the nazi experiment

Question 1

Communist opposition posed a serious threat to the governments of Germany in the years 1919 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view.
agree

in the july and november 1932 elections what % did the KDP achieve

Answer 1

july = 14.6%
novemeber = 16.9%

Question 2

Communist opposition posed a serious threat to the governments of Germany in the years 1919 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view.
agree

in the july and november 1932 elections what % did the nazis achieve
and how did this fall compared to the communist rise help hitler in the long term

Answer 2

july 37.3
novemeber = 33.1
elites saw him as the best defence to the communists

Question 3

Communist opposition posed a serious threat to the governments of Germany in the years 1919 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view.
agree
how does the reichstag fire show they were a threat

Answer 3

communist threat must have been very seriously considered as blaming the 1933 reichstag fire on communists persuaded hindenburg to use the emergency decree to expell them from the reichstag

Question 4

Communist opposition posed a serious threat to the governments of Germany in the years 1919 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view.
disagree

evidence from them reichstag fire that communisum was not a threat

Answer 4

following the reichstag fire under the emergency decree the kdp was banned and communists were removed from the reichstag - news papers and publications were also prohibited , this shows they were easily taken down by the government

Question 5

To what extent was the weakness of democracy in Germany, in the years 1914 to 1934, due to economic problems?
economic issues

why did mullers grand coalition collapse and when

Answer 5

mullers grand coalition collapsed in 1930 due to the economic strain of the wall street crash causing them not to be able to agree on how best to deal with the overwhelmed welfare state so in march 1930 the entire cabinet resigned

Question 6

To what extent was the weakness of democracy in Germany, in the years 1914 to 1934, due to economic problems?
economic issues

how did goverment response to economic issues change afterwall street and how many presidentail decrees were used in 2 years

Answer 6

after 1930 the weimar govs response to the economic crisis became less and less democratic with brunings having to rely almost entirely on presidential decree using 109 of them in 2 years

Question 7

To what extent was the weakness of democracy in Germany, in the years 1914 to 1934, due to economic problems?
economic issues

what was unemployment in 1932

Answer 7

6 million
this pushed people towards the naizs who promised to fix their problems

Question 8

To what extent was the weakness of democracy in Germany, in the years 1914 to 1934, due to economic problems?
opposition

how did fears of communisum helps nazis gain power

Answer 8

from 1929 they focused on propaganda to exploit peoples fears in communisum and the weak democracy making them soulution to everyones problems

Question 9

‘Communist opposition posed a serious threat to the governments of Germany in the years 1919 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view.

pre war what kind of opposition gorups existed

Answer 9

underground kdp units which were called the red orchestra and sent info to the USSR
distribution of anti nazi leaflets
some members of the church were against the nazis and in 1937 the pope spoke out

Question 10

what aspects of the terror state prevented the growth in right wing extremisum

Answer 10

the ss lead by himmler the gestapo and the fact there was no independent jurisdiction. Threat of punishment was what kept people following the regime - knight of the long knieves 1934 silence hitlers opponents

Question 11

‘Very little was done to confront the legacy of Nazism in West Germany in the years 1945-1969.’ Assess the validity of this view.
government

when were the nurumberg trials and what was the outcome

Answer 11

november 1945 - october 1946 nuremburg trials saw all but 3 of the 22 nazis accused of war crimes be convicted and 12 were sentenced to death

Question 12

‘Very little was done to confront the legacy of Nazism in West Germany in the years 1945-1969.’ Assess the validity of this view.
government

how did the eastern zone deal with the legacy of nazisum

Answer 12

the ussr offered a general amnesty in 1947 and from 1948 -1949 restrictions on former nazis were removed as well as implementing an intense reduction campaign to promote socialism

Question 13

‘Very little was done to confront the legacy of Nazism in West Germany in the years 1945-1969.’ Assess the validity of this view.
government

how did the west deal with legacy of nazisum 1945 -1946

Answer 13

the west implemented fragebogen questionnaires 1945-1946 to understand all aspects of nazi life. People were then re-educated accordingly . however they werent enforced and the persil trials proved their innocence allowing them to get back into work if they had a testimonial of good behavior

