1. Germany in transition, 1919 - 1939
Revision Mind Maps / Key questions.

2. What challenges were faced by the Weimar Republic, 1919 – 1923?
Impact of Versailles
Weaknesses of the Weimar government
Putsches and uprisings
Ruhr Crisis and hyperinflation

3. Why were the Stresemann years considered a ‘golden age’?
Recovery from Hyperinflation
Plans and Pacts
League of Nations / overseas relationships
Social and political developments

4. How and why did the Weimar Republic collapse, 1923 – 1933?
Impact of the Great Depression
Hitler’s electoral appeal
Election tactics: SA and propaganda
Political extremism and scheming, 1932

5. How did the Nazis consolidate their power between 1933 and 1934?
Reichstag Fire – 1933 election – Enabling Act
Trade unions and political parties
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler becomes Fuhrer

6. Unemployment and workers
How did Nazi economic, social and racial policy affect life in Germany?
Unemployment and workers
Women and the 3Ks
Young People
Treatment of Jews

7. What methods did the Nazis use to control Germany? SS and the Gestapo
Control of the Legal system
Goebbels and propaganda: rallies, radio and cinema
Censorship of newspapers and the arts

8. What factors led to the outbreak of war in 1939?
Hitler’s foreign policy aims
Rearmament and conscription
Rhineland, Anschluss, Sudetenland
Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939