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Weimar Republ is the emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the economy
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5 political, 5 social, 5 economical, 5 intellectual
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WW1 comes to an end
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– Hitler’s role in the Nazi state
– Nazism as totalitarianism
– the role of propaganda, terror and repression; SA and SS; opposition to Nazism
– social and cultural life in the Nazi state: role of Hitler Youth, women, religion
– Nazi racial policy; anti-Semitism: policy and practice to 1939 -
they tried recovering from the war with social spendings
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Germany was to pay for all of the damage to the european forces. Germany had to pay these reperations in januaruy 1921. The money they had to pay effected them greatly.
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Treaty of Versailles
– political, economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to -
Nazi foreign policy
– nature of Nazi foreign policy: aims and strategies to September 1939
– impact of ideology on Nazi foreign policy to September 1939 -
In January 1923, French and Belgian forces occupied Germany’s main industrial region, the Ruhr, claiming that Germany had stopped making reparation deliveries.
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World War I had left Germany with many economic, social, and political problems. In addition to enduring high inflation and a large national debt, Germans were deeply angered by the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919, which formally ended the war
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Many Germans were desperate by 1923 and were ready to support extremists such as the Nazis or the Communists.
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German workers were encouraged to strike in protest at the French and Belgian occupation.
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Treaty of versialles
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The treaty called for German disarmament and massive reparation payments to the Allies of $33 billion. Unable to meet the payments, Germany’s currency collapsed and the German people suffered large financial losses.
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The result was a period of hyperinflation when the German mark became worthless.
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The number of the unemployed reached 4.9 million
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The war proved costly due to the lose of food fuel and ammo.