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UBER ALLES PLAY ON WAY IN

3. How did Hitler rise to power by 1933?
GERMANY
How did Hitler rise to power by 1933?

4. Basically, we will explore and evaluate the reasons that Germany went from scenes like these…

5. …to scenes like these…

8. GERMANY AT THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE use pp. 130-131
HOW DID ORDINARY GERMANS FEEL ABOUT THE WAR IN 1918?
GERMANY HAD NOT BEEN INVADED
THE GERMAN ARMY WAS STILL ON FRENCH SOIL
WHAT TYPE OF POLITICS WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR IN GERMANY? WHY?
THE ALLIES WOULD NOT DEAL WITH THE KAISER
THE KAISER ABDICATED IN FACE OF REVOLUTION
WOULD THE ALLIES DEAL WITH THE KAISER?

9. ? WHY? Germany in 1918… KAISER WILHELM II was forced to abdicate
How would you describe my reign?
WHY? ?
WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF A TOTALITARIAN REGIME?
After Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated Germany became a DEMOCRACY under Weimar Republic
DEMOS = PEOPLE
KRATOS = POWER

10. MOST HISTORIANS NOW AGREE THAT THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR SHAPED GERMANY’S FUTURE AND CAUSED THE RISE OF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY
A.J.P. Taylor
“Germany fought in the Second World War to destroy the settlement of the First World War”.
William Simpson
“The Weimar Republic was born out of the external defeat of the German Empire and the internal collapse of government. It is an open question whether the Weimar Republic could ever have overcome the disadvantages which attended its birth”.
HISTORIOGRAPHY

11. The Weimar Republic (A brief background)
Germany’s first attempt at liberal democracy.
Created in the turmoil that was left by the Great War.
Constantly threatened by revolution.
Faced unprecedented economic difficulties.
Had very little support!
Lasted 14 years and ended with Hitler’s ascent to power in 1933.
Friedrich Ebert, leader of the SPD (Social Democrat Party) & Weimar.