GCSE History Revision Activities

Germany 1918 - 1945

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Use your notes and textbooks to complete these revision mind maps. Test yourself using these by covering over a section then trying to recall all of the key facts and details.

Use these to help you in practising answers to questions from past exam papers

What problems faced the Weimar Republic between 1918–23?What problems faced the Weimar Republic between 1918–23?

The November Criminals

Positive featuresWeaknesses

Political Violence

The Treaty of Versailles

The Weimar Constitution

Invasion of the Ruhr

Kapp Putsch

The Spartacists

Hyperinflation

TermsLAMB

Effects

Munich Putsch

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How successful was the recovery of the Weimar Republic under Stresemann 1924–29

How successful was the recovery of the Weimar Republic under Stresemann 1924–29

Locarno Pact

Stresemann’s role

Dawes Plan

Dealing with hyperinflation

The League of Nations

Young Plan

Kellogg Briand Pact

Underlying problems

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How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33?How did the Great Depression affect Germany 1929–33?

The rise of political extremists

Wall Street Crash

The failure of the Weimar Politicians

Unemployment

Social effects

Economic effects

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How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23?How did Hitler develop the Nazi Party 1919–23?

Reorganisation

Hitler’s career before 1919

The aims of the Nazi Party

The founding of the Nazi Party

The role of the SA

25 Point plan

First World War

Hitler becomes leader

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Why did the Munich Putsch fail and what happened to the Nazis in the lean years 1923–29?

Why did the Munich Putsch fail and what happened to the Nazis in the lean years 1923–29?

The SSFinances

The Munich Putsch

Why did Nazi support decline after 1923?

Hitler reorganises the Nazi Party

Mein Kampf

Causes

Events

Goebbels and propaganda

Hitler on trial

Changing organisation

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How did Hitler come to power in January 1933?How did Hitler come to power in January 1933?

The Wall Street Crash and Great Depression

Von SchleicherVon Papen

Hitler’s Appeal

Who supported the Nazis and why?

Key Events 1932 - 33

Nazi Propaganda

Middle Classes

Bruning’s government

The SA and increased violence

Unemployed

Farmers

President Hindenburg

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How did Hitler and the Nazis remove opposition in Germany 1933 - 34?

The Enabling Act

EventsConsequences

Banning of political parties

The Night of the Long Knives

The Reichstag FireThe death of President Hindenburg

Effects

Munich Putsch

Banning of Trade Unions

Events

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Army oath of loyalty

How did the Nazis control the German people?How did the Nazis control the German people?

The Catholic Church

Protestant Church

Police and the courts

Nazi use of propaganda

The Gestapo

Controlling the churches

Nazi use of fear

Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda

Censorship

Heinrich Himmler

Concentration camps

The SSControl of the media, culture, sports and arts

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What were the Nazis’ policies to control women and the young?What were the Nazis’ policies to control women and the young?

Why the Nazis wanted to control young people

WomenNazi education in schools

Nazis and the family

Controlling the youth

Education for girls

Women and work

Hitler Youth movements

Nazi education in universities Expectations for women

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How did the Nazis deal with Germany’s economic problems?

How did the Nazis deal with Germany’s economic problems?

Labour Service & public works

Wages Rearming Germany

Did the Nazis improve the standard of living for German workers?

How did the Nazis reduce unemployment?

What was Strength Through Joy?

The New Plan

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Changing standards of living

Who opposed the Nazis and how successful were they?

Pastor Niemoller

The White Rose Group

The Army

Von Stauffenberg

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The Edelweiss Pirates

How did the Nazis treat minority groups?

Kristallnacht

The Final SolutionWhat were the Nazis’ beliefs about race

The Nuremburg Laws

Treatment of the disabled

Master Race/ Aryans

Destruction Through Work

Anti Semitic policies

“Inferior” races

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Einsatzgruppen in WW2

Extermination

Wannsee

Conference

January 2012 Exam

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