Apparatus Of Terror Was The Mostsignificant Reasonwhy The Nazi’s Maintained Power Between 1933 And 1939 Flashcards
Before the nazi’s came to power the Weimar Republic ruled since the end of.
World war 1
Nazi’s took control between.
1933 to 1939 when the led them into world war 2
What were the 5 factors that the Nazi’s used to stay in power
Fear and state terrorism
Establishment of the totalitarian state
Propaganda
Economic policies
Social policies
Who were the SS commanded by?
Heinrich Himmler
He maintained order by brute force and ensured what didn’t exist?
Human rights
Where were the German public taken if they spoke up against the Third Reich and the Fuhrer
They would be taken to the SS and brought to education camps
What would happen in these camps?
They would enact in a re-education program for six months and encouraged to speak of the horrors what happened in the camps. To frighten the general public.
What were the secret police known as?
Gestapo
What did the Gestapo known to do?
Read mail
Listen at peoples doors
Variations of torture tactics
Kill if necessary.
What were the first steps in the horrific ‘ night of the broken glass? When did this occur.
Jewish workers such as doctors and lawyers were forced out of their positions.
1933
What was seen in the ‘Night of the broken Glass’?
Jewish shops and businesses were vandalised
Synagogues burned to the ground
Over 100 Jews were murdered
Groups such as who tried to resist the nazis?
White rose
Whose execution simply reaffirmed how critical fear was for nazi control.
Hans Scholls
When was the Reichstag fire?
February 28th 1933
What Dutch communist was arrested
Mariinus vanderlubbe
Why was the reichstag fire important in addition to van dear lubbe arrest
It gave Hitler the opportunity to blame the communists for killing democracy which ultimately led to Hitler being able to establish a dictatorship which he then permanently suspended the German publics rights
What took place on 5 March 1933?
Elections
Hitler had no majority led him to pass what Act?
The enabling act
The enabling act allowed hitler to join with other parties whic allowed hitler to
Allowed hitler to rule for 4 years without parliamentary consultation
What did Hitler then do to other political parties and there members
He outlawed them and then put them in concentration camps such as dachu . Thus creating a one party state.
What was the ‘night of the long Knives’?
Ernest Rohm and up to 400 SA members were murdered
Rohm was a founding member of what party?
Nazi party
What did the Fuhrer decree should happen in education?
School lessons would start by reciting the Fuhrer prayer
Physical education would fill a students timetable
What became compulsory after 1936
Children’s youth movement
Meaning all boys would attend Hitler youth
Woman would join the BDM
What was the ‘strength through joy movement
(kdF) granted German people a promise such as
‘Peoples car’ and cheap holidays to the North Sea Coast
The net effect of the (KdF) was crucial, as it did what?
Made the German public feel that the nazi government was looking after them
Who were governed by the 3 K’s
Women
What were the three k’s
Kinder
Kuche
Kirche
What was volksgemeinschaft
Made Germans feel there National identity
Who were the two young rebellion groups?
Edelweiss pirates
Swing kids
Whose was nazi propaganda led by
Joseph goebbls
What was the peoples receiver?
It was a free small radio given to all families to hear hitter’s speaches
What did the nazi party do to books that didn’t support their ideologies?
Burned the books
How many young Germans wanted a reconstruction under a strong fuhrer?
42%
What influential thinker saw through the nazi lies and left the country?
Albert Einstein
How many jobs did the public works program create?
200 000
Why did hitler ban machinery?
So more jobs could be worked by man power, creating more jobs
Wha did Hitler expand his army to?
500 000
How did Herman goring attempt to make Germany self sufficient?
By producing home made iron ore
Resulting in
Long working hours and forced labour
What did Hitler provide the German public?
Arbeit und brot
Meaning
work and bread
What did hiter begin to tear up
Treaty of Versailles
What was taken from Jewish people and women?
Their jobs
Why was the German standard of living declining?
Because they worked long hours and working in poverty
What were the rights that Hitler took away from the German public
Freedom of speech
Press censorship
