Weimar Germany

Question 1

when was the treaty of versailles signed

Answer 1

28 June 1919

Question 2

what was the nickname given to the politicians who signed the armistice?

Answer 2

the November criminals

Question 3

during the 1920s how many political parties on average were there represented in the Reichstag?

Answer 3

29 parties

Question 4

how many coalition governments were there between 1919 and 1923?

Answer 4

9

Question 5

what emerged as the moist used medium for communication?

Answer 5

radio

Question 6

what was the government funded German film company aimed at marketing films?

Answer 6

UFA

Question 7

who led the UFA?

Answer 7

Alfred Hugenberg

Question 8

how many cinemas were there in 1919 and in 1929?

Answer 8

1919 - 2800
1929 - 5200

Question 9

what was the importance of cabaret and what message was it spreading?

Answer 9

it represented the changing nature of society and mocked German traditionalism as well as opening up new topics such as politics and sex

Question 10

when was the German radio company founded?

Answer 10

1923

Question 11

how many germans owned a radio in 1932?

Answer 11

1 in 4

Question 12

how was theatre used to make political statements?

Answer 12

Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator used innovative techniques to introduce protest and policies as well as Zeittheater which was ‘theatre of the time’

Question 13

which writers still wrote about tradition?

Answer 13

Hans Grimm wrote about the past whimsically

Question 14

what book was written about the war?

Answer 14

all quiet on the western front

Question 15

what was the name of the new wave of architecture?

Answer 15

Bauhaus by Walter Grapius

Question 16

what did article 113 of the constitution state?

Answer 16

people who spoke a different language could not be prevented from using their language or preserving national identity

Question 17

what was the cultural impact of Jews in the Weimar republic?

Answer 17

they had a huge influence on culture with 5 jews working in government such as Walter Rathenau becoming foreign minister in 1922

Question 18

in 1925 how many Polish speakers were living in Germany?

Answer 18

200,000

Question 19

what profession was considered very right wing?

Answer 19

teaching (300 university professors signed an appeal to the German people to vote Nazi)

Question 20

where was the antisemitic movement strong?

Answer 20

amongst young people with 60% of students being members of the Nazi student league and in 1933 many antisemitic protests took place)

Question 21

when were women given the vote?

Answer 21

12 november 1918 by the Council of People’s Representatives

Question 22

how many women were elected to the reichstag between 1919 and 1932?

Answer 22

112

Question 23

what did article 109 say?

Answer 23

that women had equal rights

Question 24

what was the governments policy about women working?

Answer 24

they had to give up their jobs once they got married

Question 25

what was the wage disparity between men and women?

Answer 25

women were paid 33% less

Question 26

what were 'new women'?

Answer 26

they were a wave of newly emancipated women who started dressing more like men, smoking, wearing their hair short and took advantage of contraception

Question 27

what was the positive about female employment during the great depression?

Answer 27

as women were cheaper to employ, female employment was not hit as hard

Question 28

how did students get into university?

Answer 28

they had to pass the abitur exam and the majority of university students who sat were wealthy with only 2.3% passing who were working class

Question 29

what was the diversity of schools like in 1931?

Answer 29

29,000 protestant schools, 15,256 Catholic schools, 97 jewish schools, 8921 non confessional schools and 295 secular schools