Weimar & Nazi Germany Keywords
KeywordDefinitionAnti-SemitismHatred and persecution of JewsArmisticeAgreement to end WW1AryanNazi term for someone who is ‘pure’ GermanBamberg Conference, 1926Where Hitler reorganised the Nazi Party and strengthened his position of leader. Concentration CampA specially built prison for people who did not fit in with Nazi policiesConcordatAn agreement between the Pope and Hitler. The Catholic Church wold not interfere with politics and the Nazis would not interfere with CatholicsConstitutionThe set of rules to govern a countryDawes PlanIntroduced in 1924 which reorganised the reparations owed by Germany under the Treaty of VersaillesDAPGerman workers’ partyDolchstoss (stab in the back theory)Belief that the Weimar Government had betrayed the army by signing the Treaty of VersEdelweiss PiratesYouth group opposed to Nazis. They listen to American music (swing) and wore clothes and hair different to Nazi beliefs. Enabling ActLaw the gave Hitler the power to rule without the ReichstagFreikorpsParamilitary groups made up of ex German soldiers from WW1GestapoNazi secret policeGleichschaltungBelief that all parts of life (social, political and economic) would controlled by Nazi beliefsGolden AgePeriod between 1924-1929 when the standard of living improved under the Weimar GovernmentGreat DepressionEconomic problems, rising unemployment after the Wall Street CrashHyperinflationExtremely high inflation where money becomes useless 1923IndoctrinationUsing education and propaganda to convince people to follow Nazi ideologies Kellog-Briand PactSigned in 1928 to say that armies were for self-defence only. Showed that Germany was becoming an important country in Europe againKristallnacht9th November 1938- Attacks on Jewish business, property and peopleLebensbornProgramme where women could become pregnant by ‘pure’ SS men. Left-wingPolitical parties that follow socialism (like the Communists)Mein Kampf (My Struggle)Book written by Hitler whilst he was in prison. In it he set out his political opinions (such as destroy ToV and blamed Jews for Germany’s problems. Munich PutschNovember 1923-failed attempt by Hitler to take control of Bavarian Government- Led to his imprisonment. National socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)Nazi party.Night of Long Knives30th June 1934. Night when Hitler killed the leaders of the SA. Removed any threats to him from within the Nazi partyNovember CriminalsPoliticians who signed the Armistice to end WW1Nuremburg Laws, 1935Laws passed to persecute Jews-including The Reich Citizenship Law and The Law for Protection of German Blood and Honour. Occupation of RuhrWhen French troops occupied the Ruhr in 1923 after Germany failed to pay reparations. Led to hyperinflationPassive ResistanceOpposition to the Nazis without using violencePolice StateUsed by the Nazis to make people too cared to oppose the Nazis. PutschAttempt to takeover the governmentReichstagThe German Parliament (burnt down on 27th February 1933)ReparationsThe fine to be paid by Germany for al the damage caused during WW1.SA (Sturmabteilung)The stormtroopers used to disrupt other political parties and help Hitler rise to power.SS (Schutzstaffel)Army group that was Hitler’s personal bodyguard and then became the most important Nazi troops. Strength through joy (KDF)Organisation set up by German Labour Front to improve the leisure time of German workers.Third ReichNazi name for Germany.Thousand Year ReichHitler believed that the Nazi era would last for a thousand years.Totalitarian StateGovernment has TOTAL control of all people and every aspect of lifeTrade unionsOrganisations set up to promote and improve the rights of workers (disbanded by the Nazis after the Enabling Act)Twenty-Five point programmePolitical beliefs written by Hitler and Drexler for the NSDAP. Wall Street Crash29 October 1929, when stock exchange, banks and businesses went bankrupt in America which then led to a world economic crisis. (Hit Weimar Germany very hard)War Guilt Clause – Article 231Part of ToV that blamed Germany for all destruction during WW1Weimar RepublicThe name given to Germany and the government that controlled Germany after WW1 from 1919 to 1933. ................
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