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Germany - Democracy and dictatorship
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The countries that fought Germany and the other Central Powers during the First World War
A ceasefire - an agreement to end fighting
The part of the Weimar constitution that allowed the President to take emergency powers without consulting the Reichstag
In the Nazi sense, a master race of white northern Europeans
German word for motorway
Leader of the German government
An agreement between the papacy and a state
A means of raising an army; eligible people are forced to join the armed forces of a country
A place for the mass murder of Jews and others by the Nazis
Long period of financial problems, leading to lower living standards. The Great Depression of the 1930s affected many countries around the world.
A death squad consisting of SS, police and local people
Allowed Hitler power to pass laws for four years without consulting the Reichstag
Ex-soldiers in Germany after the First World War who supported right-wing political parties
The German word for leader; in this sense the absolute dictator of Germany
The Nazi-controlled trade union
Secret police in Nazi Germany who had a network of informers
Part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority or persecuted group, usually in crowded and insanitary conditions
An organisation forboys where they were taught militaristic skills
Where prices increase very rapidly and out of control
A failed attempt by German army officers to assassinate Hitler
Title of ruler of Germany from 1871 to 1918. Equivalent of Emperor
The Night of Broken Glass; the shattered glass fragments looked like crystals
An organisation for girls where they were taught home-making skills
Socialist or progressive attitudes favouring state control of industry
Unemployed workers were forced to work for the Nazi state
The night (actually a weekend) in June 1934 when Hitler used the SS to kill leaders of the SA and others who had recently angered him
An abusive term for those German politicians who had signed the armistice to end the First World War
The annual mass meeting of the Nazi Party, which was held in Nuremberg
Elected representatives having responsibility for policies and law-making
Elected head of state. In Germany, the President was elected for seven years
Intensive use of mass media to spread political ideas
An electoral system where political parties get seats in proportion to how many votes they get
A revolt designed to overthrow an existing government and seize power
A Nazi-controlled Protestant Church
German Parliament
Compensation to be paid by Germany to France, Belgium, Britain and other states as a result of the First World War
A country with no hereditary ruler; the head of state is elected
Conservative or traditional attitudes favouring authoritarian government
An industrial region in western Germany
A left-wing political party; the popular party in Germany in the 1920s
Left-wing political party or views, defending the rights and welfare of ordinary people, particularly working-class people, and wanting controls on business
Communists in Germany in 1919 who wanted a revolution in Germany similar to the 1917 revolution in Russia
Organisation within the Nazi Party which began as Hitler's bodyguard but expanded to become a state within a state
