Germany from 1918 - 1939
Help with Germany for GCSE from 1918-1939
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- Germany from 1918 - 1939
- By 1918, Germany was in a desperate state
- Germany was on the verge of defeat and revolution
- Over 7 million Germans were either wounded or killed in WWI
- German's were divided on who to blame for the disaster
- 32% were in favour of Capitalism
- 34% were in favour of Germany becoming a Communist Country
- 34% were in favour of Sven Goran Eriksson
- Thousands of factories were now owned by their workers
- There was a huge uproar and this was inspired by the Russian Revolution
- Huge demonstrati-ons took place in Berlin
- From this movement there came the German Communist Party
- The KPD
- The King even fled!
- From this movement there came the German Communist Party
- Huge demonstrati-ons took place in Berlin
- There was a huge uproar and this was inspired by the Russian Revolution
- 15 years later, not much had changed. The Government was called 'The Weimar Republic.'
- During 15 years 356 politicians had been assinated!
- They could not pay anything and had huge mounting debts
- To pay the workers who needed to be paid, the Government printed off paper money for them!
- There was a shortage of everything!
- The Nazi Party took over. The leader of this party was Adolf Hitler
- The Nazi Beliefs:
- Lebensraum- Need for German Nation to expand
- A Strong Germany - The Treaty of Versailles should be abolished
- Fuhrere - A single leader with complete power - not a democracy
- Social Darwinism - The Aryan Race was superior
- Autarky - Germany should be economicallyself - sufficient
- Germany was in danger
- Who they were popular with
- Nationalists and racists
- Farmers
- Lower middle class - e.g. plumbers, shopkeepers
- People who were worried about the Chaos Germany was in
- The Rich who were worried by the threat of the Coimmunists
- Use Crude slogans to introduce his policies
- The Nazi Beliefs:
- The Nazi Party took over. The leader of this party was Adolf Hitler
- There was a shortage of everything!
- To pay the workers who needed to be paid, the Government printed off paper money for them!
- Germany was on the verge of defeat and revolution
- The Nazi Party took over. The leader of this party was Adolf Hitler
- The Nazi Beliefs:
- Lebensraum- Need for German Nation to expand
- A Strong Germany - The Treaty of Versailles should be abolished
- Fuhrere - A single leader with complete power - not a democracy
- Social Darwinism - The Aryan Race was superior
- Autarky - Germany should be economicallyself - sufficient
- Germany was in danger
- Who they were popular with
- Nationalists and racists
- Farmers
- Lower middle class - e.g. plumbers, shopkeepers
- People who were worried about the Chaos Germany was in
- The Rich who were worried by the threat of the Coimmunists
- Use Crude slogans to introduce his policies
- The Nazi Beliefs:
- In January 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany and by August 1934, Hitler had declared himself as the leader of Germany
- Trade Unions are abolished
- Political Parties are banned
- In August 1934, when Hindenburg dies, Hitler declared himself as jointly president, chancellor and Head of the army.
- Key Structures
- Religion - It was a threat to the Nazi's control over people
- Government - Nazi's had absolute control
- Culture
- Work
- Education and Youth - controlled what to believe
- Terror
- Properganda
- He had the local government re-organised
- Although he was not popular with everybody
- He had firm racial policies
- Tried to eliminate jews
- Killed 85% of Germany's gypsies
- Sterilised black people
- Killed mentally disabled babies
- Killed mentally ill patients
- By 1918, Germany was in a desperate state
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