Las Cumbres
HISTORY – S2
Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler.
http://lambrosini.cumbresblogs.com/2012/05/04/germany-1919-1945/
Watch this gripping documentary and then complete the tasks.
1. Make a brief timeline of Hitler’s early years until the outbreak of WW1.
2. Explain Hitler’s role during WW1 and in the post war Germany, only up to 1922.
3. What was Hitler’s reaction to the Kaiser’s abdication and to the terms of the Treaty
of Versailles?
4. What racist attitude did Ludendorff & Hindenburg have at the end of WW1?
5. Describe the Aryan stereotype.
6. Who was the 1st democratic president in Germany at the end of WW1?
7. Describe the atmosphere of political instability in Germany after the war. Which
groups attacked the democratic government?
8. What political party did Hitler create?
9. Why did Hitler support anti Semitism?
10. Name his most important and early followers.
11. Describe the situation in Germany in 1923 in detail.
12. What were the reasons & consequences of the union between Ludendorff &
Hitler?
13. Who became Germany’s president after Ebert died?
14. Describe Hitler’s comeback in 1925. Who financed Hitler’s actions?
15. Compare Hitler & Mussolini.
16. Transcribe the words of Hitler from the documentary that tell us what he thought
about the masses.
17. “It would surely take a catastrophe for Hitler to have any future in politics.” What
was the catastrophe that made it possible for Hitler to reach power?
18. What’s your overall appreciation of the documentary and the information it
contains?