History
GRADE 9
1 Grade 9 SS [HISTORY) I © 2026 Noted™ www.notedsummaries.co.za
, NAZI germany
TREATY OF VERSAILLES (1919):
• After World War I (1914-1918) > Weimar government of Germany signed
the treaty > Germany was punished for the war.
WEIMAR REPUBLIC = GERMANY
• Why?: Allies want to hold Germany responsible for the war
HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY (1919)
4 Main conditions of the Treaty: NAZI PARTY (National Socialist German Workers' Party):
1. Territorial rejection > Germany must cede territories. •Founded: January 5, 1919 > Munich
2. Military Restrictions > German Army Are Restricted, Weapons Banned • 3 popular promises:
3. Reparations > Germany has to pay enormous sums of money [DL o Job creation
[Germany] pays reparations = 1923 > economic collapse] o Germany strong and united.
4. War debt > Germany must accept complete blame for the war, leaving the o Resistance to Treaty of Versailles
Weimar government financially struggling. > inflation = prices of goods & • 1919 > Hitler joins the Nazi Party > Treaty of Versailles
services > currency almost worthless] + anti-communism + anti-Semitic.
• Anti-Semitism and nationalism combined → political
The U.S. provides loans to Europe (Including Germany) > Germany Can't Pay agenda of the Nazi Party
Back > Contributing to the Great Depression > Global economic crisis FAILURE OF THE MUNICH PUTSCH (1923):
• 1923 > French & Belgian troops > occupied Ruhr Valley (Germany's • Putsch = Hitler tries to overthrow Weimar government (by force >
industrial area) > Germany does not pay war debts & does not produce coup d'etat) > fails
enough coal/steel [→ Germans stop working > inflation & low morale & • 1923: Hitler arrested > worked against Weimar > wrote Mein Kampf
country = politically divided] (Master Plan for Germany > Aryan Race) → Important: Nationalism &
WALL STREET COLLAPSE anti-Semitism (hatred for Jews)
• 1924 [December 20, 1924] : Hitler released > vowed to legitimately gain
OCTOBER 1929: U.S. economy collapses > Germany dependent on U.S. loans power → Political strategy > focus = strategic growth
(Dawes plan > 1924 & Young plan > 1929)
• 90 Day Refund > Germany can't pay > German companies go bankrupt >
hyperinflation
• Hyperinflation: Prices rise dramatically & money loses all value
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, NAZI GERMANY
ELECTIONS : HITLER = CHANCELLOR
(1933): SPARTACUSBUNG REVOLT
• 1929: Nazi Party has 12 seats [Reichstag]
(Jan 1919) → Communists (led by Rosa Luxemburg & Karl
• July 1932: Nazi Party = strongest > 230 seats.
• March 1933: Nazi Party > 288 seats. Liebknecht) attempt to overthrow Weimar government.
• January 1933: Hitler = Chancellor of Coalition Government [Coalition Suppressed by the government with help from the
Government → Agreement between groups with specific purpose] Freikorps.
• Enabling Act (1933): 4 years dictatorship to Hitler
Wolfgang Kapp REVOLT
HITLER AS FÜHRER (1934):
• August 1934: Paul von Hindenburg dies > Hitler declares himself (Mar 1920) → Right-wing nationalists, led by Wolfgang Kapp
President & Chancellor > Führer military coup in Berlin
• Germany = dictatorship state Mass workers strike = uprising collapses within days
GERMANY AS A FASCIST STATE: Munich Putsch
Fascism: Nation of greatest importance > people bound together by
•
common ancestry, culture & nation-spirit [Discipline = strict: All (Nov 1923) → Hitler + Nazis take over > Weimar government
people must fall in.] by force
• Paramilitary organizations: Gestapo & SS use violence against Failed! = Hitler was arrested and wrote Mein Kampf in prison
opponents.
Contrast with democracy: NAZI PROPAGANDA: BRAINWASHING
• Fascism = obedience. Strong, united Germany → Nazis promised jobs & new
• Democracy = everyone has a voice. beginnings.
Mass media → Posters, radio and rallies build
nationalist pride.
Hitler = the ''saviour'' → Excellent speaker, last hope
for Germany.
