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HISTORIOGRAPHY

HISTORIOGRAPHY “ Stresemann and his times denied the Nazi fire the oxygen of misery and it was all but extinguished. ”. Ronald Cameron. Say what you see!. AV. Say what you see!. Say what you see!. Y. Say what you see!. PER. Say what you see!. Say what you see!. Say what you see!. ?.

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HISTORIOGRAPHY

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  1. HISTORIOGRAPHY “Stresemann and his times denied the Nazi fire the oxygen of misery and it was all but extinguished.” Ronald Cameron

  2. Say what you see! AV

  3. Say what you see!

  4. Say what you see! Y

  5. Say what you see! PER

  6. Say what you see!

  7. Say what you see!

  8. Say what you see! ?

  9. Say what you see! R

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  12. Say what you see! 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

  13. To what extent can Stresemann be called the saviour of the Weimar Government? To be able to evaluate Stresemann's success and come to a balanced conclusion

  14. Successes / failures You are going to write an essay on how successful Stresemann really was in the 1920s The paragraphs headings will be: • Hyperinflation / Ruhr • International relations / foreign policy • German economy • German culture • German politics

  15. In 1929 Germany suffered TWO disasters... (2) 1929 Wall Street Crash – this was the economic collapse of the USA (1) Gustav Stresemann died. The ‘Golden Age of Weimar’ died with him.

  16. THE DAWES PLAN 1924 Rep’s loans USA Germany GB & FRANCE War debts What PROBLEMS do you think the Wall Street Crash had on Germany? (think about where she was getting her money from to pay reparations). Hint: Think about where Germany was getting her money from and WHO she was paying it to.

  17. HISTORIOGRAPHY (AJP TAYLOR) “It was the Great Depression that put the wind in Hitler’s sails”. (click me for a short clip) • The Wall Street Crash in 1929 had huge consequences for Germany. • US loans dried up (loans that had saved Weimar) and unemployment soared – peaking at 5.5 million. • People remembered the earlier problems and once again the democratically-elected government seemed unable to cope – many turned to extremist parties. • HISTORIOGRAPHY • McKichan • DESPITE WEIMAR’S GOLDEN AGE… • “In 1929 it (Weimar) faced a disastrous economic blizzard in which much of what it had achieved was blown away.’’

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