The Treaty of Versailles:
Germany was punished by Britain,
France, USA for losing WWI:
 Land = 13% of German land was given to
countries like France and Poland;
 Army = cut to 100,000 men, 6 battleships;
no submarines, tanks or planes;
 Money = Germany had to pay £6.6
billion for damage caused;
 Blame = Germany accepted blame for
the war.
Exam Week 2
The Rise of the Nazis
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Remember, you could be assessed on any topic you
have studied so far!
The Roaring 20s:
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1919
Sep. 1930
107
July 1932
230
Nov. 1932
196
Year 9 Learn Sheet
March 1933 288
Germany boomed due to
American loans;
Culture flourished: films
(Metropolis); art (Otto Dix);
architecture (Bauhaus) and
music (Jazz);
Women’s lives improved: they
could vote, work, wear make-up
etc.
1924
Hitler becomes
Chancellor in Jan
1933. President
Hindenburg and Vice
Chancellor Von Papen
hope to control him;
they’re wrong.
1932
1923
The Beer Hall Uprising:
Germany suffering from hyperinflation
(money becoming worthless), the
French had invaded the Ruhr area and
Germany could not pay reparations;
 Hitler saw this as his chance to take
control;
 Alongside General Ludendorff, he led
an uprising against the government in
Munich;
 It didn’t work – Hitler was jailed for 9
months in Landsberg Prison;
 He became a celebrity, writing a book
about his ideas called ‘Mein Kampf’
(My Struggle).
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1929
Introduced the
rentenmark to end
hyperinflation;
 Received loans
from USA (Dawes
Plan);
 Made peace with
France (Locarno
Treaty);
 Reduced
Germany’s debts
(Young Plan).
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Hitler stabbed his friends the
SA in the back;
 The SA (Nazi army) had
become too powerful;
 Hitler needed the support of
the proper German army
who hated the SA;
 300 SA leaders killed in a
surprise attack;
 The German army is pleased
and swears an Oath of
Loyalty to Hitler.
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1934
1933
The Wall Street Crash
Stresemann to the
rescue…
The Night of the Long Knives
Hitler is
Chancellor
Roaring 20s – Golden Period for Germany
Adolf Hitler:
Born in Austria;
Leader of Nazi
Party;
Excellent
speaker;
Blamed
Germany’s
problems on
Jews and
Communists.
Nazi election results. After 1924
Hitler changed his tactics,
deciding that winning elections
was better than violence.
The US economy
collapsed;
 US banks called in
loans from Germany;
 German businesses
went bankrupt, 6
million people
became unemployed
in the Great
Depression;
 The government did
nothing to help;
 This was Hitler’s
chance: he promised
‘Work, Bread,
Freedom’.
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Hitler is
Fuhrer
Reichstag Fire
 The Reichstag
(German Parliament)
burns down on 27th
Feb;
 Hitler blames
Communists for starting
the fire, saying that
they are trying to take
over!
 The Communists are
the enemies of the
Nazis;
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Hitler is granted the
power to arrest anyone
without trial; to take
control of the
newspapers and to
ban the Communists.