The document provides information about important people, events, economic developments, and cultural changes in Germany between 1924 and 1930 during the Weimar Republic. It mentions key figures like Stresemann and Bruning, economic policies and agreements like the Dawes Plan, Young Plan, and Rentenmark that addressed hyperinflation, cultural movements like the Bauhaus and New Objectivity, and social changes including the rise of nightclubs and changing attitudes. The multiple questions ask the student to choose details from the document or their own knowledge to answer questions about solving hyperinflation, improving lives, stabilizing the economy, the government's popularity, and Berlin's culture in the 1920s.

1. Who? What? Where?
See if you can give details about the following from German history 1924-1930.
Stresemann Bruning Dawes Plan
Young Plan Rentenmark Locarno Treaties
Kellogg Briand Pact League of Nations Marlene Dietrich
Fritz Laing Bauhaus movement New objectivity
Otto Dix 800,000,000 Reduced by 67%
72% up to 81% IG Farben Telephones
900 clubs Transvestites Schools and hospitals
35% of the vote 32 to 12 seats Censorship
Moral outrage Shorter skirts Up 10% from WW1
In 8 marker questions, you only have time to talk about 2 or 3 points. Which ones (from the above, or
your own) would you choose if the question was…
1. Explain how the Weimar Government solved the hyperinflation problem of 1923.
2. Explain how people’s lives improved in Germany in the 1920s.
3. Explain how the German economy was stabilised in the 1920s.
4. Why did the Weimar Government become more popular in the 1920s?
5. Explain why Berlin became the cultural capital of Europe in the 1920s.
6. Explain why Gustav Stresemann was so highly regarded in Germany in the 1920s.

2. High Level Reasoning
An A* can often be gained by the quality of reasoning in a conclusion. A pupil will show that they’ve
really grasped the complexity of the problem and have thought hard about what exactly what’s going
on. A* marks are only available in 12 and 15 markers.
Read this A* conclusion. Which are the high level reasoning sentences? What else makes this such a
good conclusion?
To what extent had Germany recovered economically by 1929? 12 marks
In conclusion, it seems that superficially, Germany had made great progress in her economic recovery.
Exports were increasing, real wages were higher, American money had been invested in industry
creating jobs and opportunities, people were spending. But we must dig deeper than this. In truth,
Germany’s recovery was built on foreign loans – even though they were aiming to move from
dependence to independence, this could not be achieved in the 5 or 6 years they had had so far, and
their economy was incredibly vulnerable to the whims of the American market. The economy looked
good, but in reality it was incredibly shaky: it had only made small steps towards recovery by 1929.
One of the keys to producing such conclusions is to have thought through your opinions carefully
before the exam. In the one hour of the Germany exam, you just won’t have time for deep thinking –
you need to have done this before you go into the exam room.
Get some deep thinking done now by reasoning through your ideas to the following issues:
1. Was the Rentenmark, the Dawes Plan or the Young Plan more helpful to Germany’s recovery
between 1924 and 1929?
2. How important was it that the farmers of Germany did not benefit economically in the 1920s?
3. To what extent were the Weimar Government and the democratic ideal “safe” in the 1920s?
4. Were the American loans or Germany’s entry to the League of Nations more significant in their
recovery in the 1920s?
5. Which was more significant in the Nazis losing seats in the 1920s: the negative image they
gained following the Munich Putsch or the successes of Stresemann?
6. October 1929: Wall Street Crash and Stresemann’s death. Which was the bigger blow to
Germany?

3. Inference Questions practice
Source A Source B
From “The Weimar Republic 1919-1933” by Ruth Part of a painting by Otto Dix in 1924, showing
Henig, published 1998. wounded WW1 veterans begging for money
outside a Berlin sex shop.
The hyperinflation of the 1920s had, to a certain extent
benefited the German farmers by reducing their debts.
Stabilisation in 1924 hit them hard. Between 1924 and
1930, taxes on farms rose 3.7 times. Farmers often
found themselves borrowing money to pay their taxes
and to buy seeds and machinery. They were unable to
pay off their debts as food prices stayed low,
particularly as people began to buy foreign goods. The
average German’s real income rose by 45% from 1924
to 1930 – but the farmer’s rose by 4.5%.
Q: What can we learn from Sources A and B about people’s lives in Germany in the 1920s? 5 marks
Source C Source D
A photo of Stresemann, British Prime Minister From the speech given at the Nobel Prize
Chamberlain and French Prime Minister Briand, ceremony in 1926, when Stresemann received his
meeting in 1925 at Locarno, Switzerland. prize.
If we really want to put an end to war, if we want to be
rid of heavy armaments, the governments must, as I
have said, stake everything upon the policy of the
League of Nations without thinking about any lines of
retreat. They must work in every way and at every
opportunity to build up the power and strength of the
League… For his work in helping Germany to join
and strengthen this group, I am honoured to present
Herr Gustav Stresemann with this Prize.
Q: What can we learn from Sources C and D about the work of Stresemann in the 1920s? 5 marks
Source E Source F
A photo of some Bauhaus buildings, built in A British visitor to Berlin in 1925 remembers an
Germany in the 1920s. experience in a club.
The first person I saw was a Danish gentleman.
Someone had spilled a champagne bucket down him
and he was running gleefully across the floor, trousers
hitched high. There were some beautiful women there
– at least I thought so until I found myself standing
beside one at the urinal.
Q: What can we learn from Source E and F about social changes in Germany in the 1920s? 5 marks