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History GCSE- Germany 1890-1945

Emilia Taddonio History Year 10 English 40 cards

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  1. 1Abdicategive up the throne of the country
  2. 2anti-Semitismhatred for and persecution of the Jews as an ethnic, religious, or racial group
  3. 3armisticeagreement, or truce, to stop fighting
  4. 4Article 48part of the Weimar Constitution that gave the President the right to rule in a time of crisis without requiring the support of the Reichstag
  5. 5avant-gardenew and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature
  6. 6Bundesratgroup made up of German state represetnatices who supported the Kaiser
  7. 7Confessional ChurchGerman Protestant group determined to have nothing to do with the Nazis or the German Christians
  8. 8conscriptionlaw making all men of a certain age join the armed forces and be available to fight at any time
  9. 9DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront)German Labour Front, a Nazi organisation that workers had to belong to
  10. 10Dawes Planagreement between the USA and European countires, allowing for US loans to be given to European countries (especially German)
    1924
  11. 11When was the Depression?1930s
    Many banks and businesses failed and millions lost their jobs.
  12. 12diktat'dictated peace' Name given to the Treaty of Versailles
  13. 13Edelweiss Piratesrebel youth gang
  14. 14Enabling Law1933
    law passed allowing Nazis to make their own laws without consulting the Reichstag
  15. 15Four Year Plan1936
    attempt by the Nazis to increase agricultural and industrial production, regulate imports and exports, and achieve self-sufficiency in the production of raw materials. AUtarky.
  16. 16Free Corpsright-wing German paramilitary group that was active in the early years of the Weimar Republic.
  17. 17Gestapo1933
    part of the SS and secret police, created by Goering and controlled by Himmler
  18. 18Hyperinflation crisis1923.
    1. French and Belgian troops invade the Ruhr to demand reparations.
    2. Germany strikes
    3. More currency printed to pay for striking workers
    4. economic crisis
    5. crisis worsens
    6. Hyperinflation
    7. starvation and homelessness
  19. 19July Bomb Plot1944
    attempt by a group of influential Germans, to kill hitler and take over Germany and end the war
  20. 20KDFStrength through Joy:
    part of the German Labour front that provided folidays and activities for ordinary Germans
  21. 21Kreisau CIrclegroup of army officers, university professors and aristocrats who talked often aabout the possibility of assassinating Hitler and getting rid of the Nazis.
  22. 22Kristallnacht1938, Night of Broken Glass:
    jewish shops and businesses attacked
  23. 23League of NationsGermany joined in 1926
    international peace-keeping organisation set up after the First World war.
  24. 24Lebensorn'Fountain of Life', a nazi movement to stop population decline in Germany.
    Girls taught in school to produce racially 'pure' children (SS were acceptable fathers)
    Pregnant girls received best medical care.
  25. 25November CriminalsGerman politicials in the Weimar who signed the ToV
  26. 26Nuremberg Laws1935
    laws excluding Jews from Reich citizenship, and stopping them from marrying German people.
  27. 27putschattempt to seize power or take control using force.
  28. 28Munich Putsch1923
    Failed coup led by Hitler
  29. 29Red Risingleft-wing voters' revolt in March 1920, in the Ruhr region of Germany
  30. 30Reichsbanner1924
    organisation by different political parties to defend parliamentary democracy.
  31. 31Reichstagmain, elected German parliament
  32. 32SSoriginally Hitler's bodyguards.
    Led by Heinrich Himmler
  33. 33SDABeauty of Labour organisation; promoted workers
  34. 34Spartacus Leaguegroup of German communists who wanted a revolution similar to the on e that had taken place in RUssia in 1917
  35. 35SAEmployed to beat up opponents and guard meetings.
  36. 36Swing Youthgroup of young Germans who refused to join the Hitler Youth organisation.
  37. 37Wall Street Crash1929
    millions of people tried to sell their shares in companies at the same time, resulting in a huge drop in share prices
  38. 38Weimar Republicname given to Germany's democratic system between 1913 and 1933
  39. 39White Rose Groupanti-Nazi youth group, made up mainly of university students
  40. 40Young PLanagreement to reduce reparations, made in 1929 between Germany and the countries they owed money to after the First World War.

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Year 10 History Flashcards on History GCSE- Germany 1890-1945, created by Emilia Taddonio on 26/05/2017.
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