Section 1: Key Vocabulary Subject: History Tier 3 Definition Year: 10 Summer 2—Democracy to Dictatorship: Germany and Growth of Democracy Wall Street October 1929 when millions tried to sell Crash (n) their investments in companies at the Section 2: Important Ideas Section 3: Chronology same time causing a drop in share Who voted for the Nazi Party? 1929 Wall Street Crash in New York. prices. 1930 Election results see Nazi Party seats rise to 107 from 12 in Reichsbanner Organisation formed by members of the Farmers: Farmers had been hit hard by the depression; 1928 showing increase in party support. (n) SDP, German Centre Party and German people not buying as much food and farmers had to lower Democratic Party in 1924. Aim to prices. Nazis promised higher prices for crops and higher July 1932 Election results see Nazi Party seats rise to 230. defend democracy. status in society. Common enemy in communists. July 1932 Chancellor Heinrich Brüning resigns and is replaced by Gestapo (n) Part of Nazi Germany’s secret police Franz von Papen. force, created by Herman Goering in 1933 and controlled by Himmler. Women: Nazis said they supported family life, good morals Nov 1932 Election results see Nazi Party decrease to 196. and self-discipline. Some women agreed with Hitler when he Enabling Act Passed in 1933 allowing Nazis to make Jan 1933 Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany. said ‘our youth have been exposed to a flood of muck and (n) their own laws without consulting filth…’. The Nazis promised to look after the youth. Feb 1933 Hitler arranged another election for March 1933. Parliament. Der Fuhrer Supreme leader, the title adopted by Feb 1933 Reichstag catches fire and is burnt down. Communist (n) Adolf Hitler. Marinus Ven der Lubbe was arrested. Concentratio Camp in which people are held under Middle Class: Small business owners, banks, doctors ad Feb 1933 Protection Law introduced increasing Hitler’s power. n Camp (n) harsh conditions and without the managers voted in large numbers. Nazis promised to in- freedoms of the rest of society. crease wages and instil law and order adding to the stability March 1933 ‘Protection of the People and State’ decree introduced Tier 2 Definition of their jobs and lives. banning communists from taking part in elections. 4,000 Propaganda Organised spreading of ideas and communists thrown in prison and their newspapers closed Soldiers and young: Hitler was a soldier who had experi- (n) information in order to influence down. ence of conflict in the First World War. He promised to tear people’s thinking and actions, often up the Treaty of Versailles. Young people wanted to be a through the use of media such as March 1933 Enabling Act passed allowing Hitler to pass laws without part of the new future for Germany building new homes, posters, film, radio and newspapers. the need of the Reichstag’s approval. joining the army and building motorways. Mass Rallies Huge meeting of people, united for a April 1933 Secret police called the Gestapo are formed and the first (v) common cause or occasion. concentration camp at Dachau is opened. Police State Country controlled by a political police Upper classes and factory owners: Did not support all val- (n) force; the government has strict May 1933 All trade unions are banned. Leaders are arrested. ues of the Nazi Party but wanted the return to traditional controls over people’s lives, especially July 1933 All political parties are banned with the exception of the values. Hitler promised them they could run factories how by means of a secret police force. Nazi Party. Passed ‘Law Against the Formation of New they want, would commission new weapons and battleships Parties’ which stated that anyone trying to set up or run a Coalition (n) Government where two or more as well as remove the communist threat. political parties combine to rule. party would go to prison for three years. Dictator (n) Ruler with total control over how a June 1934 Night of the Long Knives. Hitler purges the party of all country is governed. those who might overthrow him. Proportional Political system in which percentage of Ideas/ key words you have seen before: Trade Unions, Aug 1934 President Hindenburg dies, Hitler takes over his role and Representati votes is the same as the percentage of autocracy, election, democracy, dictatorship, Reichstag, makes the army swear an oath of loyalty to him and not on (n) representation in parliament. chancellor and president. Germany. Hitler gives himself the title of Der Fuhrer.