1. What you must know and understand!
History GCSE
What you must know and understand!

2. Why did the Germans hate the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany at the end of WW1
£6.6 Billion Reparations
Poverty & unemployment 1
War Guilt Clause
Russia & Serbia started it!
Land given to France & Poland
Why did the Germans hate the Treaty of Versailles?
Loss of food & people
Military cut to 100,000 men.
Germany defenceless
No German troops in Rhineland
It’s part of Germany!
Loss of important
resources
Saar coalfields to France

3. Threats to the Weimar Republic 1918-23
Stab in the Back
Theory
Threats to the Weimar Republic
Surrender
Spartacists 1919
Freikorps 1920
Rebellions
Proportional Representation
Article 48
Weak constitution
£6.6 Billion Reparations
1922 refuse to pay
Treaty of Versailles
What threats were there to the new German democracy between ?
French occupy Ruhr factories
French occupation
Money becomes worthless
Hyper-inflation
Nazi rebellion fails
Munich Putsch

4. Stresemann & Golden 1920s 1924-29 Solutions 1923 Problems
New currency: Retenmark
Solutions
Dawes Plan
Pay Reparations
French withdraw
Jobs for most
Locarno Treaty accepts Versailles
Germany allowed to join the League of nations
French Occupation
of the Ruhr
Hyper-inflation
Political isolation after WW1
Reparations
Poverty
How did Germany recover
between ?
1923 Problems
Munich Putsch

5. How did the Wall Street Crash and the economic depression help Hitler into power?
Hitler promises
Work & Bread
USA stop loans
8 Million unemployed
Democracy has
failed
Weimar Government
too weak
Violent chaos
on the streets
Middle-class & Rich
fear Communist Revolution
People want
quick answers
Hitler promises
Strong Government
Nazis MPs
1928=13
1932=230
As leader of the largest
party Hitler is made Chancellor

6. Der Fuhrer THE THE HITLER ENABLING REICHSTAG BECAME ACT FIRE
How did Hitler increase his power between January 1933 and August 1934?
THE
ENABLING
ACT
Centre Party bribed to
support Enabling Act.
Hitler now dictator.
Political Parties banned.
Trade Unions banned.
All key jobs to Nazis.
HITLER
BECAME
CHANCELLOR
Only 3 Nazis in the
Government = Hitler
is a ‘Puppet Leader’
THE
REICHSTAG
FIRE
Blamed on
Communist.
Communist Party
Banned + leaders
arrested.
Der Fuhrer
OATH OF
LOYALTY TO
HITLER
Army swear oath
to obey Hitler.
DEATH OF
PRESIDENT
HINDENBURG
This removes the only
person who could
have sacked Hitler.
Hitler combines
President &
Chancellor = Fuhrer
THE NIGHT
OF THE
LONG
KNIVES
Rohm & SA
leaders executed.
Army now on Hitler’s
Side.

7. How did Hitler keep control of Germany?
The Terror State
Propaganda
Secret police called the Gestapo would spy on and arrest enemies of the state.
Mass Rallies, Posters and Propaganda films.
Keeping Control of Germany
The Nazis controlled and censored the radio & newspapers.
SS were responsible for running the concentration camps.
School children were indoctrinated with Nazi ideas at school.
Popularity
Everyone was scared of being arrested by the Gestapo and being put in a concentration camp.
Ripping up the Treaty of Versailles.
Hitler Youth & the Young Maidens.
Creating Jobs