Crisis in Germany 1919-1923

In the textbooks

Essential Germany 1918-1945 (purple) Chapter 1

Germany 1918-1945 (white) Chapter 1

Main points for revision.

Simple version

More detailed

Notes from text book

Key points (Word)

Key points (PowerPoint)

Simple gap filling exercise

The end of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany after the First World War

German government after the war

The Treaty of Versailles

Why Germans hated the treaty

Why they hated the Treaty (animation)

Reactions to the Treaty

Penalty shootout

Fling the Teacher

The start of the Weimar Republic: fighting in the streets.

The body in the canal

Germany in crisis

Luxemburg and Ebert (animation)

'Half a min' quiz (interactive)

Weimar in Crisis (interactive)

The crisis of 1923.

Why was there a crisis

Life during inflation

Life during inflation (PowerPoint)

The story of Helga Eitling (animation)

Planning an essay