1. GCSE Knowledge organiser Germany, 1918-1933
Germany timeline,
1. Abdication of Wilhelm II, 9th Nov; armistice signed, 11th Nov.
2. Paris Peace Conference, Spartacist Uprising, Jan; Treaty of Versailles, 28th June; Weimar Republic, Ebert becomes President, Aug; Hitler joins DAP, Sep.
3. Kapp Putsch, Mar; SA formed, Oct.
4. Reparations fixed at £6.6billion, Apr.
5. Germany misses a reparations payment, May.
6. Ruhr Crisis, Passive Resistance, Hyperinflation, Jan onwards; Munich Putsch, 8th/9th Nov.
7. Hitler imprisoned, writes Mein Kampf, Apr; Dawes Plan; Aug; Hitler released, Dec.
8. Hindenburg becomes President, Feb; Locarno Treaty, Oct.
9. Germany joins the League of Nations, Sep; Stresemann awarded Nobel Peace Prize, Dec.
10. Nazis win 12 seats, May; Kellogg-Briand Pact, Aug.
11. Young Plan, Aug; Stresemann dies, Wall St Crash, Oct.
12. Nazis win 107 seats, Sep.
13. Unemployment at 6 million; Nazis win 230 seats, July; Nazis win 196 seats, Von Papen resigns, Nov; Von Schleicher becomes Chancellor, Dec.
14. January Hitler becomes Chancellor
Key words
1. Abdication
1. To leave the throne.
2. Armistice
2. An end to fighting.
3. Spartacists
3. Left-wing group; Luxemburg and Leibknecht.
4. Putsch
4. An attempt to take over the government.
5. Freikorps
5. Ex-soldiers.
6. DAP
6. German Workers’ Party, led by Drexler.
7. NSDAP
7. Nazis, led by Hitler.
8. Weimar Republic
8. Nickname for the democratic government.
9. President
9. Leader of Germany for 7 years.
10. Chancellor
10. Leader of the Reichstag, chosen by President.
11. Golden Twenties
11. Period of calm in the mid-1920s.
12. Mein Kampf
12. Hitler’s book: ‘My Struggle’.
13. Reparations
13. German payments to allied countries.
14. Article 231
14. War Guilt, term of the Treaty of Versailles.
15. Article 48
15. Emergency powers for the President.
16. Reichstag
16. German parliament.
17. Propaganda
17. Misleading information given to promote a certain point of view
T.o.V
Land
Army
Money
Blame
Key people
1. Gustav Stresemann
1. German Foreign Minister ( ) and Chancellor (1923).
2. Friedrich Ebert
2. First German President,
3. Anton Drexler
3. Leader of the DAP,
4. Adolf Hitler
4. Leader of the NSDAP,
5. Franz von Papen
5. Catholic Party Chancellor, 1932.
6. Paul von Hindenburg
6. General, war hero and President
7. Kaiser Wilhelm II
7. Emperor of Germany,