History · GCSE · The 20th-Century World

The Stresemann years and Weimar culture, 1924–1929

gcse-hist-1ab-1-3bFree0:25Heddy Score 2 of 7, below the standard

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What you need to know

  • Stresemann ended hyperinflation with a new currency, the Rentenmark.
  • The Dawes Plan brought American loans and eased reparation payments.
  • The Young Plan cut the total bill and spread it over more years.
  • Locarno, League membership and the Kellogg-Briand Pact improved Germany's standing abroad.

In this clip

0:00–0:35Defeat in 1918 and the end of the monarchygcse-hist-1ab-1-2a
0:35–1:36Weimar democracy under attack, 1919–1923hh5
1:36–2:16Reparations, the Ruhr and hyperinflationgcse-hist-1ab-1-2b
2:40–3:05The Stresemann years and Weimar culture, 1924–1929gcse-hist-1ab-1-3b
3:05–3:43The Depression and the rise of the Nazisgcse-hist-1ab-2-1
3:43–4:17How Hitler became Chancellorgcse-hist-1ab-2-2
4:17–5:17From Chancellor to Führer, 1933–1934gcse-hist-1ab-2-3
5:17–6:10Women, young people, schools and the churchesgcse-hist-1ab-3-2a
6:10–6:54The Nazi economy, 1933–1939gcse-hist-1ab-3-1a
7:22–8:04Germans at war, 1939–1945gcse-hist-1ab-3-1b
8:04–8:46Racial policy, persecution and the Final Solutiongcse-hist-1ab-3-2b
Heddy Score2/7, Below the standard
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Ten-minute animated overview of Germany from 1918 to 1945; ideal as a first pass through the GCSE Germany option.

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