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8. Attempts to create a Volksgemeinschaft, 1933-39 Flashcards

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What was the Nazis Volksgemeinschaft ?

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This meant building a Peoples community on a pure German Society of National Comrades whilst excluding Outsiders

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Why did the Nazis ultimately fail to create a Peoples Community?

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They failed to unite people of different classes or religion and were attempting to rule with fear and not genuine passion for Nazi beliefs

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Who did the Nazis mainly persecute? (6)

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  • Mentally ill\disabled
  • Asocials
  • Homosexuals
  • Gypsies
  • Minority religions
  • The Jews
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What was the Law introduced to persecute the disabled?

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the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring

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What did the Law introduced to persecute the Disabled do to disabled people?

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Sterilise them to prevent them from reproducing

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How many people were sterilised in Germany ?

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350,000

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What was the Action T4 programme?

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When doctors would euthanise any disabled children

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How did parents agree to Action T4?

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Threatening

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How did the Nazis persecute Asocials?

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Sent to labour camps or sterilised and murdered

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What colour of triangle would you wear if you were an Asocial ?

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Black

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What colour of triangle would Homosexuals be forced to wear?

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Pink

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What happened to a lot of homosexual men ?

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They were either castrated or forced to undergo experiments to cure them

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What would happen if a SS member was found to be Homosexual ?

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They would be shot

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How many Gypsies died under the Nazis?

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500,000

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What is the difference between the persecution of the Jews and the persecution of the Gypsies?

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The Gypsies were not at first targeted

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How were Jehovah Witnesses persecuted?

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Arrested and Killed

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Why were the Jews targeted?

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Many Germans blamed them for the war defeat and 1920s problems

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What were the main 3 Nuremberg laws?

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  • Marriage and sex banned between Jews and Aryans
  • Jews were stripped of German citizenship
  • Aryan genetic tests started
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How did the Nazis persecute Jews from 1936?

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Encouraging them to emigrate but only after paying high taxes

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How many more jews were under German control after the Anschluss?

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150,000

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What law affected Jewish Lawyers and Doctors?

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Jewish lawyers and doctors were not allowed Aryan clients

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What names must Jews add to their names ?

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Women must add Sarah

Men must add Israel

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What law affected Jewish businesses?

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Jews were not allowed to own buisnesses

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What law affected Jewish teachers and students?

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Jews were banned from Schools

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25
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When was Kristallnacht ?

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November 1938

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How many Jews were killed on Kristallnacht ?

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91

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How did German business owners benefit from Nazi rule?

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  • banning of trade unions

- rearmament

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How did Steel companies not benefit from Nazi rule?

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Nazis set up their own Steel companies which took precedent over those already established

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Who are the Mittelstand?

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Small and Medium sized companies in Germany

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What class did the Mittelstand being to ?

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Middle

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Why did Nazis gain the support of the Mittelstand?

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They were often the ones most effected by Hyperinflation and Weimar Economic problems

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What was the main benefit that the Nazis did for Mittelstand?

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  • A dramatic fall in unemployemnt

- Banning larger stores and putting higher taxes for bigger companies

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How did the Mittelstand gain from Jewish persecution?

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the Jewish ban on owning businesses reduced the competetion

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What was the Entailed Farm Law?

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This meant farms could not be sold or mortgaged, tying ownership to one family.

35
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Was the Entailed Farm Law successful ?

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It made it hard for farmers to gain loans as they could not use their farms as security

36
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What was the DAF?

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German Labour Front

37
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How did Workers’ benefit from the Nazi Party?

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  • Levels of unemployment fell

- policies were introduced to benefit workers

38
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How many people were unemployed in 1932?

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6 million

39
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How many people were unemployed in 1937?

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1 million

40
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What were the main reasons for the fall of unemployment?

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  • Investment in public works
  • The military conscription
  • Social programmes fro young people
41
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Who were not included in the unemployment figures?

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Jews and Women

42
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What is KdF?

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Strength through Joy

43
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What did KdF include?

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Leisure Activities

Holidays

Cars

Sport

Theatre and Cinema visits

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What was Schönheit der Arbeit ?

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Beauty of Work

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What did Schönheit der Arbeit aim to do?

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Improve workplace condition to enhance working and please the workers

46
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Who set up wages and other working conditions?

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The Trustees of Labour

47
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What increased as the average wages increased?

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Average working hours and amount of tax

48
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What were the three main boys youth groups?

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  • Cubs
  • Young German Boys
  • Hitler Youth
49
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What were the three main girls youth groups?

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Young Girls
League of German Maidens
Faith and Beauty

50
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What were two groups that women would join once they came of age?

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German Labour Front

German Students’ League

51
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Why did the Nazis put emphasis on youth groups ?

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They were aiming for a Thousand Year Reich and wanted to attract young people to back them

52
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How did the Nazis target young people?

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Propaganda at their schools and in their youth groups

53
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How many teachers were members of the Nazi teachers League by 1937?

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97%

54
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What did Girls lessons consist of ?

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Homemaking activates such as cooking and sewing

55
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When was the Catholic Teachers League shut down ?

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1937

56
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Who were normally allocated as teaching assistants ?

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Old Brown shirts

57
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How many teaching posts were empty in 1938 ?

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3000

58
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Who controlled the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens?

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Baldur von Schirach

59
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What would happen if a child refused to join a youth group?

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Threatened

Lack of Job offers

Effect the leaving Certificate

Fines or Prison for the parent

60
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What were two youth organisations that opposed the Nazis?

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Swing movement

Edelweiss Pirates

61
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What were Napolas?

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State boarding schools which were ran by the SS

62
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Who ran the Adolf Hitler Schools?

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Robert Ley and Hitler

63
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What did the nazis view a women role should be ?

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In the home, racing children and providing support for their Nazi Husbands

64
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What was given to encourage women to become Mothers?

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Loans and awards (Mother’s Cross Medal for women with four or more children)

65
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What happened to divorce laws?

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They were extended

66
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What would happen if a n Aryan married a non-Aryan ?

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They would face prison if they continued

67
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How many women were allowed to attend each University?

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10 %

68
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What jobs were women not allowed to do in Nazi Germany ?

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  • civil servants
  • doctors
  • lawyers
  • judges
69
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Did women have political influence?

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No because they were banned from serving as a deputy in the Reichstag

70
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Which group of men were women encouraged to have babies with?

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Aryan SS members

71
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What does Lebensborn mean?

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Life’s Springs

72
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What was the Nazis aim population?

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120 million

73
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Did Nazis succeed in controlling women?

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although there was an increase in births and marriages women continued to work especially during the war

74
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What type of Christianity did the Nazis advocate?

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‘Positive Christianity’

75
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How many Germans were Protestant ?

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40 million

76
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How many Germans were Catholic?

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22 Million

77
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What religion was Hitler raised in ?

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Catholic

78
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What was the Nazi Church?

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The Reich Church

79
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Which Christian movement did the Nazis support in 1933?

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Deutsche Christen - German Christians

80
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When was the Concordat signed?

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July 1933

81
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How were Protestant Churches targeted?

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By a Church Secession Campaign

82
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What was the Church Secession Campaign ?

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It was a movement aimed at persuading Germans to abandon their churches

83
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How many people abandoned their churches who worked at the government?

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100,000

84
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What movement did the Nazis plan to introduce after WW2?

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German Faith Movement

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