DEPTH+STUDY+GERMANY+INCLUDING+REVISION

= = __ Depth Study A : Germany 1918 - 1945 __ You have a lot of notes and diagrams plus your textbook Chapter 6 page 137 onwards, I have added a few extra things based on your feedback. Look at the topics in the 'Specified Content' below. At the end of this section are a number of notes and power points, you may have some of the notes already. You have past paper questions on Germany.

 **Focus Points**
=== • How did Germany emerge from defeat at the end of the First World War? page 138 of your textbook • What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the Republic? • To what extent did the Republic recover after 1923? ===

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The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the Republic The Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it The Weimar constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army Political disorder, 1919–23: Economic crises and hyper-inflation The occupation of the Ruhr The Stresemann era Cultural achievements of the Weimar period. The early years of the Nazi Party: Nazi ideas and methods The Munich Putsch The roles of Hitler and other Nazi leaders The impact of the Depression on Germany: Political, economic and social crisis of 1930–3  o reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power o Hitler takes power o the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933• Nazi rule in Germany: o the Enabling Act o the Night of the Long Knives o the death of Hindenburg o the removal of opposition o methods of control and repression o use of culture and the mass media • Economic policy including rearmament ( Autarky) • Different experiences of Nazi rule: o women and young people o anti-Semitism o persecution of minorities o opposition to Nazi rule. • Impact of the Second World War on Germany: o the conversion to war economy o the Final Solution - treatment of the Jews __**Useful for Revision - powerpoints **__ 