History A-Level
The transition from democracy to dictatorship
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The transformation of Germany into a dictatorship between March 1933 and August 1934 through governmental and administrative change and the establishment of the one-party state.
Topics that use The transition from democracy to dictatorship
- 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 – The Nazi Dictatorship, 1933–1939 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- The role of violence and terror in politics
- The spectrum of resistance and non-conformity
- Volksgemeinschaft
- Coercion versus consent
- Indoctrination
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