3. germany- nazi control Flashcards
through terror and propaganda
what did the enabling act mean for the government?
- they could read people’s post
- listen in on their conversations
- search homes without notice
what type of state was Germany turning into?
a police state whereby the police would supervise and restrict the activities of the Germans
who were top jobs within the police given to?
high ranking Nazis
what happened to civil servants who didn’t support the nazis
they were sacked
what was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich?
- passed in 1934
-gave the Nazis total power over local government
who controlled the legal system?
- Nazis
- consequently all judges were Nazis and there was no trial by jury
what was the SD?
nazi intelligent service
when was the SD set up? who was it set up by?
- march 1934
- Reinhard Heydrich
what was the aim of the SD?
to spy on all Germans
How did the Nazis get German people to conform through terror ?
- SS, completely loyal to hitler and feared by the people
- first concentration camps set up after 1933 initially to hold political prisoners
what was the gestapo and how did it control people?
- the secret police
- people were encouraged to report anyone to the gestapo who they believed were anti Nazi
- gestapo was aided by local wardens who would ensure that Germans were loyal to the local regime
- most germans were prepared to accept the new regime either out of fear or because they agreed with the Nazis’ aims
who was goebbels and what did he do?
- he was in charge of the nazi ‘propaganda machine’ to promote main Nazi ideas
- he cultivated the ‘Hitler myth’ which portrayed hitler as a saviour of germany
what did the Nuremberg rallies do?
it was a huge propaganda event that gave the impression that the Nazis were bringing strength and order after a period of chaos
how did the Nazis promise to rebuild germany ?
by abolishing the treaty of versailles and restoring political stability
what messages did the Nazis promote?
antisemetic and anti communist messages
what did the Nazis control as methods of propaganda?
- radios
- books
- art and music
- films
- rallies
- newspapers
- 1936 berlin olympics
how did the nazis control radios?
- cheap radios were manufactured so that most germans could afford one
- controlled broadcasting
- listening to the BBC was punishable by death
how did the nazis control books?
- to be published all books needs Goebbels permission
- in 1933 books which held ideas the Nazis didn’t approve of were burned
how did nazis control art and music?
- only Nazi approved painters could show their work
- Jazz was banned as ‘black’ music
how did nazis control rallies?
The yearly rallies at Nuremberg were used to display unity order and discipline
how did Nazis control the 1936 berlin olympics?
- suggest the superiority of the Aryan race
how did nazis control newspapers?
- anti-Nazi ideas could not be printed as editors were told what they could print
- The circulation of newspapers fell by about 10% as they became dull to read
how did nazis control films?
- goebbels ordered that all films, whether factual or fictional, had to have a pro Nazi message
- All foreign films were censored
- before each feature, that would be a newsreel made by Goebbels filmmakers
what did the nazis wish to create?
- a volksgemeinschaft (national community) of Aryan Germans who were loyal to Hitler and the state
- They hoped there would be no distinction between farmers, workers and so on, as the Nazis saw themselves primarily as Germans
- They wanted to put the interests of the country before their own
- they hoped to restore pride and the belief that Germany was a racially and culturally superior nation
