General Certificate of Secondary
Education
June 2014
History
(Specification A)
Schools History Project
Unit 2 Option D: Germany, 1919–1945
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Sources Booklet
Sources A to E for use in answering Question 1
Source F for use in answering Question 2
Source G for use in answering Question 3
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A view of the Nazi Brownshirts (SA)
SOURCE A
A painting from 1930 of a Brownshirt (SA) during a fight
with political enemies. He has a red and white swastika
armband on the sleeve of his uniform and is holding a
chair in both hands as he moves forward.
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SOURCE B
From a Nazi newspaper announcing the setting up of the
Brownshirts (SA) on 3 August 1921.
The SA will unite our young members so
that their strength can be used by the Nazi
Party. It will act as a battering ram and
show the importance of military might for a
free people. But above all it is meant to
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develop a tremendous desire for action in
our young supporters and make them
understand that history does not make
men but that men make history. The SA will
encourage loyalty and cheerful obedience 10
to the leader.
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A different view of the Nazi Brownshirts (SA)
SOURCE C
A cartoon showing Hitler and the Brownshirts (SA) after
the Night of the Long Knives. It was printed in the
‘London Evening Standard’ newspaper on 3 July 1934.
The cartoon shows ranks of Brownshirts, each man
holding both his arms above his head. In front of them is
a stooping Hitler holding a smoking pistol, a man dressed
as Thor with a spear and a modern pistol, and a small
man on his hands and knees. On Hitler’s swastika
armband are the words ‘The Double Cross’. In front of
the Brownshirts are papers labelled ‘Hitler’s Unkept
Promises’. In the foreground are the feet and legs of
people lying on the ground. The text under the cartoon
says ‘They salute with both hands now’.
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SOURCE D
From a speech by Hitler to the Reichstag following the
Night of the Long Knives.
In this hour I was responsible for the fate of
the German people and therefore I became
the supreme judge for the German people.
I gave the order to shoot the ringleaders in
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this treason. I gave the order to burn out
the ulcers which were poisoning the
Fatherland. Let the nation know that its
existence depends on its internal order and
security. It cannot be threatened by
anyone! Let it be known for all time that if
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anyone raises his hand to strike the State,
then certain death is his fate.
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SOURCE E
A cartoon about Nazi economic policies.
The cartoon was published in 1939 in America. It was
drawn by two Jewish journalists who had worked in
Europe in the 1930s. They left Europe on the advice of
their friends in December 1938.
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The cartoon is made up of several smaller drawings. At
the top it shows factories, tanks and warships with
formations of aircraft flying above them. The middle part
shows senior Nazi leaders including Goebbels,
von Ribbentrop and Dr Frick. Goering is pointing at a
graph showing the production of butter going down and
that of guns going up. The lines on the graph cross and
bend to make the shape of a swastika. At the centre of
the cartoon is a drawing of Hitler, who is shown sitting
and resting his chin on his hand. He is labelled as ‘The
Thinker’. At the bottom are pictures of other party
leaders. Three are studying ‘Mein Kampf’ and Herr Funk,
Minister of Economy, is wearing a red suit covered in
swastikas and is looking into a microscope in front of
chemistry apparatus. In a bottom corner is a bar chart
showing industrial production in front of a family being
offered a ‘One dish meal’ by a man in Nazi uniform while
Himmler, holding a set of keys, looks on.
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SOURCE F
(for use in answering Question 2)
A photograph of Gustav Stresemann speaking to the
League of Nations Assembly in Geneva on
10 September 1926. Stresemann was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in December 1926.
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SOURCE G
(for use in answering Question 3)
A poster for the film ‘The Eternal Jew’, 1937. An
exhibition about the Jews was taken round Germany with
the film.
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It shows a man with closed eyes and a straggling beard.
He is dressed in a black overcoat and a round black hat.
He is holding coins in an outstretched hand and has a
whip in his other hand. Under his arm, he holds part of a
map with a hammer and sickle drawn on it. ‘Der ewige
Jude’, printed in red text resembling Hebrew, is at the foot
of the poster.
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Source A
The Terror from the left can only be met with
even further terror, from ‘Germany Awakened’, 1930
(colour litho), Albrecht Felix (fl 1932) (after)/Private
Collection/The Stapleton Collection/The Bridgeman Art
Gallery
Source C
© Solo Syndication/Associated
Newspaper Ltd
Source E
© Derso and Kelon Collection. Public Policy
Papers Division
Source F
© Federal Archives, Bild 146-1988-101-12,
Bundesarchiv
Source G
© Mary Evans Picture Library/Weimar
Archive
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