1. GCSE History Revision Activities
Germany 1918 - 1945
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
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2. Positive features
Weaknesses
The Weimar The November
Constitution Criminals
Hyperinflation
Invasion of What problems faced the Weimar
the Ruhr Republic between 1918–23?
The Spartacists
The Treaty of Versailles
Kapp Putsch
Political
Violence
Effects
Terms
LAMB Munich Putsch
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3. The League of Locarno Pact
Nations
Kellogg Briand Pact
Young Plan How successful was the recovery
of the Weimar Republic under
Stresemann 1924–29
Dawes Plan
Dealing with hyperinflation
Underlying problems
Stresemann’s role
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4. Unemployment The rise of political
extremists
Economic
effects
Social How did the Great Depression
effects
affect Germany 1929–33?
The failure of the Weimar
Politicians
Wall Street
Crash
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5. The founding of the Reorganisation
Nazi Party
25 Point plan
The role of How did Hitler develop Hitler becomes
the SA leader
the Nazi Party 1919–23?
The aims of the Nazi Party
Hitler’s career
before 1919
First World War
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6. The SS
Finances
Hitler reorganises Changing
the Nazi Party organisation
Goebbels and
propaganda
Mein Kampf Why did the Munich Putsch fail
and what happened to the Nazis in
the lean years 1923–29? Events
Why did Nazi support
decline after 1923? Causes
The Munich
Putsch
Hitler on trial
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7. President Von Schleicher
Von Papen Hindenburg
Key Events 1932 - 33 The Wall Street Crash
and Great Depression
Bruning’s
government
How did Hitler come to power in
January 1933?
Middle Classes
The SA and
increased violence
Who supported the Nazis Nazi
and why? Propaganda
Hitler’s
Appeal
Farmers
Unemployed
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8. Events
Consequences
The Enabling Act
The Reichstag Fire
The death of
President
Hindenburg
Army oath of
loyalty
Banning of How did Hitler and the Nazis remove
Trade Unions opposition in Germany 1933 - 34?
The Night of the Long
Knives
Banning of
political parties
Effects
Events
Munich Putsch
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9. Concentration Protestant Church
camps
Police and the
courts
Controlling the churches
Heinrich Himmler The Catholic Church
Nazi use of How did the Nazis control the
fear Censorship
German people?
The Gestapo
Nazi use of
propaganda
Goebbels and
the Ministry of
The SS Propaganda
Control of the media,
culture, sports and arts
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10. Why the Nazis
wanted to control
young people Nazis and the family
Hitler Youth
movements
Controlling What were the Nazis’ policies to Women and
the youth work
control women and the young?
Nazi education in schools
Women
Education for
girls
Nazi education in
universities Expectations for women
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11. Labour Service & public
works
The New Plan
How did the Nazis reduce
unemployment?
What was Strength
Through Joy? How did the Nazis deal with
Germany’s economic
problems?
Did the Nazis improve the
Wages Rearming
standard of living for German
workers? Germany
Changing standards
of living
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12. Von Stauffenberg
The White Rose Group
The Army
Who opposed the Nazis and how
successful were they?
Pastor Niemoller
The Edelweiss
Pirates
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13. Kristallnacht
The Nuremburg Laws
Anti Semitic policies
Einsatzgruppen
in WW2
How did the Nazis treat
minority groups?
Treatment of the
disabled
The Final Solution
W nfe
a n re
Co
What were the Nazis’
ns nc
ee e
beliefs about race
Extermination
Master Race/ Aryans
“Inferior” races Destruction
Through Work
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