Oxford AQA History for A Level: Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945 eBook Second Edition
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English
ISBN
9781382061360
Contents
Introduction to features
AQA History specification overview
Introduction to the Oxford AQA History series
Timeline
Introduction to this book
PART ONE: AS AND A LEVEL: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC 1918–33
SECTION 1 The establishment and early years of the Weimar Republic, 1918–24
1 Impact of war, the political crises of October to November 1918, and the establishment of the Weimar Constitution
The abdication of the Kaiser
The establishment of the Weimar Constitution in 1919
Summary
5 Economic developments
The stabilisation of the currency
The reparations issue and the Dawes Plan
The extent of economic recovery
The reparations issue and the Young Plan
Summary
9 The impact of the Depression of 1929
The economic impact
The social impact
The political impact
Summary
2 The Impact of the Versailles Settlement on Germany
The Peace Settlement of Versailles, 1919
The political impact of the Versailles Treaty in Germany
Summary
3 Economic and social problems in Germany, 1919–24
Financial problems in the aftermath of the war
The impact of reparations
The hyperinflation crisis of 1923
Social welfare
Summary
4 Political instability and extremism, 1919–24
The problems of coalition government
The growth of political extremism
The establishment of the Nazi Party and the Beer Hall Putsch
Summary: The state of the Republic by 1924
SECTION 2 The ‘Golden Age’ of the Weimar Republic, 1924–28
6 Social and cultural developments in Germany, 1924–28
Social welfare reform
Living standards and lifestyles
The development of arts and culture in the Weimar Republic
Summary
7 Political developments and the working of democracy, 1924–28
Reichstag elections and coalition governments
The development of political parties
The election of Hindenburg as President in 1925
Attitudes to the Republic from the elites and other social groups
Summary: The extent of political stability by 1928
8 Germany’s international position, 1924–28
Gustav Stresemann and the policy of fulfilment
The Locarno Pact, 1925
Relations with the USSR
The extent of disarmament
The end of allied occupation
Summary
SECTION 3 The collapse of democracy, 1928–33
10 The appeal of Nazism and communism
Electoral support for Nazism and communism up to June 1932
The appeal of Nazism
The appeal of communism
Summary
11 The appointment of Hitler as Chancellor
The appointment of Hitler
The political and economic crisis
The role of ‘backstairs intrigue’
Summary
12 The establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, January–March 1933
The Hitler cabinet
Nazi use of terror
The use of legal power
The end of democracy
Summary
PART TWO: A LEVEL: NAZI GERMANY 1933–45
SECTION 4 The Nazi Dictatorship, 1933–39
13 Hitler’s consolidation of power, March 1933 to August 1934
Government and administrative changes
The Night of the Long Knives
The impact of President Hindenburg’s death, August 1934
Summary
17 The radicalisation of the State
The radicalisation of the State
Nazi racial ideology
Policies towards disabled people
Nazi policies towards ‘asocials’ and gay people
Policies towards religious sects
Policies towards Roma and Sinti people
Summary
21 The impact of war on German society
The impact of rationing
The impact of propaganda and indoctrination on morale
The changing impact of the war on German society
Summary
14 The ‘Terror State’
The Nazis and the law
The police system in the Third Reich
The courts and the justice system
The extent and effectiveness of opposition and non-conformity
The use of propaganda
The effectiveness of propaganda
The extent of totalitarianism in Nazi Germany
Summary
15 Economic policies
Nazi economic policies
The roles of Schacht and Goering in the implementation of Nazi policies
Nazi policy towards management and the industrial elites
The degree of economic recovery achieved by 1939
Summary
16 Social policies
Nazi policies towards young people
Nazi policies towards women
Nazi policies towards workers
Nazi policies towards the Churches
Summary
SECTION 5 The Racial State, 1933–41
18 The persecution of German Jews, 1933–37
The boycott of Jewish shops
The Civil Service Laws in 1933
Further antisemitic legislation in 1933
The Nuremberg Laws, 1935
Discrimination
Summary
19 Antisemitism during 1938–40
The effect of the Anschluss with Austria, March 1938
November pogrom, 9–10 November 1938
Emigration
The impact of the war against Poland
The Madagascar Plan
Summary
20 Persecution of Jewish people, 1940–41
The spreading war and the development of Jewish persecution
Deportations and ghettoisation
The Einsatzgruppen (‘Special Groups‘)
Summary
SECTION 6 The impact of war, 1939–45
22 The wartime economy and the work of Speer
The mobilisation of the German economy for war
The work of Albert Speer
The economic impact of Allied bombing
Mobilisation of the labour force
The use of foreign labour
Summary
23 The ‘Final Solution’
The origins of the ‘Final Solution’
The Wannsee Conference, January 1942
The ‘Final Solution’
Responsibility for the Holocaust
Summary
24 Opposition and resistance in wartime
Opposition from young people
Opposition from the Churches
Communist opposition
Army and civilian critics among the elites
Summary
Conclusion: An overview of the Nazi state by 1945
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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