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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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When was Kristallnacht ?
November 1938
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How many Jews were killed on Kristallnacht ?
91
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How did German business owners benefit from Nazi rule?
- banning of trade unions | - rearmament
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How did Steel companies not benefit from Nazi rule?
Nazis set up their own Steel companies which took precedent over those already established
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Who are the Mittelstand?
Small and Medium sized companies in Germany
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What class did the Mittelstand being to ?
Middle
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Why did Nazis gain the support of the Mittelstand?
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?
- 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?
the Jewish ban on owning businesses reduced the competetion
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What was the Entailed Farm Law?
This meant farms could not be sold or mortgaged, tying ownership to one family.
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Was the Entailed Farm Law successful ?
It made it hard for farmers to gain loans as they could not use their farms as security
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What was the DAF?
German Labour Front
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How did Workers' benefit from the Nazi Party?
- Levels of unemployment fell | - policies were introduced to benefit workers
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How many people were unemployed in 1932?
6 million
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How many people were unemployed in 1937?
1 million
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What were the main reasons for the fall of unemployment?
- Investment in public works - The military conscription - Social programmes fro young people
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Who were not included in the unemployment figures?
Jews and Women
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What is KdF?
Strength through Joy
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What did KdF include?
Leisure Activities Holidays Cars Sport Theatre and Cinema visits
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What was Schönheit der Arbeit ?
Beauty of Work
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What did Schönheit der Arbeit aim to do?
Improve workplace condition to enhance working and please the workers
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Who set up wages and other working conditions?
The Trustees of Labour
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What increased as the average wages increased?
Average working hours and amount of tax
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What were the three main boys youth groups?
- Cubs - Young German Boys - Hitler Youth
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What were the three main girls youth groups?
Young Girls League of German Maidens Faith and Beauty
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What were two groups that women would join once they came of age?
German Labour Front German Students' League
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Why did the Nazis put emphasis on youth groups ?
They were aiming for a Thousand Year Reich and wanted to attract young people to back them
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How did the Nazis target young people?
Propaganda at their schools and in their youth groups
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How many teachers were members of the Nazi teachers League by 1937?
97%
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What did Girls lessons consist of ?
Homemaking activates such as cooking and sewing
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When was the Catholic Teachers League shut down ?
1937
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Who were normally allocated as teaching assistants ?
Old Brown shirts
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How many teaching posts were empty in 1938 ?
3000
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Who controlled the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens?
Baldur von Schirach
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What would happen if a child refused to join a youth group?
Threatened Lack of Job offers Effect the leaving Certificate Fines or Prison for the parent
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What were two youth organisations that opposed the Nazis?
Swing movement Edelweiss Pirates
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What were Napolas?
State boarding schools which were ran by the SS
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Who ran the Adolf Hitler Schools?
Robert Ley and Hitler
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What did the nazis view a women role should be ?
In the home, racing children and providing support for their Nazi Husbands
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What was given to encourage women to become Mothers?
Loans and awards (Mother's Cross Medal for women with four or more children)
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What happened to divorce laws?
They were extended
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What would happen if a n Aryan married a non-Aryan ?
They would face prison if they continued
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How many women were allowed to attend each University?
10 %
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What jobs were women not allowed to do in Nazi Germany ?
- civil servants - doctors - lawyers - judges
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Did women have political influence?
No because they were banned from serving as a deputy in the Reichstag
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Which group of men were women encouraged to have babies with?
Aryan SS members
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What does Lebensborn mean?
Life's Springs
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What was the Nazis aim population?
120 million
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Did Nazis succeed in controlling women?
although there was an increase in births and marriages women continued to work especially during the war
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What type of Christianity did the Nazis advocate?
'Positive Christianity'
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How many Germans were Protestant ?
40 million
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How many Germans were Catholic?
22 Million
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What religion was Hitler raised in ?
Catholic
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What was the Nazi Church?
The Reich Church
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Which Christian movement did the Nazis support in 1933?
Deutsche Christen - German Christians
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When was the Concordat signed?
July 1933
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How were Protestant Churches targeted?
By a Church Secession Campaign
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What was the Church Secession Campaign ?
It was a movement aimed at persuading Germans to abandon their churches
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How many people abandoned their churches who worked at the government?
100,000
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What movement did the Nazis plan to introduce after WW2?
German Faith Movement

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