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ACTIVITIES<br />

Essays<br />

1. The existence of Article 48 ensured the collapse of the Weimar Republic.<br />

Discuss.<br />

2. Discuss the view that the ‘old order’ betrayed the Weimar Republic between1930<br />

and 1933.<br />

3. Do you agree with the view that the collapse of the Weimar Republic was<br />

inevitable?<br />

4. The achievement of the Weimar Republic was that it lasted for fourteen years.<br />

Do you agree with this view?<br />

Source-based Questions<br />

1. Was the death of Stressemann as described in Source A ‘an irreplaceable loss’?<br />

2. What circumstances led the author of Source B to write to the Army?<br />

3. How accurate is the Communist analysis of the Election of September 1930 in<br />

Source D?<br />

4. Is Source E correct in claiming the old order ‘had ceased to exercise any decisive<br />

influence’ in German political life?<br />

5. What light do Sources A, D and F shed on political life in <strong>Germany</strong> in the early<br />

1930s?<br />

6. How far do Sources C and F agree on the growing threat of the Nazis in the early<br />

1930s?<br />

<strong>History</strong>: <strong>Germany</strong>: Versailles to the Outbreak of World War II - 1918-1939 (AH) 66

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