Question 14

‘Very little was done to confront the legacy of Nazism in West Germany in the years 1945-1969.’ Assess the validity of this view.
government

why was confronting nazisum a failure

Answer 14

nazi witch hunt caused resentment against the occupying powers

Question 15

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors.’ Assess the validity of this view.
economic

why and when was bizonia and trizonia formed

Answer 15

failure to cooperate over reparations along with the spread of communism caused america to invite the other powers into an economic union in 1946 , bizonia was made in 1947 to use marshall aid more effectively

Question 16

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors.’ Assess the validity of this view.
economic

what economic issue caused the berlin blockade and subsequently the formation of the FRG and GDR

Answer 16

currency reform in the west to create the deutchmark in 1948 upset they east causing the berlin blockade and cauinf basic laws to be drawn up as a frg constitution in 1948 by adenauer . similarly the gdr was proclaimed in 1949

Question 17

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors.’ Assess the validity of this view.
war

what was decided at the yalta conference and when

Answer 17

end of the war forced the allies to divide up germany and berlin into sections under the yalta conference 1945 which would be controlled by a joint council of the ussr , britain and america . france also had a zone

Question 18

when was the DAF formed and what did it do

Answer 18

may 1933 with the creation of the DAF to replace all trade unions , preventing workers from asking for pay rises or improved conditions

Question 19

what did the 4 year plan focus on and when

Answer 19

The four year plan in 1936 focused on autarky and the development of synthetic materials and chemicals to get the country ready for war

Question 20

by 1939 what proportion of raw materials were still being imported

Answer 20

1/3

Question 21

what is lebensuram

Answer 21

living space for the german people that was taken away in the treaty of versallies

Question 22

what did the RAD do and when

Answer 22

The reich labour service was created in 1935 for 18-25 to 6 months manual labour before military conscritpion
Also in 1933 a 7000km motor way was built without machinary

Question 23

when was a motorway built by hand and why

Answer 23

1933 and it was 7000km long
to give people jobs

Question 24

what was the budget deficit at the end of 1929 and how did brunnings try to fix it

Answer 24

budget deficit was at 1700 million marks and in order to fix this chancellor brunig had to do unpopular things such as cut pubic workers wages and decrease unemployment benefits

Question 25

when was conscription reintroduced

Answer 25

1939

Question 26

was germany economically ready for war

Answer 26

no rearment programmes were incomplete and although conscription was happening women werenot working in the factories yet so prisoner were set to work

Question 27

The recovery of the economy under the Nazis in the 1930s was more impressive than the recovery of the West German economy after the Second World War. 1930s how was unemployment reduced and what was it in 1934

Answer 27

2.5 million because public workschemes such as building a 7000km motorway without machinery and marraige loans for women to stop them working

Question 28

The recovery of the economy under the Nazis in the 1930s was more impressive than the recovery of the West German economy after the Second World War. 1930s what was the new plan of 1934 and how did it recover the econemy

Answer 28

increased gov regulations on imports increased trade with less developed countries seizing jewish and austrain assets creation of the DAF banning strikes

Question 29

The recovery of the economy under the Nazis in the 1930s was more impressive than the recovery of the West German economy after the Second World War. 1930s how did papen already begin to improve the econmey

Answer 29

eneded reperation payments in 1932 and unemployment was already falling when hitler came to power

Question 30

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ hyperinflation what did the dawes plan achieve and when

Answer 30

1924 dawes plan reduced reparation payments until 1929 and a 800 million mark loan from america , france evacuated the ruhr

Question 31

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ hyperinflation what was inflation and unemployment in 1926

Answer 31

inflation fell below 0 in 1926 but unemployment reached more than 20%

Question 32

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ hyperinflation what did the young plan do and when

Answer 32

young plan reduced total reparations by 75% in 1929 and reduced anual payments by increasing the period to 59 years

Question 33

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ hyperinflation how did schachts introduce the rentenmark in 1923

Answer 33

valued at 1 : 1 trillion old marks . it was backed by land and industrial resources

