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History of Europe 1 HISTORY Subject : History Paper No. : Paper - VI History of Modern Europe Topic No. & Title : Topic – 3 Europe between 1914 & 1945 Lecture No. & Title : Lecture - 11 Hitler, Nazism and the Second World War (For under graduate student) GLOSSARY Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) Leader of the Nazi Party, who came to power in 1933 and established a fascist dictatorship in Germany; notorious for his anti-Jewish policy that resulted in the massacre of thousands of Jews. Nazism The ideology and practice of the Nazi Party of Germany which was a unique variety of fascism that incorporated anti-communism, biological racism and anti-Semitism. History of Europe 2 Weimar Republic The parliamentary republic set up in Germany in 1919.Had to face manifold problems including hyper-inflation, the obligations of the Treaty of Versailles and political unrest. Its failure provided the Nazis with the opportunity to seize power. Gleischaltung The concept of coordinating German society. It found expression in the Nazi desire for total power and in ensuring the racial purity of Germans. Sturmabteilung or Storm Troopers The private army of Hitler formed in 1921, consisting of former members of the Freicorps and veteran soldiers of the Great War. They wore khaki shirts with swastika armbands, ski-caps, knee breeches, woollen socks and combat boots; used to disrupt meetings of political opponents especially the communists. History of Europe 3 Fuhrer A German title meaning leader; the unique title that Hitler gave to himself to indicate that he was the supreme ruler of Germany. Treaty of Versailles (1919) Peace Treaty at the end of the First World War between Germany and the Allied Powers which made Germany responsible for causing the war, and imposed a range of humiliating clauses on it. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 – 1941) The German Emperor from 1888 to 1918. He declared the policy of welt politik or world policy which wanted to project Germany as a leading power. Gustav Stresemann (1878 – 1929) Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the period of Weimar Republic in Germany, who contributed to its stability and survival for a few years. History of Europe 4 Bolshevik Revolution (1917) A successful political revolution led by Lenin in Russia to overthrow the Provisional Government of Kerensky and give power to the Bolsheviks (Communists).