1) The Creation Of Thr Nazi Dictatorship 9: The Night Of The Long Knives

Question 0

What did the SA want?

Answer 0

They wanted a second revolution and the creation of a people’s army by merging the germany army with the SA

Question 1

Within 6 months of hitler coming to power what had he managed to do?

Answer 1

He managed to turn germany into a one-party dictatorship

Question 2

Who was the leader of the SA?

Answer 2

Ernst Röhm

Question 3

What did Röhm want to do?

Answer 3

Amalgamate the army and the SA into a people’s militia

Question 4

What did the SA consist of?

Answer 4

3 million committed Nazis with Hitler’s oldest

political friend, Ernst Röhm leading it

Question 5

But what was the only organisation that could unseat Hitler from political power?

Answer 5

The army

Question 6

What had the Enabling act of 1933 given hitler the power to do?

Answer 6

Make laws without first having to seek approval from the Reichstag

Question 7

What the did Nazis do with the Enabling act of 1933?

Answer 7

Took advantage of it and brought about many changes which have become known as the Nazi Revolution

Question 8

What were some of the first laws passed after the Enabling act?

Answer 8

• laws which removed political opponents and Jews from thr civil servie and judiciary
• Trade unions were banned

Question 9

What did the Sturmabteilung (SA) begin a new wave of?

Answer 9

A new wave of intimidation and fear and they broke into people’s homes and searched them

Question 10

By 1934 what were the few left of?

Answer 10

By 1934 there were very few people left who could openly oppose Hitler and Nazis

Question 11

Who were the ones who could diminish Hitler’s power?

Answer 11

President Hindenburg could dismiss Hitler at any time and the German army were capable of using their military expertise to overthrow the nazis

Question 12

If the SA opposed Hitler’s ideas what could they have posed?

Answer 12

They could have posed a threat to thr Nazi plans for the future of Germany

Question 13

By 1934 how many members did the SA have?

Answer 13

3 million

Question 14

Despite Ernst Röhm being extremely loyal to Hitler and being his oldest political friend, what did many high ranking nazi officials such as göring and goebbels advise hitler to do?

Answer 14

High ranking nazis such as göring and goebbels advised hitler to take action against the SA

Question 15

By the early 1930s what had the SA become?

Answer 15

Unruly and difficult to control

Question 16

What happened on the 30th of june 1934

Answer 16

Hitler and members of the SS arrested Ernst Röhm and Röhm and SA members were shot by members of the SS

Question 17

How many SA members are estimated to have been killed?

Answer 17

200

Question 18

What had Hitler eliminated?

Answer 18

He had eliminated the SA as a political and military force and brought the SA under his control by purging its leadership

Question 19

What was the SS now confirmed as?

Answer 19

The favoured organisation charged with protecting Hitler and the. Nazi party

Question 20

What colour shirts did the SA wear?

Answer 20

Brownshirts

Question 21

What colour shirts did the SS wear?

Answer 21

Blackshirts

Question 22

How were members of the SS chosen?

Answer 22

They were hand picked on the basis of their physical appearence, blood purity and devotion to the Nazi party

Question 23

By 1930 how many well trained members of the SS were there?

Answer 23

50,000

Question 24

Who was the leader of the SS?

Answer 24

Heinrich Himmler

Question 25

What were the SS given the power to do?

Answer 25

To arrest people without trial, to ransack homes and to confiscate people’s belongings

Question 26

What were the SS well known for?

Answer 26

Their cruelty and they struck fear across Germany

Question 27

What three branches was the SS split into?

Answer 27

• fighting units
  2. The Gestapo ( international security ) (secret police)
  3. Responsible for running concentration camps

Question 28

What did the Germany army do because hitler and the SS shot Röhm?

Answer 28

For shooting Röhm the army volunteered to swear an oath of allegiance to Hitler which tied the army to Hitler

Question 29

What was the significance of the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 29

The German army had aligned itself behind Hitler and it marked the emergence of the SS