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Exam Questions: Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918–39 (Edexcel GCSE History)

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14 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about the success of the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936. 

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Excerpt from "Berlin Diary" by an American journalist called William L. Shirer describing the end of the 1936 Olympic Games, He states that it was a success for Nazi propaganda due to its extravagant scale and how it was a good show for visitors, especially businessmen.

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24 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about the early development of the Nazi Party. 

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Excerpt from Ernst Röhm's memoirs detailing the early growth of the Nazi Party. It states that, after the Twenty-Five Point Programmes in February 1920, the party began to grow. Adolf Hitler rose to leadership in 1921.

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34 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about the treatment of Jewish people during ‘Kristallnacht.’

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Interview excerpt from a 1938 British newspaper where a Jewish woman recounts her experience of Kristallnacht. This includes the Nazis breaking into her house at 2:30 in the morning, being marched through the streets and synagogue destruction.

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44 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about how the Nazis reacted to the Reichstag Fire. 

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Description from Rudolf Diels on the Reichstag Fire. It details Hitler's angry reaction, police orders to arrest suspects, and the busy police headquarters. It states that the police already had a list of people to arrest.

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54 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about the Hitler Youth. 

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A historical photograph of Hitler Youth members in uniform being inspected or organized by a young leader in 1938 for a Nazi Party event. Boys carry backpacks and wear armbands. They are standing very organised in a row.

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64 marks

Give two things you can infer from Source A about education in Nazi Germany.  

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Excerpt from "Growing up in Nazi Germany" by Marianne Gärtner shows changes in Berlin schools post-1933. She notes the increase in Physical Training lessons and Religious Education reduction. She comments on how students did not question the new curriculum.

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