Question 34

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ great depression how did brunnings try and deal with the 1700 million budget deficit in 1930

Answer 34

by reducing public wages and unemployment benefits in 1930 because the welfare state could not cope with demand but this did not work and was unpopular

Question 35

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ great depression what did papen do in 1932 to reduce unemployment

Answer 35

used an emergency decree to try and reduce unemployment which allowed tax rebates for employers taking on more staff , relaxation of wage agreement system

Question 36

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ great depression how did hitler help the peasants

Answer 36

suspened all peasant debts in 1933 to help the small farmers He also put high tariffs on many imported food products to protect peasants

Question 37

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ great depression how did schachts increase governemnt tax revenue

Answer 37

deficit banking and mefo bills so the money could be spent on road construction and rearment

Question 38

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ war what did the central planning board do and when was it set up

Answer 38

set up by speer in 1942 to organise the allocation of raw materials and limited unnecessary manufacturing during war this lead to a amrment production risng 50% in 6 months

Question 39

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ war when did females get conscritpted into factories

Answer 39

1943

Question 40

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ war how much did rearment production rise in 6 months under speer

Answer 40

50%

Question 41

‘The governments of Germany dealt effectively with the economic challenges they faced in the years 1923 to 1945.’ war what was consumer production in 1942

Answer 41

only 3% below that of peace time

Question 42

‘The lives of working-class Germans improved throughout the years 1918 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view when was strength through joy and what did it do

Answer 42

november 1933 offered holidays , leisure activities and saving schemes to works to compensate the poor pay

Question 43

‘The lives of working-class Germans improved throughout the years 1918 to 1939.’ Assess the validity of this view how did rules for women working change in 1937

Answer 43

rules were relaxed so working class women could get back into work and still get marriage loans when previously women were encouraged to stay home by benefits

Question 44

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors weimar what caused streseman to form a coalition

Answer 44

strike pay for workers in the ruhr forced chancellor cuno to print more money and in november 1923 the currency was worthless, during this crisis DVP leader stresseman formed a coalition government with zentrum and SDP

Question 45

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors weimar how was the sucess of the dawes plan reflected in votes in may to december 1924

Answer 45

nazi support dropped 3 %

Question 46

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors weimar how did great depression cause political change

Answer 46

the welfare state could not keep up with demand and in 1930 the whole cabinet of the grand coalition resigned as they could not agree on how best to deal with the issue.

Question 47

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors pre war nazis how did hitler come to power due to previous chancellors

Answer 47

they were undemocratcially chosen and ruled by emergancy decree with no political agenda accept their own personal one

Question 48

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors pre war nazis how did the nazis gain total power

Answer 48

the nazis gained total power in 1933 with the passing of the enabling act giving hitler dictatorial powers for 4 years due to the reichstag fire and the supposed threat from communism in light of the upcoming elections

Question 49

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors pre war nazis how and when did nazi remove all his politcial opponents in 1934

Answer 49

hitler further removed his political opponents causing great political change in june 1934 when he spread false rumours about a coup within the SA. the night of the long knives killed 86 plotters

Question 50

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors pre war nazis when did hitler become furhr

Answer 50

1934 when hindenburg died

Question 51

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors war describe the polycratic system under hitler

Answer 51

it was due to hitlers own ideologies that struggle was a key element and departments had to work by survival of the fittest to come out on top

Question 52

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors war why did working towards the furhr happen

Answer 52

due to hitlers personality and laziness. He did not participate in formal decision making for example he did not attend the 1942 wannsee conference where the holocaust was decided on

Question 53

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors war why was germany divided post war and when was it decided

Answer 53

due to the uncertainty of the allies on how to deal with germany once hitler had been defeated. The 1945 potsdam conference saw the allies to decide to run each zone economically independently

Question 54

‘Political change in Germany, in the years 1919 to 1949, was driven by economic factors war why was the four year plan created in 1936

Answer 54

because hitler had grown impatient with the pace of rearment under schacht who wanted to encourage exports and curb public spending