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• The Revolution of 1918 and the establishment of the Republic
• The Versailles Settlement and German reactions to it
• The Weimar Constitution, the main political divisions, the role of the army
• Political disorder, 1919–23:– threats from the left and the right– economic crises and hyper-inflation– the occupation of the Ruhr
• The Stresemann era:– economic achievements– foreign policy achievements
• Cultural achievements of the Weimar period
• The early years of the Nazi Party:– Nazi ideas and methods– the Munich Putsch– the roles of Hitler and other Nazi leaders
• The impact of the Depression on Germany:– political, economic and social crisis of 1930–33– reasons for the Nazis’ rise to power– Hitler takes power– the Reichstag Fire and the election of 1933
• Nazi rule in Germany:– the Enabling Act– the Night of the Long Knives– the death of Hindenburg– the removal of opposition– methods of control and repression– use of culture and the mass media
• Economic policy including rearmament
• Different experiences of Nazi rule:– women and young people– anti-Semitism– persecution of minorities– opposition to Nazi rule
• Impact of the Second World War on Germany:– the conversion to a war economy– the Final Solution