Weimar & Nazi Germany

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.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the appeal of Nazism in the years 1929 to 1933.

‘Germany’s territorial losses were the most damaging consequence of the Treaty of Versailles for the Weimar Republic in the years 1919 to 1923.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How successful were Nazi economic policies in the years 1933 to 1939?

How significant was the impact of war, in the years 1939 to 1945, on the lives of women and girls in Germany?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Reichkristallnacht.

To what extent did economic rather than political problems pose the greater challenge to the Weimar Republic in the years 1919 to 1923?

‘Weimar society became more liberal and tolerant in the years 1924 to 1929.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘In the years 1939 to 1945, it was lack of unity that caused opposition and resistance movements to the Nazis to fail.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying developments after the abdication of the Kaiser in 1918.

‘In the years 1924 to 1928, Germany’s international position was greatly strengthened.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How successful was the Nazi regime in controlling the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the years 1933 to 1941?

‘Nazi policies towards the Jews were inconsistent in the years 1935 to 1942.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying German morale in 1943.

‘Right-wing extremism posed a significant threat to the Weimar Republic in the years 1919 to 1923.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Nazi electoral success, in the years 1930 to 1932, relied almost entirely on effective propaganda.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did the Nazi regime, in the years 1933 to 1939, achieve its aims in relation to women and young people?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the Nazi establishment of power between January and March 1933.

‘Germany was politically and economically stable in the years 1924 to 1928.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did the Nazis achieve an ‘economic miracle’ in the years 1933 to 1939?

‘Nazi terror created a totalitarian State in Germany in the years 1933 to 1939.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying resistance to the Nazis in the years 1941 to 1944.

‘German society was overwhelmingly conservative and traditional in the years 1924 to 1929.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was Franz von Papen responsible for Hitler’s rise to the Chancellorship of Germany in the years 1932/33?

‘Hitler's policies towards both Jews and other minority groups, in the years 1933 to 1941, were consistent.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Nazi policies towards the workers in the years 1933 to 1939.

‘The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the new Weimar Republic between 1919 and 1924 was more damaging economically than politically.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the Nazi consolidation of power in the years 1933 and 1934 achieved by legal means?

‘The German economy was adapted successfully to meet the demands of war before 1945.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the extent of opposition to the Nazi regime in the years 1934 to 1937.

‘The instability of Weimar governments, in the years 1919 to 1923, stemmed primarily from the problems created by the Weimar Constitution.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How far was the improved economic and political stability of the Weimar Republic, in the years 1923 to 1925, due to Gustav Stresemann ?

‘There was more continuity than change in Hitler’s policies towards the Jews in the years 1938 to 1945.’

Assess the validity of this view.