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He whom was weakened in the Reichstag by 1884 as the two largest parties (Centre Party, and German Free Minded Party, respectively) both opposed him and together outnumbered the conservatives and National Liberal Party whom no longer constituted a majority
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Otto von Bismarck
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The idea of a 'people's community' - unified, classless, and racially pure - promoted by the Nazis, allowing them to tap into a broad rather than sectarian base of support
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Volksgemeinschaft
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A centre-right party of the middle class and industrialists, opposed to the Weimar Republic and supportive of the monarchy
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German People's Party (DVP)
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The year in which 10,000 Jews whom had left Germany due to anti-Semitism such as the 1933 boycott of Jewish shops, returned as anti-Semitic repression seemed to decline
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1935
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The 25 states that together comprised the German Empire
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Länder
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That party the key aims of which were to unite Germany, enshrine in law liberty and the rule of law, strengthen the Reichstag, continue to evolve the constitution, and promote and protect free trade
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National Liberal Party (NLP)
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That which has often been criticised as proportional representation never produced majorities, instead causing instability with 9 Chancellors from November 1918 to November 1923, and 28 parties by 1928, while article 48 was abused by Hindenburg and Hitler
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Weimar Constitution
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Literally, enemies of the empire, such as France, Catholics, or socialists, used by Bismarck to unite the German population, and distract people from calling for democracy
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Reichsfeinde
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That body which best reflected the four principal divisions of the German Empire, namely political (conservative Prussia, liberal south), religious (Catholic south, Protestant north), ethnic (national minorities), and social (class)
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Reichstag
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That which German High Command - to the opposition of Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg - resumed in 1917 in the hopes of starving the UK into surrender
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The Nazi concern of how to respond to the imagined infiltration and corruption by Jews of the German state, culture, and race
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Jewish Problem
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A treaty between Russia, Austria, and Germany to come to the aid of each other in the case of attack by a fourth power (France), undermined by the war in sight crisis by splitting Germany and Russia and dissolved over Austro-Russian disputes in the Balkans
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Three Emperor's League
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That party which Bismarck was willing to abandon over tariffs in 1879 as the Centre Party and the conservatives were now dominant in the Reichstag, while he also hoped correctly that such a move would split said party, leaving it with only its more conservative members
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National Liberal Party (NLP)
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The election after which Bismarck had more trouble from the Reichstag due to the decline of the National Liberal Party (NLP) and rise of the Centre Party (ZP) and German Progress Party (DFP)
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1881 Election
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21st to 26th June 1933 where the SA, SS, and police systematically arrested, beat, tortured, and murdered people (including many Social Democratic Party (SPD) members) in Köpernick, Berlin, an area widely considered both Jewish and communist
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Köpernick Week of Blood
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That, which under Joseph Goebbels saw great success in the fact that it reinforced already existing beliefs and ideas, quietened dissent by promoting an image of national consensus, and took great care to respond at least superficially to the concerns of the masses such as regarding food prices (gathered through various state agencies), allowing the regime to remain popular
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Propaganda
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He who suggested a government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Centre Party (ZP), and German Progress Party (DFP), be formed under Prince Maximilian von Baden, so as to democratise and thus quell unrest and increase Germany's negotiating position, while saving as much of the old system as possible, and also passing blame for defeat to the Reichstag
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Erich Ludendorff
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He who tried to encourage unity in Germany by fostering a national German identity in the form of using only German in schools and public life, teaching nationalism in schools, creating a German flag and anthem, and celebrating German cultural, economic, social, and military achievements
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Otto von Bismarck
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That kind of division in the German Empire, reflected in Reichstag membership, which caused disunity as Southern, Rhineland, and Ruhr Catholics were uneasy about living in a state with a Protestant Prussian dominated administrated
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Religious Division
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A massacre of millions of pigs in 1915 intended to reduce the need for fodder which - though causing an initial excess supply - led to an even greater shortage of meat and a fall in crop yields due tot he loss of a supply of fertilizer
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Schweinemorde
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