Changing Life For The German People 1933 To 1939 Flashcards

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How many were unemployed when Hitler came to power in 1933?

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6 million

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2
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What was the national Labour Service?

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Compulsory manual labour for all young men

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3
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What sort of job creation schemes did the Nazis introduce?

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Building motorways, schools etc

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4
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How did rearmament affect the economy

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Millions employed in the armed services and the war materials industries making tanks and planes etc

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How did the Nazis control workers

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Strength through joy movement and the banning of Trade Unions

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How did the Nazis view the role of women?

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A traditional one, having children, looking after the home. Large families were encouraged. Women were told to leave the professions. Blond hair, healthy stereotype.

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How did the Nazis control education?

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Teachers loyalty oath to Hitler
Textbooks rewritten
Mein Kampf as a textbook
Curriculum for boys different to girls
Race studies introduced
Propaganda and indoctrination
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How did the Nazis indoctrinate the youth ?

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Hitler youth
Nazi songs
Marching, camping, military skills, uniforms
League of German maidens
Domestic skills of motherhood
School textbooks rewritten
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9
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What were the chief instruments of the police state ?

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SS 
The gestapo
The courts and judges
Concentration camps
Very strict laws
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10
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Who was minister for propaganda ?

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Goebbels

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What were the ways of indoctrinating through propaganda ?

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Posters
Radio, press and cinema
Huge rallies e.g. Nuremberg 
Books censored, books burnt
Jazz was banned in favour of German folk music
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What were hitters views on religion?

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Claimed to approve of Christianity but in effect he saw the church as a threat and had many catholic priests put in concentration camps.

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What were Nazis views on race?

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Hated Jews, pro Aryan purity. Nazis believed it was their duty to conquer and enslave the inferior people’s of the east of Europe .

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14
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Who were the other ‘undesirables’ ?

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Gypsies
Homosexuals
Mentally ill
Many were put in concentration camps as a consequence

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15
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What was euthanasia?

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A programme of killing those with mental or physical disabilities

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16
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How were Jews discriminated against during the 1930s?

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Boycott of businesses
Jews excluded from government jobs 
Teachers etc sacked
Banned from public spaces
Nuremberg laws
From 1938
Kristallnacht
Jewish children not allowed in German schools
Jews no longer allowed to run their own businesses or own a radio