Nazi Germany

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SA

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Hitler's private army led by Ernst Rohm.

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Dawes Plan

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Made 1924 gave loans to Germany.

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Wall Street Crash

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When the value of shares fell dramatically on the American Stock Exchange in 1929.

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Propaganda

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A message designed to make people begave in a certain way.

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Reichstag Fire

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When the German Parliament building was burnt down in 1933.

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Aryan

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The Nazi idea of the superior race: blonde hair and blue eyed.

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Dictator

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A leader with total control over how a country is governed.

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Enabling Act

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The act passed in 1933 giving Hitler the power to act without consulting the Reichstag or the President.

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Night of the Long Knives

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When Hitler turned on his opponents in 1934.

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Diktat

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The name given by Germans to the hated Treaty of Versailles.

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Treaty

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An agreement between countries.

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Nuremberg Laws

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When Jewish Germans lost their rights as citizens in 1935.

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Kristallnacht

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Night of Broken Glass in November 1938. When Jews and their shops and businesses were attacked all over Germany.

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Swastika

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The crooked cross symbol adopted by the Nazi Party as their emblem.

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Depression

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The years following the Wall Street Crash when people lost their jobs, homes and hope.

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Mein Kampf

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A book written by Adolf Hitler whilst he was in prison (My Struggle).

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Gestapo

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The secret police under Nazi rule.

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Three K's

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Kinder, Kirche, Kuche (children, church and cooking). The Nazis hoped that all women's lives would be dominated by these three things.

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Freicorps

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A group of ex-soldiers in Germany who joined the Government in 1919 to fight the Spartacus League (Communists).