AQA A Level History Depth Study: Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918-1945 June 2025 question paper 7042/2O

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the radicalisation of the German state in the years 1936 to 1941.

In the years 1919 to 1923, to what extent was the instability of the Weimar Republic caused by international, rather than domestic, factors?

‘Schleicher was the individual most responsible for Hitler’s rise to the Chancellorship in January 1933.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The Nazis successfully managed the demands of the wartime economy in the years 1939 to 1945.’

Assess the validity of this view.