Summary:
Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for OCR AS History: Dictatorship and Democracy in Germany 1933-63.
Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of OCR AS History: Dictatorship and Democracy in Germany 1933-63 with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam.
Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunksEncourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activitiesHelps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questionsK/li>Includes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes
CONTENTS:
Section 1: How effectively did Hitler establish and consolidate Nazi authority 1933-45?
Aims of the Nazis
Nazi admission to power in 1933
Nazi consolidation of power
Hitler and government
The Police State
Resistance
Exam focus
Section 2: To what extent did the Nazis transform German society?
Changes in society
Women and the family
The Churches
Propaganda and control
'Racial purity'
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism: genocide
Exam focus
Section 3: To what extent and in what ways did communism transform the GDR?
Potsdam and the establishment of the Soviet zone
The consolidation of communism under the SED
The Berlin Blockade and the emergence of the GDR
Economic change in the GDR
Social change in the GDR
The Berlin Wall
Exam focus
Section 4: How far did Western democratic structures succeed in the Federal Republic?
The Western zones 1945-9
The West German Constitution
Political parties
The Western economy
Western integration
Social changes and Adenauer's decline
Exam focus
About the Author(s):
Nick Fellows was Head of History for over twenty years. He has written on Tudor and Stuart England, including Tudor rebellions and the Mid-Tudor Crisis, and on Twentieth Century World History.
Readership:
AS history students studying this unit