1. History B: Modern World
JUNE 2005

2. spend 10 mins Section C 7(a)Why do you think this poster was
published in 1931?
Use the source and
your knowledge to
explain your answer.
[6]
Section C
A Social Democrat poster published in It suggests what
life will be like for women under the Nazis.

3. “The government has ordered that the Hitler Greeting is
to be used in conversation between teachers and pupils.
Every day at the beginning of the first lesson, the pupils will
get up from their places as soon as the teacher enters the
class, stand to attention and each raise their outstretched arm
level with their eyes. The teacher will go to the front of the
class and offer the same greeting accompanied by the words
‘Heil Hitler!’ The pupils will reply ‘Heil Hitler!’”
7(b) How far does this source prove that the Nazis had
won the support of young Germans? Use the source
and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]
spend 10 mins
Section C

4. spend 10 mins Section C 7(c) Why would the Nazi government
want to publish
photographs
like this? Use
the source and
your knowledge
to explain your
answer. [7]
A photograph of a German family published in Germany
in the late 1930s.
Section C

5. choose either this or the next question
spend 20 mins
Section C
8(a)What were the main features of the Weimar
Constitution? [4]
8(b) Explain why 1923 was a difficult year for the
Weimar Republic. [6]
8(c) How far was the Weimar Republic a failure?
Explain your answer. [10]

6. choose either this or the previous question
spend 20 mins
Section C
9(a) Briefly describe the work of Goebbels. [4]
9(b) Explain how the events of resulted in
Hitler becoming Chancellor. [6]
9(c) ‘The most important reason why Hitler was able to
strengthen his control over Germany during 1933 and
1934 was the “Night of the Long Knives”.’ Do you agree
with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]