GCSE History Revision Activities Germany 1918 - 1945 Use your notes and textbooks to complete these revision mind maps. Test yourself using these by covering over a section then trying to recall all of the key facts and details. Use these to help you in practising answers to questions from past exam papers

What problems faced the Weimar Republic between 1918–23? Positive features Weaknesses The November Criminals The Weimar Constitution Hyperinflation Invasion of the Ruhr What problems faced the Weimar Republic between 1918–23? The Spartacists The Treaty of Versailles Kapp Putsch Political Violence Effects Terms LAMB Munich Putsch

Locarno Pact The League of Nations Kellogg Briand Pact Young Plan How successful was the recovery of the Weimar Republic under Stresemann 1924–29 Dawes Plan Dealing with hyperinflation Underlying problems Stresemann’s role

How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33? The rise of political extremists Unemployment Economic effects Social effects How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33? The failure of the Weimar Politicians Wall Street Crash

How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23? Reorganisation The founding of the Nazi Party 25 Point plan The role of the SA How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23? Hitler becomes leader The aims of the Nazi Party Hitler’s career before 1919 First World War

The SS Finances Hitler reorganises the Nazi Party Changing organisation Goebbels and propaganda Mein Kampf Why did the Munich Putsch fail and what happened to the Nazis in the lean years 1923–29? Events Why did Nazi support decline after 1923? Causes The Munich Putsch Hitler on trial

How did Hitler come to power in January 1933? President Hindenburg Von Schleicher Von Papen The Wall Street Crash and Great Depression Key Events 1932 - 33 Bruning’s government How did Hitler come to power in January 1933? Middle Classes The SA and increased violence Nazi Propaganda Who supported the Nazis and why? Hitler’s Appeal Farmers Unemployed

How did Hitler and the Nazis remove opposition in Germany 1933 - 34? Events Consequences The Enabling Act The Reichstag Fire The death of President Hindenburg Army oath of loyalty How did Hitler and the Nazis remove opposition in Germany 1933 - 34? Banning of Trade Unions The Night of the Long Knives Banning of political parties Effects Events Munich Putsch

How did the Nazis control the German people? Protestant Church Concentration camps Police and the courts Controlling the churches The Catholic Church Heinrich Himmler Nazi use of fear How did the Nazis control the German people? Censorship The Gestapo Nazi use of propaganda Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda The SS Control of the media, culture, sports and arts

Nazi education in universities Why the Nazis wanted to control young people Nazis and the family Hitler Youth movements Controlling the youth What were the Nazis’ policies to control women and the young? Women and work Nazi education in schools Women Education for girls Nazi education in universities Expectations for women

How did the Nazis deal with Germany’s economic problems? Labour Service & public works The New Plan How did the Nazis reduce unemployment? What was Strength Through Joy? How did the Nazis deal with Germany’s economic problems? Did the Nazis improve the standard of living for German workers? Wages Rearming Germany Changing standards of living

Who opposed the Nazis and how successful were they? Von Stauffenberg The White Rose Group The Army Who opposed the Nazis and how successful were they? Pastor Niemoller The Edelweiss Pirates

How did the Nazis treat minority groups? Kristallnacht The Nuremburg Laws Anti Semitic policies Einsatzgruppen in WW2 How did the Nazis treat minority groups? Treatment of the disabled The Final Solution What were the Nazis’ beliefs about race Wannsee Conference Extermination Master Race/ Aryans “Inferior” races Destruction Through Work

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