Study the word list: GCSE History: Germany 1929 - 1945 3

Key words for GCSE Germany

Word list: GCSE History: Germany 1929 - 1945 3

	Fuhrer	Fuhrer means leader and is the title Hitler assumed while in power.
	Kaiser	A German emperor is called a Kaiser.
	Weimar	Weimar is a German town.
	armistice	An armistice marks the end of a war.
	Reichstag	The Reichstag building is in Berlin.
	Freikorps	Freikorps were volunteer armies that were established after World War One.
	rentenmark	The rentenmark was a currency unit introduced in 1923.
	putsch	Putsch is another word for coup: a violent attempt to overthrow a government.
	eugenics	Eugenics is the advocating of selective breeding in order to supposedly improve the human race.
	Final	The Final Solution was the Nazi policy of exterminating Jews.
	Solution	The Final Solution was the Nazi policy of exterminating Jews.
	proportional	In proportional representation, parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes they receive.
	representation	In proportional representation, parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes they receive.
	Fuhrerprinzip	Fuhrerprinzip was the belief in a one-party state with an all-powerful leader.
	lebensborn	Lebensborn was a policy that promoted racial purity through selective breeding.
	herrenvolk	Herrenvolk means master race.
	dolschtoss	Dolschtoss means 'stab in the back' and was term used in reference to the Treaty of Versailles.
	diktat	Diktat is what German people called the Treaty of Versailles. It means dictated peace.