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Name: CCAHomeGroup:LearningGroup:IndexNumber: UNITYSECONDARYSCHOOL PRELIMINARYEXAMINATION2022SECONDARYFOUREXPRESSSECONDARYFIVENORMALACADEMIC HUMANITIES2273/02 PAPER2HISTORY 26AUGUST2022 1HOUR40MINUTES Additional Materials: 4WritingPapers READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Write your name, CCA Home Group, and Learning Group on the question paper and all theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueor blackinkonbothsidesof thepaper.Donot usestaples, paper clips, highlighters, glueor correctiontape. SectionAAnswer all partsof Question1. SectionBAnswer onequestion. Start SectionBonafreshpieceof paper. Submit all sectionsevenif not attempted.Submit SectionAandSectionBseparately. Candidatesareencouragedtosupport their answerswithrelevant examples.At theendof theexam, tiethewritingpaperstogether andhandthemin.Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question. Thetotal number of marksfor thispaper is50. Thispaperconsistsof6printedpages,includingthiscoverpage. Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page1of 6 USSPRELIM2022

SectionA:Source-BasedCaseStudy[30m] Question1iscompulsoryforallcandidates. Studythesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothesourcesyouaretoldto use.In answeringthequestionsyoushoulduseyourknowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. Whydoyouthinkthisposterwaspublishedatthistime?Usethesourceandyourknowledgetosupportyouranswer. [5] (b) StudySourceB. Howreliableis thissourceas evidenceaboutlifeduringtheWeimarRepublic?Explainyouranswer. [5] (c) StudySourcesCandD. DoeswhatSourceD saysmakeSourceC moreusefulasevidenceabouttheReichstagFire?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourcesEandF. DoesSourceE provethatwhattheGermansaysaboutthesituationinGermanyinSourceFiscorrect?Explainyouranswer. [6] (e) Studyallthesources. ‘‘Hitlerachievedabsolutepowerin Germanydueto hisskilfulleadershipabilities.”Howfardothesesourcessupportthisview?Usethesourcesandyourknowledgetoexplainyouranswer. [8] Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page2of 6 USSPRELIM2022

HowdidHitlerachieveabsolutepowerinGermany? BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully. Itmayhelpyoutoanswersomeofthequestions. TheWeimarRepublicwasGermany’s governmentfrom1919to1933,theperiodafterWorldWarOneuntiltheriseofNaziGermany. On30January1933,GermanPresidentPaulvonHindenburg,a warhero,wasconvincedbyhisadvisorsthatHitlermustbegiventhechancellorshiptoensurethesupportoftheNaziPartyandafunctionalgovernment.OnceappointedasChancellor, Hitlerimmediatelycalledforanelectionto beheldon5 March1933.Thenon27February1933,theGermanReichstagbuildingburneddown.Hitlersubsequentlywentonto takea seriesofactionswhichpavedthewayforNazidictatorship. HowdidtheNazisconsolidatetheirpower?DidHitlerachievepowerbecauseofhisskilfulleadershipabilitiesorbecauseoftheweaknessoftheWeimarRepublic? SourceA: A NaziposterfromtheMarch1933election.Thetextreads:"Inthedeepestneed,HindenburgchoseAdolfHitlerforReichChancellor.YoutooshouldvoteforList1.” Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page3of 6 USSPRELIM2022

SourceB: Adaptedfroma newsarticletitled,“WhytheWeimarRepublicfell”,publishedinEngland,1938. HitlerbecameChancellorjustin thesamewayasanyofhispredecessors:bybeingappointed.Therewasnoreasonwhythepeopleshouldsubmittotyrannyagainsttheirwill.Theyfollowedthetyrantvoluntarily, manyofthemjubilant. Howcouldit happen?Sevenmillionunemployed,themiddleclasssweptaway.TheGreatDepressionrapidlyproducedthemostdreadfulpoverty. I donotbelievethattheGermanswouldhavefollowedHitlerinhishatesandrevengesiftheyhadbeenlivingunderreasonablygoodsocialconditionsinsteadofsufferingsomuchunemploymentandhardship.TheNaziregimeisnotHitler’sachievementalone.Ithasgrownnaturallyoutofa rottendemocracy, andthatrottennessisthenaturalconsequencesofunequaleconomicconditions. SourceC: AcartoonpublishedinaBritishnewspaper, March1933. \ Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page4of 6 USSPRELIM2022

