C4 | Hitler and the Nazis

Question 1

When was Adolf Hitler born?

Answer 1

1889

Question 2

Where was Adolf Hitler born?

Answer 2

Braunau, a small town in Austria

Question 3

After Hitler’s mother died when he was 17, where did he go?

Answer 3

He went to Vienna, the capital city of Austria to look for work (arrived in 1907)

Question 4

Why did Hitler fail to get a place in Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts?

Answer 4

He failed to pass the entrance exam

Question 5

What did Hitler do since he didn’t have any qualifications?

Answer 5

He ended up living in a hostel for homeless people. For the next 5 years, he earned money any way he could - cleaning windows, painting houses, drawing and selling postcards in the street

Question 6

While living in Vienna, why did Hitler begin to hate foreigners, especially Jews?

Answer 6

He felt that foreigners were ruining Austria by taking over all the jobs and introducing their way of life

Question 7

Why did Hitler leave Austria in 1913 for Munich, Germany?

Answer 7

To avoid being called into the army

Question 8

What was Hitler’s role in the German army during the Great War?

Answer 8

A messenger in the trenches. It was a dangerous job and he was wounded several times

Question 9

How many medals was Hitler awarded for bravery?

Answer 9

6 medals, including the Iron Cross, First Class

Question 10

Which political party did Hitler join in 1919?

Answer 10

German Workers’ Party

Question 11

What did Hitler do as a member of the political party he joined?

Answer 11

1. Made speeches and wrote articles for local newspapers about the party’s beliefs and ideas for a better Germany
2. Spoke passionately about the need for Germany to gain a stronger leader who would get revenge for the defeat in the Great War
3. Claimed that the Jews were ‘germs’ that must be ‘destroyed’

Question 12

What name did Hitler suggest the party change its name to in 1920?

Answer 12

National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party for short)

Question 13

What was the nickname given to Hitler’s storm troopers?

Answer 13

Brownshirts

Question 14

What did Hitler do in 1923?

Answer 14

He wanted to try to take over Germany and tried to start a revolution in Munich, hoping it would spread to other places. It failed and Hitler was put in prison for treason

Question 15

What was the name of Hitler’s book that he wrote while in prison?

Answer 15

Mein Kampf (German for ‘my struggle’)

Question 16

What was Hitler’s book about?

Answer 16

His life and his ideas

Question 17

When was Hitler released from prison?

Answer 17

1928

Question 18

How did Hitler convince the Germans to vote for him during the Great Depression?

Answer 18

He promised to provide them with work and bread

Question 19

In which year did the Nazis become the largest political party in Germany?

Answer 19

1932

Question 20

When did Hitler become Germany’s Chancellor?

Answer 20

January 1933

Question 21

Who was the President who asked Hitler to become Chancellor?

Answer 21

Paul von Hindenburg

Question 22

What was Hitler known as when he became both the Chancellor and President?

Answer 22

Führer (supreme leader)

Question 23

What did Hitler do once was he was in power?

Answer 23

He made all the members of the army swear an oath of loyalty to him

Question 24

Gestapo

Answer 24

The secret police force in Nazi Germany

Question 25

Concentration Camp

Answer 25

A prison camp where civilians and political prisoners were held by the Nazis under terrible conditions

Question 26

Which races were considered as superior to Hitler?

Answer 26

Pure Germans or Aryans

Question 27

Which races were considered as inferior to Hitler?

Answer 27

Jews, Gypsies, Slavs (such as Russians), and black people

Question 28

What kind of people damaged the purity of the German race?

Answer 28

Disabled people or people with learning difficulties

Question 29

Sterilize

Answer 29

To operate on someone to prevent future pregnancies

Question 30

What did Hitler think of the Jews?

Answer 30

1. Thought the Jews cared more about themselves than the greatness of Germany
2. Thought they were involved in a conspiracy to take over the world
3. Blamed them for Germany’s loss in the First World War

Question 31

Eugenics

Answer 31

The scientific study of how to improve the human race

Question 32

What did boys learn in the Hitler Youth?

Answer 32

Military skills - model making, shooting practice, hiking

Question 33

What did girls learn about in the League of German Maidens?

Answer 33

Cookery, housework and motherhood

Question 34

How did Hitler encourage newly married couples to have children?

Answer 34

Loans were given to them (equivalent of year’s wages). They could keep a quarter of the money on the birth of a first child, the second quarter on the birth of another, and so on

Question 35

How did Hitler create jobs?

Answer 35

By building roads, schools, hospitals, railways, and by making the army bigger and building tanks, fighter planes and battleships

Question 36

What did Hitler do to make many Germans feel a sense of pride?

Answer 36

He started to get back land Germany had lost after its defeat in the Great War

Question 37

How did unemployment in Germany improve between 1933 and 1938?

Answer 37

In 1933 there were 6 million people out of work but by 1938 there were only 200,000 people

Question 38

How could German workers spend their leisure time?

Answer 38

The Nazis came up with massive leisure programmes for working people. The biggest programme provided workers with cheap holidays, such as skiing holidays, a tour of Italy, going to sports matches or the theatre

Question 39

Who of Hitler’s friend was put in charge of propaganda and censorship?

Answer 39

Joseph Goebbels