Edexcel A2 History - Germany 1900-45 - Monday 8th June 2015 [Exam Discussion Thread]

What q is this?


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What q is this?


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I just think it'll be on opposition rather than morale, but you can link the two together easily! The nazi party as a minor irritant during the 1920s? I hate that question so much haha

How would you answer the minor irritant question on the nazis??? xx

I have done it before, I will try and find it and post it here!

Ah fair enough, opposition is also a good one. What's the actual likelihood of final solution, has come up before as a factor question so I'm skeptical

Minor irritant you do a paragraph on rising popularity eg membership and increasing national exposure eg Munich putsch and anti-Young plan. Then a paragraph that they were in fact a minor irritant, analysing the failure of Munich putsch and the anti young plan, as well as downward voting trends and comparatively low support,
Final paragraph you do 'they were an irritant but they had the potential to be a threat in later years' and talk about the creation of the volksgemeinschaft, the new structure and electoral success in the agricultural region is G eg schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia = shows the nazis may be able to take control of economic downturn

I think it could come up tbh, loads to say on it!! Maybe in a question about the overall impact of the Second World War, with a particular focus on the German people?
I just hope we don't get horribly worded questions - will waste valuable planning time trying to understand what they're asking


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I think questions could be on opposition and morale together during WW2 , Nazi consolidation of power , or something on the second Reich eg: was it an autocracy or not ....

Morale has never come up before .

Ah fair enough, opposition is also a good one. What's the actual likelihood of final solution, has come up before as a factor question so I'm skeptical

Hey, sorry for the probably obvious question but, what were the 2008 and 2009 questions set? I assume that they did this paper in those years too but I can only find past questions dating back to 2010 onwards
Judging by the 2010 onwards questions, they haven't set anything on how autocratic/democratic/how much moderate reform in the second reich nor have they set a question on the NSDAP's consolidation of power in 1933! Or have they...???
I hope not cause those two would be my best questions! The threats to WR 1019-23 would be good too-do you think they'll set that?
Thank you so so much I'm stressing that I can't find these papers :O

I'm starting to worry about Part B, could someone explain how you would structure it? It would be much appreciated. THank you

Yeah they haven't asked anything about Nazi Consolidation so we think that's a big one to come up along with possibly a Second Reich question or Final Solution.


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Yes let's hope that they do choose them and even if they both featured in these 2008 and 2009 papers, that was a long time ago so they are bound to pull up on both of those topics now!
I haven't studied past the consolidation of power at my school but hopefully there will be one nice question!

Just to clarify, main points for a consolidation of power in 1933 essay:
legal rev
violence
removing opposition

I'm not sure of anything else to put in
xx

Hello, what could come up for opposition and morale together during WW2? thank you

"Systematic extermination emerged as the Final Solution to the Jewish Question as a result of the chaotic nature of the Nazi state"

For this question, what does it actually mean by chaotic nature???

Also would you include these points:

Hitler's intentions
Impact of the war
Ordinary Germans

Thanks xxx