Problems of the Weimar Republic

Source questions

2010

(a) Study Source A

Why was this cartoon published in Germany in 1919? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

(b) Study Source B

How useful is this source as evidence about Germany in 1923? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

2008

SOURCE A

(a) Study Source A

Do you think most Germans in 1921 would have agreed with this cartoon? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

(b) Study Source B

How useful is this account of the French occupation of the Ruhr? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer.

2005

SOURCE A

A cartoon published in a German newspaper in July 1919. It shows Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, as a vampire feeding on Germany

(a) Study Source A

Why was this cartoon published in July 1919? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

SOURCE B

A German cartoon published in 1923. The woman represents the French army. The words at the bottom say ‘Hands off the Ruhr’

(b) Study Source B

Are you surprised by this cartoon? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [6]

2000

SOURCE A

A photograph from 1924 of Hitler and his fellow Nazis in prison after the Munich Putsch

(a) Study Source A

Does this source prove that the Munich putsch was a disaster for the Nazi Party? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [6]