[3]Life In Nazi Germany [1919-1939]

Question 1

Who was in charge of German propaganda?

Answer 1

Joseph Goebbles

Question 2

ways Hitler used propaganda to make people follow him

Answer 2

newspaper, rallies, books, broadcasts, radio

Question 3

Ways propaganda was used to bring children into the Nazi way of life

Answer 3

Education system changed
Hitler youth

Question 4

Who was in charge of terror?

Answer 4

Himmler
Heydrich

Question 5

Who were the SS?

Answer 5

-Began as Hitlers personal bodyguards
-Group of elite soldiers who were ruthless and loyal to Hitler
-ran concentration camps

Question 6

Who were the SD?

Answer 6

The security service, spied on all opponents of the Nazi party

Question 7

What was the name of the secret police force?

Answer 7

The Gestapo

Question 8

Name types of people who were sent to concentration camps

Answer 8

• communists
• Homosexuals
• Jews
• Gypsies
• anyone who apposed Hitler

Question 9

Who were the edelweiss pirates?

Answer 9

A youth group who opposed the Nazis, hung around street corners, attacked and taunted the hitler youth

Question 10

Who were the swing youth?

Answer 10

A youth group to oppose the Nazis, Played illegal jazz records from America, Drank alcohol and partied

Question 11

3 examples of the nazi view of women

Answer 11

• kkk, [Kinder Kirche Kuche]
• No makeup
• Lots of kids

Question 12

What did nazis think of the purpose of education?

Answer 12

• To teach a new generation of nazis
• spread nazi ideas

Question 13

Ways nazis changed school subjects to fit with nazi ideals

Answer 13

• maths; plotting angles for bombs
• science; natural selection, how some species are better than others
• history; ToV, Glorified previous victories etc

Question 14

What was the hitler youth?

Answer 14

A Group for kids to attend and learn Nazi ideas

Question 15

What activities were given in the hitler youth?

Answer 15

Girls] Fitness, preparation to be a mother
Boys] fitness, military style training

Question 16

What was the beauty of labour organisation?

Answer 16

• Workers were offered cut-price holidays, theatre and concert trips.
• The kdf invented the Volkswagen
• govt. made sure veryone could get a cheap radio.

Question 17

What does invisible employment mean?

Answer 17

Unemployment statistics didn’t include certain groups, e.g Jews who got dismissed from their jobs.

Question 18

What methods [aside from Invisible Unemployment] did hitler use to reduce unemployment rates?

Answer 18

• Rearmament - Munitions factories
• compulsory military conscriptions
• National labour schemes [rad]
• Job creation schemes, e.g Autobahns

Question 19

3 examples of hitlers views of race

Answer 19

• Aryans are the master race
• Jews are subhuman [Undermench]
• Blond Hair, Blue Eyes

Question 20

Why did hitler prosecute the jews

Answer 20

• He blamed them for Germanys problems
• He used them as a scapegoat
• They were associated with communism

Question 21

Why did the persecution of Jews stop during the Olympic games?

Answer 21

The worlds eyes were on Germany, hitler wanted to look good and didn’t want to give anyone a reason to criticize

Question 22

Laws brought in against the jews

Answer 22

• Wear the star of david in public
• boycott of jewish shops
• no sex or marriage between jews and non jews

Question 23

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 23

A night of violence against the jews, organised by the nazi party. Gangs burned and smashed up jewish shops and businesses. Synagogues were destroyed.

Question 24

What happened after Kristallnacht?

Answer 24

• Goebbles blamed the jews for starting all the trouble
• Jews were fined 1bil. Marks for the damage
• 20,000 jews had been rounded up to concentration camps

Question 25

What was significant about kristallnacht?

Answer 25

First widespread violence against the jews, a taste of what was to come.