APPEAL OF NAZISM Flashcards
WHAT is Volksgemeinschaft?
A ‘people’s community’. Involved the wish to return to a romanticised, mythical German past. Ideals of racial purity
WHICH people and policies was Nazi ideology targeted against?
Jewish people, the Versailles Treaty, communists, the ‘November criminals’ and pacifists
HOW did the Nazis win over small, local communities?
They targeted key individuals like teachers and shop-owners, who knew their communities well
HOW did the Nazis focus their posters/propaganda?
Targeted each of them at different specific groups like workers, women, farmers, mothers and small business owners
WHAT was the name of the Nazi newspaper?
‘Volkischer Beobachter’
WHAT propaganda methods did the Nazis employ before Hitler came to power?
- Printed word, posters, films, rallies, flags, symbols
- They appealed to people’s emotions rather than their intellects
- The use of airplanes to travel made them appear modern
- Mailing and pamphlets
WHAT is the term the Nazis used that meant ‘principle of leadership’?
Fuhrerprinzip
WHAT was the appeal of the Fuhrerprinzip to the German people?
It portrayed Hitler as a strong, charismatic leader in a time of failing Chancellors
NAME five groups that the Nazis had organisations for.
Young people, women, students, lawyers, factory workers
WHY was the Nazis’ broad appeal effective?
The Nazis’ broad appeal provided Germans from different groups with the feeling of unity when the country was most divided.
WHO oversaw Nazi propaganda?
Joseph Goebbels
WHAT was the Nazi ideology of ‘power of will’?
The idea that Hitler and the Nazi party could be a force for change in Germany.
