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Germany test flash cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weimar Republic | 1918-1933, Gov. before Hitler, Wilhelm II |
| Reichstag | Lower house (congress) of the Weimar Republic |
| Reichskanzler | Chancellor, head of the Reichstag (PN) |
| Bavarian Revolution | Bavarian State, 1919, workers rebelled |
| Freikorps | 1920, Military loyal to Ebert Weimar |
| Ruhr Crisis | 1923-1925, Rhineland, French sent in their military |
| Rentenmark | German currency replaced the Papiermark |
| Dawes Plan | 1924, Triple Entente tried to collect debt from Germany |
| National Socialist German Workers Party | Nazi party, fascist, Hitler joined them and led them |
| Dolchstosslegende | Stabbed in the back myth, Germany never lost WWI |
| der Fuhrer | Hitler's title as leader of the Nazi party |
| Beer Hall Putsch | Reichswehr, Nazis tried to take over the government, failed |
| Reichswehr | Army of the empire |
| Mein Kampf | 'My Struggle' written by Hitler in prison, rant |
| Third Reich | Last Reich of Germany, led by Hitler, bad |
| Sturmabteilung | Brown Shirts, S.A., lead by Rohm |
| Schutztaffel | Police of Hitler, devoted just to Hitler, Aryan |
| Allgemeine-SS | Political promoters of the Nazi Party |
| Waffen-SS | Military wing of the S.S. |
| Leibstandarte | Hitler's personal body guards |
| Verfugungstruppe | Combat troops who went into war |
| Totenkopfverbande | Death's Head Battalion, ran concentration camp |
| Germanic-SS | Rally up non Aryans from captured countries and send them to camps or slums |
| SS Medical Corps | Medical group in the SS, would experiment on living Jews |
| Gestapo | Secret Police, arrest you if they heard you saying bad things |
| Sicherheitsdient | S.D. secret intelligence gatherers |
| Gestapo | Secret Police, arrest you if they heard you saying bad things |
| Reichssicherheitschauptamt | Reich Main Security Office |
| Reichstag Fire | Nazi's burnt down Reichstag, blamed a Communist, Hitler was elected |
| Sicherheitsdient | S.D. secret intelligence gatherers |
| Volkswagen | Car company in Germany |
| Nacht der langen Messer | Night of Long Knives, purged S.A., killed officials and started S.S. |
| Kripo | Normal police of Germany, dealt with non political matters |
| Nuremberg Law | Laws outlining how to know if you are a jew or not |
| Mischlinge | People Nazis considered 'Half Breed' |
| Hitler Youth | German boy scouts |
| League of German Girls | Young german girls learned how to be German mothers |
| Triumph of the Will | Propaganda film, showed Hitlers rise to power |
| Volshalle | Government building never finished, designed by Speer |
| Fiver Year Plan | Stalin tried to industrialize Russia |
| Reichssicherheitschauptamt | Reich Main Security Office |
| Collectivization | All farmers |
| Reichstag Fire | Nazi's burnt down Reichstag, blamed a Communist, Hitler was elected |
| Autoban | High speed highway in Germany |
| Volkswagen | Car company in Germany |
| Nacht der langen Messer | Night of Long Knives, purged S.A., killed officials and started S.S. |
| Dachau | First concentration camp, in Munich |
| Nuremberg Law | Laws outlining how to know if you are a jew or not |
| Mischlinge | People Nazis considered 'Half Breed' |
| Hitler Youth | German boy scouts |
| League of German Girls | Young german girls learned how to be German mothers |
| Triumph of the Will | Propaganda film, showed Hitlers rise to power |
| Volshalle | Government building never finished, designed by Speer |
| Fiver Year Plan | Stalin tried to industrialize Russia |
| Command Economy | When all products go to the state |
| Collectivization | All farmers work on one giant farm called a collective |
| Terror Famine | People of Ukraine in protest didn't deliver their quota, Russians stopped giving them their food |
| NKVD | Secret police of Russia |
| Gullag | A Russian concentration camp |
| Kolyma | Biggest concentration camp in Russia, 100% death rate |
| Comintern | Russians would send spies to other Countries to try and turn the Countries communist |
| Fascism | When all your devotion goes to the state |
| Squadristi | Black Shirts, Italy's military |
| Il Duce | Nickname of Mousillini |