Important Names

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Wilhelm I
1st Kaiser of Germany
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Otto von Bismarck
Wilhelm I's chancellor (man who ran things day-to-day)
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm I's grandson. Reigned 1888-1918. Unpredictable-mood swings. Jealous of England's navy. Strong, outgoing, impatient, rude. Spent most of career in army. Wanted to improve army + navy. Sacked Bismarck. Unliked by other European leaders.
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Woodrow Wilson
US President. One of 'The Big Three' in Treaty Of Versailles. Wanted democracy in Europe. Wanted to punish Germany as little as possible in T.O.V.
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David Lloyd-George
British Prime Minister. One of 'The Big Three' in Treaty Of Versailles. Wanted Germany to continue trading, their navy cut down, pay for war costs and a big punishment but also for Germany to recover in T.O.V.
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George Clemenceau
French President. One of 'The Big Three' in Treaty Of Versailles. Wanted Germany to be punished, given Alsace-Lorraine back, reparations for war, revenge, money to repair France and to make Germany weak in T.O.V.
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JM Keynes
Popular British economist. Thought that reparations would ruin not only Germany but the world economy.
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Friedrich Ebert
Democratically elected leader of Germany. Leader of the Social Democrats-largest party in Reichstag.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Co-leader of The Spartacist League-a Communist group. Wanted a full-scale Communist revolution.
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Karl Liebknecht
Co-leader of The Spartacist League-a Communist group. Wanted a full-scale Communist revolution.
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Wolfgang Kapp
Leader of the Freikorps units.
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Adolf Hitler
Fuhrer of German Worker's Party (DAP) (Nazi Party). Powerful speaker.
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Philipp Bouhler
Secretary of the Nazi party.
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Franz Schwarz
Treasurer of the Nazi party.Co-leader of The Spartacist League-a Communist group. Wanted a full-scale Communist revolution.
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Julius Schreck
Original leader of the ** (Schutzstaffel).
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Heinrich Himmler
Leader of the ** (Schutzstaffel).
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Joseph Goebbels
Leader of Nazi propaganda. Gauleiter for Berlin.
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Gustav Stresemann
Chancellor 1923. Foreign Minister 1923–1929. Solved hyperinflation.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Second President of Germany 1925-1934.
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Heinrich Bruning
Hindenburg's chancellor.
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Franz von Papen
Centre Party politician. Chancellor of Germany 1932. Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler 1933–34.
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Kurt von Schleicher
Chancellor 1932. Murdered during the Night of the Long Knives
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Ernest Rohm
Leader of SA (Sturmabteilung).
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Hjalmar Schacht
President of the Reichsbank 1933-1939. Minister of Economics 1934-1937.
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Hermann Goering
Founded the Gestapo 1933. Commander-in-chief of Luftwaffe. Successor+deputy in all offices 1941.
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Jesse Owens
Black American track and field athlete. Olympic gold medalist 1936. Spanner-in-the-works for Hitler.
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Roland Freisler
President of the People's Court (show trials)
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Hans Scholl
Co-leader of White Rose group.
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Sophie Scholl
Co-leader of White Rose group.
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Georg Elser
Attempted to assassinate Hitler and other Nazi leaders 8 November 1939 in a Munich Beer Hall. Failed but injured many/
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Card 2

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Wilhelm I's chancellor (man who ran things day-to-day)

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Otto von Bismarck

Card 3

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Wilhelm I's grandson. Reigned 1888-1918. Unpredictable-mood swings. Jealous of England's navy. Strong, outgoing, impatient, rude. Spent most of career in army. Wanted to improve army + navy. Sacked Bismarck. Unliked by other European leaders.

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Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

US President. One of 'The Big Three' in Treaty Of Versailles. Wanted democracy in Europe. Wanted to punish Germany as little as possible in T.O.V.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

British Prime Minister. One of 'The Big Three' in Treaty Of Versailles. Wanted Germany to continue trading, their navy cut down, pay for war costs and a big punishment but also for Germany to recover in T.O.V.

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