Consolidation of power Flashcards
Nuremberg laws
1935; protection of Germany blood
lost citizenship and marriages
Night of Broken Glass
Nov. 1938
Excuse?scapegoat-Ernst van Rath (German diplomatic official) by a Jew
-Goebbels
Goebbels
1933: Goebbels made minister of propaganda and popular enlightenment
Radio
Goebbels set up the Reich Radio Company -centralize all broadcasts in Germany
- Volksempfänger (people’s receiver) was in 70% of homes by 1939 (in 1933 less than 25% of Germans owned a radio)
- radio wardens
Newspapers
1939, Nazis controlled 60%
DNB
1938: news agencies were merged under the DNB
Goebbels then had the power to vet the news and pictures that appeared in all newspapers
Daily press conferences were also given to ‘guide’ editorial policy
Editor’s Law
1933: Editors’ Law meant that newspaper editors were personally responsible to ensure that what was being published met with the expectations of the Reich
All journalists and editors had to swear an oath of allegience to the state
-By 1944, 80%+ of all newspapers totally supported the Nazis in contrast to the 2.5% that had supported them in 1933
-Only 1 national newspaper, Volkischer Beobachter
Film
Reich Film Chamber controlled both content of German and foreign films
Gossip
1933, law against malicious gossip
centralization of Police
After 1936, under Himmler
Gestapo
Establish by Goering, 1933
Civil Service Law
1933, Non-nazi judges let go
Getting rid of pesky army personnel
1938: Hitler dismissed war minister General von Blomberg (accused him of marrying a prostitute)
Commander-in-chief von Fritsch was dismissed on the grounds of homosexuality (charge later dismissed but he was never reinstated)
-Hitler became his own war minister
Combined his position of supreme commander with an additional political role
-Used puppet:Wilhelm Keitel was appointed as chief (puppet)
July Bomb plot
June 1940 – July 1944: 6 attempts on Hitler’s life, all led by army officers
July Bomb Plot of 1944 resulted in the execution of over 5,000 army officers
