Germany 1919-1945

Option B: Germany, 1918-1939

Part 1: Weimar Republic 1918-1933.

How far do the early problems of the Weimar Republic suggest that it was doomed from the start?

Origins of the Weimar Republic; effects of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany; Problems of the Weimar Republic, 1918-1924: Political weakness; political challenges from the Left and the Right; Spartacists; Kapp Putsch; Munich Putsch; invasion of the Ruhr; hyperinflation.

How far did the Weimar Republic recover under Stresemann?

Recovery of the economy; the Dawes and Young Plan; the role of Stresemann; inability of the Weimar Republic to cope with the Depression

Hitler and the Growth of the Nazi Party to 1933.

How did the Nazi party develop it's ideas and organised up to 1929?

Early career of HItler, founding of the Nai Party; Mein Kampf; Munich Putsch, decline in support for the Stresemann years

Establishment of a dictatorship, 1933-1934

How important in Germany were the Nazis’ ideas on race?

Nazi ideas: the belief in Aryan supremacy and master race. Racism in the Nazi state, the treatment of minority groups in society. The Persecution Of The Jews. The Final solution. Reactions in Germany to these developments from different individuals and groups.

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Related pages: Year Ten History Syllabus Germany 1919-1945, Year Ten Paul Schneider

Category: History

Author: Mrs March