1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 17 East Germany 2. Introduction Debates over the history of the GDR – objective assessments are still difficult to arrive at. Continuity…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 10 The Rise of Extremism and the Collapse of Weimar Democracy 2. Left-wing Extremism Jan. 1919: A number of radical socialist groups…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 13 Manufacturing Consent: Propaganda and Resistance 2. Economic Revival Respected financier Hjalmar Schacht appointed President of…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 11 The Coming of the Third Reich: Nazi Consolidation & Terror 2.   3. The 1933 Election New elections called within 24 hours…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 14 The Second World War 2. German Foreign Policy, 1933-1937 Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact Nov. 1937 Rome – Berlin Axis announced;…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 7 The Years of Crisis: The Weimar Republic, 1918-23 2. Background From 1916 the German population became increasingly war-weary.Mounting…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 8 Weimar Societyand Culture 2. The Upper Classes No fundamental change to the social & economic structure after 1918 – no redistribution…

Slide 1HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 14 The Second World War Slide 2 German Foreign Policy, 1933-1937 Oct. 1933 Germany leaves League of Nations and Disarmament Conference…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 2 Bismarck’s Germany 2. ‘ Proclamation of German Unification’ (1888) by Anton von Werner–note the position of Bismarck in…

1. HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 15 The Cold War Division of Germany 2. The Morgenthau PlanDrawn up by the US Secretary of State, Henry Morgenthau. Designed to ensure…