Glossary of key german words

Question 1

gleichschaltung

Answer 1

Consolidation/Coordination

Question 2

Volksgemeinschaft

Answer 2

Peoples community

Question 3

Sturmabteilung

Answer 3

The SA

Question 4

Schutzstaffel

Answer 4

The SS

Question 5

Volksempfanger

Answer 5

Radio

Question 6

Fuhrer

Answer 6

Chanchellor & President combined

Question 7

Reichtag

Answer 7

German parliament

Question 8

Putch

Answer 8

Overthrow the government

Question 9

Deutsche arbeitsfront

Answer 9

DAF (New trade union)

Question 10

Gualeiters

Answer 10

Hitlers new leaders (Lander)

Question 11

Diktat

Answer 11

An order, or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent (Treaty of versailles)

Question 12

Lebensraum

Answer 12

Living space

Question 13

Reichsmarschall

Answer 13

Highest rank in the german army

Question 14

Luftwaffe

Answer 14

The ariel warfare branch of the military forces

Question 15

Autarky

Answer 15

Self-Sufficient Economy

Question 16

Autobahn

Answer 16

Public works project to build a wotorway from hamburg to basel

Question 17

weirwirtschaft

Answer 17

The nazi economy policy of creating a war ready economy

Question 18

Ubermensch

Answer 18

Superior class

Question 19

Untermensch

Question 20

Gross deutchland

Answer 20

Enlarged germany

Question 21

judenrien

Answer 21

free of jews

Question 22

anschluss

Answer 22

The annexation of Austria

Question 23

Volksgerichtshof

Answer 23

Peoples courts

Question 24

Democratic government

Answer 24

People have the power to participate in decision-making.

Question 25

Authoritarian government

Answer 25

Ejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting.

Question 26

fascism

Answer 26

A political movement that embraces far-right nationalism and the forceful suppression of any opposition, all overseen by an authoritarian government

Question 27

Nationalist

Answer 27

Strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests

Question 28

Internationalist

Answer 28

Political principle that advocates greater political or economic cooperation among states and nations.

Question 29

Bureaucracy

Answer 29

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

Question 30

Kapp Putsch

Answer 30

In Germany, a coup d'état that attempted to overthrow the fledgling Weimar Republic.

Question 31

Clause 231

Answer 31

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, known as the War Guilt Clause, was a statement that Germany was responsible for beginning World War I.

Question 32

Conservative elite

Answer 32

Old ruling class and new business class in Weimar Germany. Throughout the 1920s they became increasingly frustrated with the Weimar Republic’s continuing economic and political instability, their lack of real power and the rise of communism. They believed that a return to authoritarian rule was the only stable future for Germany which would protect their power and money.