GERM 1171- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 37 pages long!)
4 Dec 2017
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Can hear tone, don"t have to read. Hear original, authenticity, words match mouth, quick international availability. 1931: political scene in german was chaotic. 1918: defeat in ww1 and end of monarchy. Widespread discontentment, people no longer believed in democracy and official authorities to handle the situation. Avoid jump acts: confusing in terms of space and time. Unbiased, objective, tells of actual events/people/places, realism (content > form), commentary sometimes. Weimar republic influencing/manipulating attitudes/opinions in a given historical context. Difficulty starting after ww1: defeat, war guilt, reparations, inflation, attacks on republic, wall st. crash 1929, economy, social chaos, 16 chancellors in 14 years. Call for strong man /law and order. Hitler"s influence still very limited in 1920s. Platform: anti semitic, anti socialist, anti communist, anti democratic/republican, racist, nationalist, patriotic. President elected hitler as chancellor, military killed president. Holocaust, night of broken glass - vandalism against jewish stores and synouage, wwii. Star of david and papers with them boycott jewish citizens.
