German History Quiz

Nick22 · **Reply #180 on:** April 01, 2005, 01:30:19 PM

Albert Speer?

Malte279 · **Reply #181 on:** April 01, 2005, 02:32:29 PM

Yes. He pleaded guilty (being responsible for many of the crimes against forced laborers). Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #182 on:** April 01, 2005, 03:03:26 PM

Who was the last high-tranking Nazi to die?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #183 on:** April 01, 2005, 03:52:27 PM

Depends on the definition of "high" ranking. But I suppose you're refering to Rudolf Hess who committed suicide in jail in 1987.

Nick22 · **Reply #184 on:** April 01, 2005, 03:54:32 PM

Yep. Hess was 92 or 93 at the time, and his mental health was in question. I personally think he went insane while in prison, but I have no proof of that.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #185 on:** April 01, 2005, 04:33:39 PM

I guess his being considered insane (because of his little trip to Scotland during the war) was one of the reasons for him not being executed.
What was the name of the German colony in China?

Nick22 · **Reply #186 on:** April 07, 2005, 11:26:16 AM

Kioachow, which was located in northeastern China.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #187 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:20:26 PM

Right.
"Important" was mainly Kioachow's the harbor Tsingtao.
The German colonies in general were mainly established for prestige "reasons" which didn't stop the Germans there from arrogant behaviour towards the natives and even the committing genocide in African colonies.
Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #188 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:23:59 PM

Who took Kiaochow from the Germans after the World War I?

Malte279 · **Reply #189 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:27:18 PM

Depends on how late after WWI. During the war (in 1914) the Japanese conquered Kiaochow, and it wasn't returned to China until 1922.

Nick22 · **Reply #190 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:31:16 PM

I'll accept either one. Your turn Malte

Malte279 · **Reply #191 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:46:38 PM

Especially during WW1 German soldiers were named "Huns" (the huns were a people that invaded Europe during the migration of nations and became almost a synonyme for barbarism though it is to be questioned whether other people were much less ruthless than them at that time) by their enemys.
Apart from crimes committed by German soldiers there is a special reason for this naming of them. A direct reference. Please name it.

Nick22 · **Reply #192 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:52:51 PM

Yes, the Huns came initially from Russia and thier leader Antilla became particularly infamous for his brutality.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #193 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:54:37 PM

True, but the applying of the name to the German soldiers at that time had a particular reason that had not directly to do with an action of one soldier. That reason for the naming is what the question is about.

Nick22 · **Reply #194 on:** April 11, 2005, 09:57:30 AM

Well, all I could find is that Huns was a Deragatory name, much like "kraut". It didn't give any specifics.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #195 on:** April 11, 2005, 10:22:14 AM

There is a very specific reason for this name. It is not arbitrary. The name has something to do with a speech delivered by one German in the early 20th century. Who held this speech and what did it say?

Nick22 · **Reply #196 on:** April 13, 2005, 09:39:34 AM

Kaiser Wilhelm in 1900. The speech adressed the Troops he was sending to China to help put down the Boxer rebellion. He instructed them to show the Chinese no mercy and act like the Attila and the Huns would have.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #197 on:** April 13, 2005, 01:47:52 PM

Exactly!
That infamous "Hun speech" caused quite a bit of frowning both in Germany and (probably even more) in other countries. That name stuck to the Germans during WW1 (pilots were instructed for example to "Beware the Hun coming out of the sun") and partly through WW2.
Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #198 on:** April 13, 2005, 01:50:17 PM

Name 3 people who were acquitted at the Nuremburg Trials.
nick

Malte279 · **Reply #199 on:** April 13, 2005, 01:59:20 PM

Franz von Papen, Horace Greely Hjalmar Schacht, and Hans Fritzsche. Every single one of them was later tried and convicted to imprisonments in later trials.