Weimar and Nazi Germany Topic Summaries
Profile: Ernst Röhm
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Profile: Ernst Röhm
Imperial German Empire (1871–1918)
Origins of the Weimar Republic (1918–1919)
Early challenges to the Weimar Republic (1919–1923)
- - The Weimar Constitution
- - Strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution
- - Political challenges from Left and Right
- - The Treaty of Versailles, June 1919
- - Hyperinflation and the invasion of the Ruhr
- - Economic recovery, 1923–1929
- - Profile: Gustav Stresemann
- - Reasons for economic recovery under Stresemann
- - Changes in society, 1924–1929
Rise of the Nazi Party (1923–1933)
Nazi dictatorship (1933–1939)
- - The establishment of Hitler as Führer
- - SA vs. SS and the Night of the Long Knives
- - The experiences of Germans under the Nazis
- - Economic impacts and the lives of workers
- - Military impacts and rearmament
- - Impacts on the lives of women
- - Impacts on the lives of young people
- - Impacts on religion
- - Profile: Joseph Goebbels
- - Propaganda and censorship
- - Fear and repression in the police state
- - Resistance groups
- - Nazi racial policy
- - Nazi treatment of Jews
Germany during WWII (1939–1945)
Imperial German Empire (1871–1918)
Origins of the Weimar Republic (1918–1919)
Early challenges to the Weimar Republic (1919–1923)
- - The Weimar Constitution
- - Strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution
- - Political challenges from Left and Right
- - The Treaty of Versailles, June 1919
- - Hyperinflation and the invasion of the Ruhr
- - Economic recovery, 1923–1929
- - Profile: Gustav Stresemann
- - Reasons for economic recovery under Stresemann
- - Changes in society, 1924–1929
Rise of the Nazi Party (1923–1933)
Nazi dictatorship (1933–1939)
- - The establishment of Hitler as Führer
- - SA vs. SS and the Night of the Long Knives
- - The experiences of Germans under the Nazis
- - Economic impacts and the lives of workers
- - Military impacts and rearmament
- - Impacts on the lives of women
- - Impacts on the lives of young people
- - Impacts on religion
- - Profile: Joseph Goebbels
- - Propaganda and censorship
- - Fear and repression in the police state
- - Resistance groups
- - Nazi racial policy
- - Nazi treatment of Jews
Germany during WWII (1939–1945)
Ernst Röhm (b. 1887, d. 1934)
Co-founder and leader of the SA
- Röhm was a close supporter of Hitler, appointed to be the head of their paramilitary force, the SA (also known as the Brownshirts).
- He helped the Nazis gain power through intimidation, street violence, and protecting party meetings.
- In 1933, he was given the title of ‘Reichsleiter,’ the second highest political rank in the Nazi Party.
- In 1934, he was assassinated by the SS in the Night of the Long Knives after Hitler came to see him as a threat
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