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GERMANY for Australian Senior Secondary Students of Age of Imperialism Modern History NELSON NELSON MODERNHISTORY MODERNHISTORY NELSON MODERNHISTORY Nelson Cengage has developed this series A Globalised World GERMANY for Australian senior secondary students of Age of Imperialism Modern History. The series includes titles Australia 1918–1950s that encompass the period from the 18th GERMANY century to the contemporary world and China and Revolution they explore the social, cultural and political Civil Rights in the United States of America developments that shape the 21st century. Decolonisation Written by experienced educators and 1918–1945 1918–1945 Germany 1918–1945 experts in their fields, each book builds on India a narrative framework to incorporate recent research and historiography, primary and Recognition and Rights of Indigenous Peoples secondary sources, and learning activities. Russia and the Soviet Union These key features combine to support the The American Revolution development of historical knowledge and The Changing World Order understanding and historical skills that will enable students to interpret and reflect on The Enlightenment the experience and developments that have The French Revolution created the world in which they live. The Industrial Revolution The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East United States of America 1917–1945 Germany 1918–1945 Women’s Movements The Stahlhelm (steel helmet) was introduced to the German Army in early 1916 as a protective Workers’ Rights helmet. Replacing earlier cloth and leather headgear such as the Pickelhaube, the Stahlhelm has become a potent symbol of German militarism in the first half of the 20th century. During the 1920s the right-wing veteran’s organisation, Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten, which became the paramilitary wing of the German National People’s Party and was later absorbed into the SA, used the helmet as both its name and symbol. With the establishment of the Third MASON Reich, the Stahlhelm continued to be used by the German Wehrmacht but it was also used by the Schutzstaffel, the SS, as shown here in a photograph taken at the Nuremberg Party rally in 1938. Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) ISBN: 978-0170244091 Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party from 1921 until his death in Berlin in May 1945. K J MASON Read more about Adolf Hitler in Chapter 2. SERIES EDITOR: TONY TAYLOR 9 780170 244091 For learning solutions, visit cengage.com.au germany_sb_44091_cvr_gatefold_finalart.indd 1-4 18/07/14 11:05 AM Ein Volk, ein Reich, Ein Führer One People, One Empire, One Leader Adolf Hitler Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States 9780170244091 iii CONTENTS About the series iv Series editor acknowledgements vi Author acknowledgements vii 001 Introduction 116 CHAPTER 4 Creating a new Germany – the racial state 008 CHAPTER 1 The Weimar Republic – a new Germany 174 CHAPTER 5 War and defeat 1939–1945 046 CHAPTER 2 The Nazis rise to power 210 Conclusion 082 CHAPTER 3 The totalitarian state Index 214 9780170244091 ABOUT THE SERIES Using Germany 1918–1945 Germany 1918–1945 has been developed especially for senior secondary students of History and is part of the Nelson Modern History series. Each book in the series is based on the understanding that History is an interpretive study of the past by which you also come to better appreciate the making of the modern world. Developing understandings of the past and present in senior History extends on the skills you learnt in earlier years. As senior students you will use historical skills, including research, evaluation, synthesis, analysis and communication, and the historical concepts, such as evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, significance, empathy, perspectives and contestability, to understand and interpret societies from the past. The activities and tasks in Germany 1918–1945 have been written to ensure that you develop the skills and attributes you need in senior History subjects. KEY FIGURES AND ORGANISATIONS, KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS, KEY DOCUMENTS feature brief biographies, profiles, definitions and summaries of key documents as a ready reference for learning and revision. ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE is a bird’s-eye view of the topic and summarises the major INQUIRY developments of the period. QUESTIONS are listed at the start of the chapter. These questions provide a focus for you as you read each chapter. CHAPTER INTRODUCTIONS provide a context to the issues that are addressed. SOURCE STUDIES of visual and text primary sources and secondary SIGNIFICANT literature appear INDIVIDUALS frequently through the are biographical profiles text and are combined with and assessments of questions and activities key historical figures to aid your evaluation and and frequently include interpretation of evidence questions and activities. from the past. 9780170244091 v DIAGRAMS AND TALKING SOURCES are used to visually summarise complex ideas and events. HISTORIAN