SourceD: Adaptedfroma memoirwrittenbya Germancommunistwhowasarrestedand sentto concentrationcampduringthe Nazirule,publishedin1995. Merelysix daysbeforetheMarch1933election,theclumsybusinessof theReichstagfirehappened– I cannotimaginethatanyonereallybelievesthatthecommunistperpetratorshada role,insteadofit beingpaidNaziwork.ThenwhataboutthewildprohibitionsandactsofviolencebytheNazis.Andontopofthatthenever-endingpropagandainthestreet,ontheradioetc. SourceE: Adaptedfroma memoirwrittenby AlbertSpeer, theformerNaziMinisterof Armaments.Thiswaspublishedin 1969,shortlyafterSpeerwasreleasedfromprison.Heserveda sentenceof twentyyearsforhisroleincommittingcrimesagainsthumanityduringWWII. In 1931,Hitlerwasdeliveringanaddresstoa largecrowdin Nuremberg.Hitlerenteredandwasimmediatelyhailedbyhisnumerousfollowersamongworkers,farmers,andbusinessmen.It seemedto mehewastheonlyonewhoofferedhope.He offerednewideals,a newunderstanding,andnewtasks.Hitlerpersuadedusthatwithhisleadership,communismwouldnolongerthreatentotakeawayourjobs,ourhomes,ourfreedom.HitlerwouldmoveGermanytowardseconomicrecovery, insteadofhopelessunemployment.Thenextday, I appliedformembershipintheNaziPartyandbecamemembernumber474,481. SourceF: Adaptedfroman interviewwitha Nazisupporterin 1935,onhisexperiencelivinginBerlinundertheWeimarleadership. In1930,I cametoBerlinfroma smalltowncalledNortheim.Inmytimethere,Iobservedmanythingsin Berlinwhichcouldnotbenoticedinsmalltowns.I sawthecommunistterror, theirgangsbreakinguppoliticalmeetingsandusingtheirthugsto seizepowerin severalgovernmentbuildingsat differenttimes.TheWeimargovernmentwasutterlyhelpless.I sawthe completefailureof thegovernmentto dealwiththecrisis.Oversevenmillionpeoplewerealsooutofworkandthenationalbankwasonthebrinkofcollapse.Nobodyknewofanywaytodealwithit. Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page5of 6 USSPRELIM2022

SectionB:Structured-EssayQuestions[20m] Answeronequestion. 2 ThisquestionisonWorldWarTwoinEurope. (a) ExplainwhyHitler’s actionsthreatenedpeacein Europein the1930s. [8] (b) “Britainfolloweda policyofappeasementasit neededtobuytimeforrearmamentagainstGermany.” Howfardoyouagreewiththestatement?Explainyouranswer. [12] 3 ThisquestionisonColdWar. (a) ExplainwhyNATOwasformedin1949. [8] (b) “America’s containmentpolicywasa bigsuccessin hinderingthespreadof communismin Europe.”Howfardoyouagreewiththisstatement?Explainyouranswer. [12] ***ENDOFPAPER*** ©Copyright Acknowledgement SourceA https://hist1049-20.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/24SourceB https://alphahistory.com/weimarrepublic/heilig-how-hitler-came-to-power-1938/SourceC https://www.la-politica.com/hitler-vaticano/hitler-represion/SourceD https://spartacus-educational.com/ExamRHU23.htmSourceE Speer, A. (1970). InsidetheThirdReich, NewYork: Simon&Schuster, p.18.SourceF Allen, W.S. (1965). TheNazi seizureof power: Theexperienceof asingleGermantown, 1930–1935.Chicago: QuadrangleBooks. Sec4E5NHUMANITIES(HISTORY) Page6of 6 USSPRELIM2022