Booklet 3 - A New Reich Flashcards
What was the first concentration camp?
Dachau
When was Dachau built?
March 1933
But is only used for Political Prisoners
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th February 1933
When was the failed One-day boycott of Jewish stores?
1 April 1933
When was Hitler appointed chancellor?
January 1933
When did Hindenburg enact Article 48?
28th February (day after reichstag fire)
Who was Minister of Properganda?
Joseph Goebbels
Who was Head of the SA?
Ernst Röhm
Killed in the battle of the long knives
Who was Head of the SS?
Heinrich Himmler
Who was President until 1934?
Hindenburg
No president replaced him
Hitler became Fuhrer instead
What was the Enabling act?
Gave Emergency power to the government for 4 years.
Was renewed again in 1938
What were the nuremberg laws?
Anti-Jewish laws
Such as no longer viewing them as citizens
And banning Jews from marrying “pure germans”
When were the nuremberg laws?
1935
When was the Night of the long knives?
30 June 1934
When were all other parties banned?
14 July 1933
Between 1933-35
How much did Nazi membership increase?
3 million new members
24 hours after coming to power Hitler called another election.
Despite SA intimidation, what were the results?
An increase in votes from 33% to 44%.
Smaller than they expected
When was the Reichstag re-opened post fire?
March 1933, a quick turn around
What was the Gleichschaltung?
The assimilation of Germany into the Nazi party.
Taking control of as many aspects of the country as possible
Who Believed Hitler was A Dictator who could not dictate?
Historian Ian Kershaw
The Chaotic Theory
Mainwaring hates him
Who believed Hitler was an All Powerful Leader?
Historian Alan Bullock
He believed Hitler made people compete with eachother because of survival of the fittest
What happened to wages in 1933 onward?
They were froze at this level
What were the Nazi equivalents to Trade Unions?
Councils of Trust
However they were near useless
What did the RAD do?
Give 6 months compulsory labour for men between 19-25
