The Golden Years of Weimar?

Was it all smiles in 1920s Germany?

This week we shall be looking at the remaining years of the 1920s. What were they really like for Germany?

Munich Beerhall Putsch

Crowds gather during the Munich Beerhall Putsch

This week we will be focusing mainly on the Munich Beerhall Putsch. The event was a catastrophic failure, yet less than ten years later Hitler was Chancellor of Germany. How?

We will also be reviewing the 1919-23 period of upheaval. Make sure you have all your notes with you and the 1919-23 Politcal Upheaval grid. Additionally, we will discuss your first major assignment on the Treaty of Versailles.

Bookwise - Mrs. Cassidy has forwarded you letters about the books she has been able to get a discount on. The 'Essential' one is very good to outline the basics; the Edexcel one is obviously directly focused on the particular course you are studying.

Early Nazi Test, Problems in 1923

In this week's batch of lessons you will face the Early Years of Hitler and the Nazis Test. You will then go onto the problems of 1923.

Remember to complete the Uprisings 1919-23 revision sheet and the revision for the test

German children watch those Marks pile up

Marks spreadsheet

The following in order got the highest marks in the Treaty of Versailles Test - AW, SB, BB, AG, GC/MW (in that order).

That means after two marks the top five are as follows: GC, AW, BB, MW, SB (in that order).

The following got an equal or higher mark on the second test than the first (remmberering that this test carried half the marks) - so keep up the improvement: SB, AG, DR, JC, TW, LW

Unrest and the early years of Hitler and the Nazis

Hitler during the First World War (Hitler is not surprisingly on the far Right)

This week we will be looking at further unrest in the early years of the Weimar Republic. You've probably gathered it was a fairly turbulent time. We will also be going on to analyse the early years of both Hitler and the Nazi Party. As you will see you cannot understand either without understanding the nature of Germany in the early years of the Twentieth Century.