BOXES introduce key historians and schools of interpretation as a way of making INFORMATION BOXES historiography clearer. contain extended discussions of key events, concepts and historical developments. Many also include questions and activities. CHAPTER SUMMARY AND CHAPTER REVIEW ACTIVITIES conclude each chapter. They include a brief precis of the topic, suggestions for further reading, and a range of learning activities that consolidate knowledge and understanding of the chapter’s content. These tasks incorporate a range of historical understandings and skills. THE CONCLUSION summarises the topic and includes a series of activities to consolidate your knowledge of it. More importantly, these final tasks will help you build an understanding and interpretation of this period in history. Beyond this book The Nelson Modern History series includes numerous titles on a range of topics covered in senior History courses around Australia. For further information about the series visit: www.nelsonsecondary.com.au. 9780170244091 Wikimedia/US Army Signal Corp 9780170244091 KEY FIGURES AND ORGANISATIONS HEINRICH BRÜNING HERMANN GÖRING ADOLF HITLER (1885–1970) (1893–1946) (1889–1945) Leader of the Nazi Party. After a long struggle for power he was appointed chancellor of Germany in January 1933, and by 1934 he had established a totalitarian state. With the death of President von Hindenburg in Leader of the Catholic Centre Party A former war hero of the First World August 1934, he became the Führer and chancellor of Germany from War, he joined the Nazi Party in 1922. (Leader) of the German nation, 1930 to 1932. He tried unsuccessfully He held various important positions in a position he held until his death to deal with the impact of the Great the Third Reich and from 1935 he was in April 1945. Depression and oppose the increasing commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe influence of the Nazi Party in German (the German air force). In 1940 politics. he was appointed Reich Marshal FIELD MARSHAL PaUL VON (Reichsmarschall) and was second only HINDENBURG to Hitler in the Nazi leadership. (1847–1934) FRIEDRICH EBERT One of Germany’s military leaders (1871–1925) during the First World War, he HEINRICH HIMMLER Leader of the German Social maintained a revered status in German (1900–1945) Democratic Party (SPD) and a society. He was elected president of supporter of German democracy. the Weimar Republic in 1925. In He became the first president of the January 1933 he was persuaded by his Weimar Republic from 1919 until his advisers to appoint Hitler as chancellor death in 1925. of Germany. On Hindenburg’s death in 1934, the path was clear for Hitler to assume absolute power. DR JOSEPH GOEBBELS A member of the Nazi Party from the (1897–1945) early 1920s, Himmler rose to become Reichsführer-SS (Reich Leader of the SS) and Chief of German Police, a position that included supreme command over the Gestapo, the concentration camps and the Waffen-SS. After joining the Nazi Party in 1922 he rose to become one of its most important and influential leaders. Devoted to Hitler, he led the party’s propaganda machine and later became Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. 9780170244091 2 ROSA LUXEMBURG GENERAL KURT VON GUSTAV STRESEMANN (1871–1919) SCHLEICHER (1882–1934) (1878–1929) Co-founder of the Spartacus League An army officer and German politician The most important of the politicians with Karl Liebknecht, during the First with a reputation for political intrigue. of the Weimar era. He was chancellor World War. She had opposed the He was chancellor of Germany for of Germany from August to Spartacist attempt to seize power in two months before Hitler took power November 1923. During this time 1919 but was killed with Liebknecht by in January 1933. He was murdered he carried out important economic Freikorps troops during the uprising. by the Nazis in the Night of the Long reforms. He was also foreign minister Knives in July 1934. from 1923 until his death in 1929 and was credited with forging a new FRANZ VON PaPEN relationship between Germany and (1879–1969) its neighbours, based on equality ALBERT SPEER (1905–1981) and trust. EINSATZGRUPPEN Meaning ‘task forces’: special mobile German politician and chancellor of operational forces of the SS that Germany in 1932. In 1933 he was One of the leading figures of the Nazi followed the German army as it involved in the political dealings that Party, Speer rose to prominence as invaded Eastern Europe. The task of gave Hitler the chancellorship. Hitler’s favourite architect in the 1930s these killing units was to kill mainly and was responsible for a number of Jews and communists in occupied major building projects in Germany Poland and Russia. LENI RIEFENSTAHL before the war. In 1942 he was (1902–2003) appointed Minister of Armaments and War Production where his organising After an early career as an actress, she talent and ability helped to maintain established her reputation as a film Germany’s capacity to carry on the war director. Although never a member when defeat became inevitable.
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