A | B |
Black Shirts | "combat squads";supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process and were for violent action |
Il Duce (eel doo chay) | Another name for Mussolini meaning "The Leader" |
Ruhr Valley | France occupied area of Germany. When it was taken over, people protested, the government supported them by printing paper money and the move set off inflation that spiraled out of control |
Dawes Plan | a plan to reduce German reparations payments |
Mein Kampf | "My Struggle" a book written by Adolf Hitler which later became the book of Naxi goals and ideologies |
Third Reich | Hitler's rule of Germany |
Gestapo | Hitler's secret police who enforced Nazi goals |
Nuremberg Laws | severe restrictioins Hitler placed on Jews |
Kristallnacht | "Night of Broken Glass" where Nazi led mobs attacked Jewish communities |
chancellor | prime minister |
repudiate | reject |
concentration camp | detention center for civilians who are considered enemies of a state |
Facists | any authoritarian government that is not communist |