History - Germany Revision Theme 1

Gabriella Booth



Contents
Theme 1 - Political and Governmental Change.................................................2
The Impact of WW1 on Germany...................................................................3
Creation of the Weimar Republic, 1918-19....................................................4
Overcoming Challenges to the Democratic Constitution, 1918-29................6
Collapse of Democracy, 1930-33...................................................................7
Establishing a Dictatorship, 1933-34.............................................................9
Nature of the Nazi Government, 1934-39....................................................11
Nazi Government in Wartime (WWII), 1939-45...........................................12
Creation of the FRG, 1945-49......................................................................14
Consolidation Under Adenauer and Erhard, 1949-65..................................16
Maintaining Political Stability Under Brandt, Schmidt and Kohl, 1965-89.. .18
Comparison of Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and FRG........................20




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