Joseph Goebbels = Mastermind → Control
3 propaganda,
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GRADE 9
1 Grade 9 SS [HISTORY) I © 2026 Noted™ www.notedsummaries.co.za
, NAZI germany
TREATY OF VERSAILLES (1919):
• After World War I (1914-1918) > Weimar government of Germany signed
the treaty > Germany was punished for the war.
WEIMAR REPUBLIC = GERMANY
• Why?: Allies want to hold Germany responsible for the war
HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY (1919)
4 Main conditions of the Treaty: NAZI PARTY (National Socialist German Workers' Party):
1. Territorial rejection > Germany must cede territories. •Founded: January 5, 1919 > Munich
2. Military Restrictions > German Army Are Restricted, Weapons Banned • 3 popular promises:
3. Reparations > Germany has to pay enormous sums of money [DL o Job creation
[Germany] pays reparations = 1923 > economic collapse] o Germany strong and united.
4. War debt > Germany must accept complete blame for the war, leaving the o Resistance to Treaty of Versailles
Weimar government financially struggling. > inflation = prices of goods & • 1919 > Hitler joins the Nazi Party > Treaty of Versailles
services > currency almost worthless] + anti-communism + anti-Semitic.
• Anti-Semitism and nationalism combined → political
The U.S. provides loans to Europe (Including Germany) > Germany Can't Pay agenda of the Nazi Party
Back > Contributing to the Great Depression > Global economic crisis FAILURE OF THE MUNICH PUTSCH (1923):
• 1923 > French & Belgian troops > occupied Ruhr Valley (Germany's • Putsch = Hitler tries to overthrow Weimar government (by force >
industrial area) > Germany does not pay war debts & does not produce coup d'etat) > fails
enough coal/steel [→ Germans stop working > inflation & low morale & • 1923: Hitler arrested > worked against Weimar > wrote Mein Kampf
country = politically divided] (Master Plan for Germany > Aryan Race) → Important: Nationalism &
WALL STREET COLLAPSE anti-Semitism (hatred for Jews)
• 1924 [December 20, 1924] : Hitler released > vowed to legitimately gain
OCTOBER 1929: U.S. economy collapses > Germany dependent on U.S. loans power → Political strategy > focus = strategic growth
(Dawes plan > 1924 & Young plan > 1929)
• 90 Day Refund > Germany can't pay > German companies go bankrupt >
hyperinflation
• Hyperinflation: Prices rise dramatically & money loses all value
2 Grade 9 SS [HISTORY) I © 2026 Noted™ www.notedsummaries.co.za
, NAZI GERMANY
ELECTIONS : HITLER = CHANCELLOR
(1933): SPARTACUSBUNG REVOLT
• 1929: Nazi Party has 12 seats [Reichstag]
(Jan 1919) → Communists (led by Rosa Luxemburg & Karl
• July 1932: Nazi Party = strongest > 230 seats.
• March 1933: Nazi Party > 288 seats. Liebknecht) attempt to overthrow Weimar government.
• January 1933: Hitler = Chancellor of Coalition Government [Coalition Suppressed by the government with help from the
Government → Agreement between groups with specific purpose] Freikorps.
• Enabling Act (1933): 4 years dictatorship to Hitler
Wolfgang Kapp REVOLT
HITLER AS FÜHRER (1934):
• August 1934: Paul von Hindenburg dies > Hitler declares himself (Mar 1920) → Right-wing nationalists, led by Wolfgang Kapp
President & Chancellor > Führer military coup in Berlin
• Germany = dictatorship state Mass workers strike = uprising collapses within days
GERMANY AS A FASCIST STATE: Munich Putsch
Fascism: Nation of greatest importance > people bound together by
•
common ancestry, culture & nation-spirit [Discipline = strict: All (Nov 1923) → Hitler + Nazis take over > Weimar government
people must fall in.] by force
• Paramilitary organizations: Gestapo & SS use violence against Failed! = Hitler was arrested and wrote Mein Kampf in prison
opponents.
Contrast with democracy: NAZI PROPAGANDA: BRAINWASHING
• Fascism = obedience. Strong, united Germany → Nazis promised jobs & new
• Democracy = everyone has a voice. beginnings.
Mass media → Posters, radio and rallies build
nationalist pride.
Hitler = the ''saviour'' → Excellent speaker, last hope
for Germany.
Joseph Goebbels = Mastermind → Control
3 propaganda,
Grade 9 SSdrive home NaziI ©message.
[HISTORY) 2026 Noted™ www.notedsummaries.co.za
