Age of Total War

Handout Out Six

Topic: The Weimar Experiment and the Rise of Hitler 

OUTLINE: 

VI. The Weimar Experiment and the Rise of Hitler.

1. The Birth of the Republic.
2. The Fascist Model.
3. The Conservative Reaction.
4. The Period of Crisis.
5. The Period of Political Violence.

QUESTIONS: 

1. Was the German Revolution a product of deliberate planning or was it spontaneous? What happened? How did the German socialists hope to shape the new German Republic reflect the new realties? Where did they go right? Where did they make some tragic blunders?
2. Fascism believes in a far different future than most political parties; however, they are better known for what they despise. What are the fascist negations?
3. What elements do all fascist organizations share in common, whether the NSDAP or Fascist?
4. What enemies did the Weimar government confront on the right and the left? Where did those enemies come from?
5. What were the initial crises the Weimar Republic confronted? Did those problems contributed to the Hitler’s effort to topple the government from Bavaria?
6. How did the NSDAP party get started? How did Hitler discover the party?  What role did he play in the growth of the NSDAP?

TERMS:

Gustav Noske                          

Article 48

Kapp Putsch

Freikorps

Wolfgang Kapp

Hyperinflation

Policy of Fulfillment

Reichswehr

Gustav von Kahr

SA

Brown Shirts

Anton Drexler