German Vocabulary for Beginners
@Jenny: The words are on the wiki site, but I'll post it here anyways.
Term | English Translation | Brief Explanation/Importance |
K aiser | Emperor | Abdicated throne immediately following WW1; replaced by democratic Weimar Republic |
P utsch | Armed Uprising; Rebellion | 2 important but failed ones in post War Germany: 1.) 1920-Kapp P utsch 2.) 1923 Munich P utsch |
Freikorps | Free Corps | Ex-soldiers involved with Kapp during his P ______ |
Mein Kampf | My Struggle | Title of Hitler’s book written in prison; |
Reichstag | Parliament | Elected members; building burned in 1933 |
Fuhrer | Father; Leader | Title adopted by Hitler; combo Chancellor/President |
G leischaltung | Totalitarianism | Policy used by Nazis to control ALL aspects of German life |
Volk | People | Used to describe Racial purity of Germans (ie Volkswagon-“Car of the People” |
| Lebensraum | Living Space | Policy that lead to expansionism to East/WW2 |
Gestapo (Gerheime Staatzpolizei) | Secret State Police | Secret Police established under Nazis |
| Kristallnacht | Crystal Night | Event involving large scale harassment/beatings/arrests of Jewish people |
| SturmAbteitung | Storm Troopers | “brownshirts” victims of Night of Long Knives |
| Schutz Staffel | | Replaced SA as military/security wing of Nazis |
Einsatzgruppen | Special Action Groups | Part of Gestapo “dealt” with Jewish problem |
Anschluss | Union | Forbidden by Treaty of Versailles, but re-established by Hitler in ‘38 |
Blitzkrieg | Lightning War | Swift, mechanized warfare used by Nazis 1939-41 |
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