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• Please get into your groups assigned by
yours truly 
• Please get out a writing utensil
• Please get out and turn in your peace terms
worksheet (the country role sheet)
The German Response
• Today we will be looking at two documents
that document the German response to the
Treaty of Versailles
1. The German reply memorandum written by the
German Foreign Minister Count BrockdorffRantzau
2. Adolf Hitler’s April 17, 1923 speech denouncing
the treaty
The German Response
In your groups you will:
1. Read the document independently as I read
it aloud
2. Discuss with your group and class what the
document is focusing on
3. Answer the questions provided as a group
Document 1: The German Reply
1. Read the document independently as I read it
aloud.
2. What is the document primarily focusing on?
3. What problems does Germany list that will
result in the ratification of the treaty?
4. What does the document say will happen to
Germany if the treaty is signed?
5. How might German feelings be toward the
treaty?
Document 2: Hitler’s Speech
(Background: The German Kaiser abdicated at the close of WWI and
was succeeded by a democratic republic known as the Weimar
Republic. It was the representatives of the Weimar Republic who
signed the Versailles Treaty for Germany.)
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Read the document independently as I read it aloud.
What is the document primarily focusing on?
Why is Hitler so bitter towards the Weimar Republic?
What does Hitler blame the Weimar Republic for?
What other goals does he link to the setting aside of the
treaty?
6. What actions is he alluding to at the end of the speech?
7. How might this speech appeal to the emotions of the
German people?