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Nazism and the Rise of Hitler - Coggle Diagram
Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
Defeat of Germany in World War I
Germany fought the First World War (1914-1918) along with the Austrian empire and against the Allies (England, France and Russia).
Germany initially made gains by occupying France and Belgium. However, the Allies won defeating Germany and the Central Powers in 1918.
The Weimar Republic
A National Assembly met at Weimer and established a democratic constitution with a federal structure.
The republic, however, was not received well by its own people largely because of the terms it was forced to accept after Germany’s defeat at the end of the First World War
Treaty of Versailles
- Many Germans held the new Weimer Republic responsible for not only the defeat in the war but the disgrace at Versailles
→ Germany lost its overseas colonies.
→ 13 percent of its territories.
→ 75 percent of its iron.
→ 26 percent of its coal.
→ Allied Powers demilitarised Germany.
Lost rich resource-rich Rhineland
The Defects of the Weimar Republic
• Proportional representation: Made achieving a majority by any one party a near impossible task, which led to a rule by coalitions.
• Article 48: Gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
During Years of Depression
• Wall Street Exchange crashed in 1929.
• Between 1929 and 1932, the national income of the USA fell by half.
• The effects of this recession in the US economy were felt worldwide.
Years of Depression: Effect on Germany
• Germany received short-term loans largely from the US.
• Industrial production reduced.
• Workers lost their jobs.
• Youth took to criminal activities.
• Small businessmen and self-employed suffered as their businesses got ruined.
• People lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system, which seemed to offer no solutions.