Board: AQA | Option: Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 (2O); also Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship, 1919–1963 (2E) | Assessment Objective: AO3
This section collects all Explaining History resources for AQA teachers working on the Nazi Germany component. Resources are organised by type and labelled by the Assessment Objective they support. Free resources are open to all; full packs are available to subscribers.
Available Resources
| Resource | AO | Access |
|---|---|---|
| AO3 Interpretation Pack: Nazi Germany Key historiographical debates on Weimar’s collapse, Hitler’s leadership, the nature of the Nazi state, the Holocaust, consent and coercion, and the Nazi economy. Includes paired comparison tasks designed for AQA-style interpretation questions. | AO3 | First debate free — full pack for subscribers |
Further resources — knowledge organisers, graded exemplar answers, and practice questions — are in development and will be added here when available.
Key Historiographical Debates Covered
- Why did the Weimar Republic collapse in 1933? (Peukert, Evans, Harold James)
- Was Hitler a strong or weak dictator? (Trevor-Roper, Broszat, Mommsen, Kershaw)
- Who were the perpetrators of the Holocaust — and why did they kill? (Browning, Goldhagen, Dawidowicz)
- Did ordinary Germans consent to the Nazi regime? (Gellately, Evans)
- Why did Germany go to war in 1939 — and could the economy sustain it? (Mason, Overy, Tooze)
