signing the armistice to being call the ‘november criminals’ as it led to the treaty of versailles
- right wing parties

Question 9

luftwaffe

Answer 9

german air force

Question 10

anschluss

Answer 10

union with austria

Question 11

diktat, explain further

Answer 11

dictated peace due to the signing of the reichstag, which many germans hated

Question 12

fascist

Answer 12

extreme right wing, nationalist views who believes in the idea that there should be an all - powerful leader and a one party state
- hitler

Question 13

aryan

Answer 13

person of european descent, often with blonde hair and blue eyes

Question 14

25 - point programme
when was it written

Answer 14

nazi party list of beliefs, policies - originally written in 1920

Question 15

indoctrinated

Answer 15

brainwashed

Question 16

anti - semitism

Answer 16

hatred and persecution (bad treatment) of the jews

Question 17

untermenschen
what 4 groups of people did it describe

Answer 17

meant ‘inferior people’
term used by nazis to describe slavs, gypsies, black people and jews