Question 157 · Federal question
The National Socialists with Adolf Hitler established in Germany in 1933...
German original (as asked in the real test)
Die Nationalsozialisten mit Adolf Hitler errichteten 1933 in Deutschland …
- A eine Diktatur. ✓ Correct answer
- B einen demokratischen Staat.
- C eine Monarchie.
- D ein Fürstentum.
Translation
The National Socialists with Adolf Hitler established in Germany in 1933...
- A a dictatorship. ✓ Correct answer
- B a democratic state.
- C a monarchy.
- D a principality.
Explanation
In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists dismantled democratic institutions of the Weimar Republic, centralized power, suppressed opposition, and ruled without free elections or separation of powers—characteristics of a dictatorship.
Tips
- Watch for keywords like "1933," "Hitler," and "National Socialists" that signal the end of the Weimar Republic and the start of authoritarian rule.
- Use elimination: a democracy conflicts with one-party rule and repression; a monarchy had ended in 1918; a principality refers to small hereditary states, not applicable to Germany in 1933.
- Recall core indicators of regimes: free elections, rule of law, separation of powers (democracy) vs. one-party control, censorship, persecution of opposition (dictatorship).
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