Ebert made temporary head of Weimar Republic, armistice signed
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1919
Weimar constitution agreed
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January 1919
Spartacists League try to seize power in Berlin
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April 1919
Bavarian Republic under Kurt Eisner ended by the army
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June 1919
Treaty of Versailles was signed
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March 1920
Kapp Putsch staged by the Freikorps
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1922 bread
Bread cost 163 marks
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1922
Germany couldn't pay reparations
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early 1923
French and Belgian forces invade the Ruhr to take what is owed through industry
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November 1923
Hyperinflation: bread cost 200 000 000 000 marks
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9th November 1923
Munich Putsch
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11th December 1923
Hitler arrested for Munich putsch
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1923 Stresemann
He becomes chancellor
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Golden years: 1923
Rentenmark introduced, equal to 1 million old marks; Dawes plan introduced
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February 1924
Hitler put on trial and receives 9 months in a low-security prison
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Golden years: 1925
Locarno treaties signed
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Golden years: 1926
Stresemann awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Germany joins League of Nations
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1926
Bamberg conference, Hitler Youth formed
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Golden years: 1928
Kellogg Briand pact signed
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1928 elections
Nazis receive only 12 seats due to Weimar golden years
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Golden years: 1929
Young plan signed
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1928
Only 650 000 unemployed
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29th October 1929
Wall street crash
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1929
Josef Goebbels put in charge of propaganda
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1930 economy
Germany leading exporter in manufactured goods
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Unemployment in 1932
6 million - this gave Hitler the opportunity to gain support by promising employment
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July 1932
Very violent election (100 deaths), Nazis became largest party in the Reichstag with 230 seats (not a majority)
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What did Hitler do in July 1932?
Demand to be made chancellor, Hindenburg refused and appointed von Papen
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November 1932
Another election was held because von Papen did not have enough support to pass any laws, Nazis gained only 196 seats
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December 1932
von Papen was replaced with von Schleicher as chancellor, but he resigned within a month as he faced the same issues that von Papen had
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30th January 1933
Hitler appointed chancellor with von Papen vice chancellor
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February 1933
Reichstag Fire, communist van der Lubbe arrested for it (??), declared state of emergency
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March 1933
Enabling Act passed - allowed Hitler to rule without support of the Reichstag
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May 1933
Trade unions banned
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July 1933
Hitler outlawed all other political parties using enabling act, concordat with catholic church signed
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June 1934
Night of the Long Knives
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July 1934
Hindenburg died, making Hilter the only leader - the Führer
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Employment 1935
Labour Service Corps made compulsory for at least 6 months for men between the ages of 18 and 25 and men had to partake in military service for at least 2 years
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Jews in 1935
Nuremberg laws passed, Jews were no longer considered German citizens, couldn't marry Aryans, couldn't treat Aryan patients, forced to wear the Star of David, put out of work
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What event happened in 1936?
Berlin Olympics used to highlight Aryan superiority, racist
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Youth 1936
All youth organisations not controlled by the Nazis were banned and membership of the Hitler youth was made compulsory
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November 1938
Kristallnacht
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1939
Hitler Youth had 7 million members, start of world war 2
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Gypsies 1939
Five out of six gypsies killed by 1939
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1918 - 1930
The Weimar Republic
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1930-33
Great Depression
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1933-45
The Third Reich
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1918-32
Rise to power
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1932-33/4
Consolidation of power
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Ebert made temporary head of Weimar Republic, armistice signed
Back
November 1918
Card 3
Front
Weimar constitution agreed
Back
Card 4
Front
Spartacists League try to seize power in Berlin
Back
Card 5
Front
Bavarian Republic under Kurt Eisner ended by the army
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