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propaganda

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information designed to influence people

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who ran propaganda

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Josef Goebbels

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what was Josef Goebbels minister of

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Enlightenment and Propaganda

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what ideas did Nazis repeat

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  • glory of war
  • Hitler as powerful leader
  • evils of communism
  • inferiority of Jews
  • glorification of Aryan race
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what did films emphasise

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  • Nazi messages
  • shown clearly in propaganda films
  • subtly in entertainment films
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what did Hitler use to reach everyone in German society

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  • radios in homes

- loudspeakers in public spaces

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what was played on radios

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  • Hitler’s speeches
  • German music
  • Nazi history
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8
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when were the Berlin olympics

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1936

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9
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what did Nazis want to show with the Berlin olympics

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Aryan superiority and Nazi power

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what were rallies used for

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  • show Germany’s strength (appealed to German’s pride
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example of a popular event/rally

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annual Nuremberg rally

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what did Nazis do to books as a part of censorship

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burnt 1000s written by Jews or that conflicted w their beliefs

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examples of censorshihp

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  • burning books
  • scripts for plays/films/radios told what to say
  • only newspapers supporting Nazis could operate
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14
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how much of the Newspapers did the Nazis control

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1944: 80%

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successes of propaganda

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  • Goebbels spread Nazi message subtly/obviously
  • posters everywhere spread message
  • most German societies supported Nazis
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downturn on propaganda

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  • began to fail when Germany began losing war

- it was difficult to believe winning was an option w cities being bombed and food shortages

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17
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what did Nazis want building to reflect

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their power

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what were building modeled off

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the grandeur of the Ancient Greeks/Romans

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what were buildings built from

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traditional materials

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who was Hitler’s preferred architect

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Albert Speer, he created key Nazi buildings like the ones for rallies

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how did music change under Nazi rule

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  • wanted traditional
  • ‘degenerate’ jazz music banned
  • music by Beethoven encouraged
  • any written by Jewish coposer banned
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example of Jewish composer

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Medelssohn

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what as art intended to do

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glorify Aryan race

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what regulated artists

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the Reich Chamber of Visual Arts

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what style did art have

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naturalistic, shown things as they are

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what did literature need to do

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fit the Nazi message

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what had to approve all books

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the Chamber of Culture

28
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what was compulsory in cinemas

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to show short Nazi propaganda films before the entertainment film

29
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what did Hitler run Germany as

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a police state

30
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who was the key figure who ran the Nazi repression system

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Henrich Himmler

31
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what did the police control

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every aspect of daily life

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what was ‘Gleischatlung’

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control by force

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what did Nazi regime combine

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force and fear, to achieve conformity (obedience)

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what was Henrich Himmler in charge of

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Nazi’s tools for repression

  • the Gestapo
  • SS
  • SD
35
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when did Henrich Himmler’s career in Nazi party begin

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  • 1929 when he led the SS

- made him one of Hitler’s closest colleagues

36
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what ideas did Himmler support

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  • Aryan superiority

- inferiority of untermenschen

37
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who controlled the legal system

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the Nazis

38
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what did the Nazis rid of in the legal system

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trials by jury, now trials rested on a judge alone

39
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what was compulsory for judges to join

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National Socialist League for the Maintenance of the Law

40
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whose favour did judges have to rule in favour of

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the Nazis

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who tried ‘political criminals’?

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the People’s Court in Berlin, these were people who opposed Hitler. Many were found guilty.

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who were the Gestapo

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Hitler’s secret police service

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when/who set up the Gestapo

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1933 by Hermann Goering

44
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who were the Gestapo led by

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Reynhard Heydrich

45
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why did the Gestapo not wear uniform

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they were secret investigators

46
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how many men made up the Gestapo

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small unit of 50,000 men who relied on informers to find opponents

47
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punishments by the Gestapo who found people speaking against Nazi regime

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often tortured or sent to concentration camps

48
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what did the Gestapo terrify German people w

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their power

49
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SS long name

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Schutztaffe

50
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who were the SS

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Hitler’s protection service

51
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when was the SS set up

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1925

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who led the SS

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Heinrich Himmler

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who did the SS recruit

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Aryans

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what were the SS like

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  • highly trained

- disciplined (why Hitler preferred them to SA)

55
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what did the SS wear

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black uniform

56
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what were the SS in charge of

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Germany’s police state

57
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what did the SS have power to do

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search people’s property and send them to prison wo trial

58
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what did the SS run

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concentration camps

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success of Nazi repression

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  • population thought Gestapo/SS were everywhere

- widespread fear: people didn’t oppose Nazi regime

60
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what were many Germans encouraged to do

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spy, this could help solve a personal vendetta

History: Democracy and Dictatorship//1890-1945 (11 decks)

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