Control & Resistance

Question 1

the SS were divided into what 3 sections?

Answer 1

• the SD (Sicherheitsdienst)
• the Waffen SS
• the Death’s Head Units

Question 2

what was the SD?

Answer 2

• looked after “security”
• they could arrest anyone for any reason, search homes & seize property
• they spied on & policed the Nazi Party itself

Question 3

what was the Waffen SS?

Answer 3

an elite unit in the army

Question 4

what were the Death’s Head Units?

Answer 4

ran the concentration camps and, later, the death camps

Question 5

what were the secret police known as?

Answer 5

the Gestapo

Question 6

what did the Gestapo do?

Answer 6

• did not wear uniforms
• spied on people they thought might be a threat
• tapped telephone calls & opened mail
• had the power to arrest, imprison without trial & torture anyone
• set up a huge network of informers
• encouraged children to report their parents & teachers

Question 7

what is censorship?

Answer 7

the limiting of access to information, ideas or books in order to prevent knowledge or the freedom of thought

Question 8

what were some key messages used in propaganda?

Answer 8

• blaming Jews for Germany’s problems
• criticising the Treaty of Versailles
• making Germany great again

Question 9

propaganda & censorship: newspapers?

Answer 9

• only stories that showed the good things Nazis were doing were allowed to be printed
• many negative stories about Jews

Question 10

propaganda & censorship: films?

Answer 10

• all film plots were shown to Goebbels before the actual film was made
• all films had to show the Nazis in a good way & their “enemies” in a bad way

Question 11

propaganda & censorship: radio?

Answer 11

• Nazis controlled all radio stations- used to put across Nazi ideas
• loudspeakers were placed in the streets, factories & cafes to air radio broadcasts

Question 12

propaganda & censorship: books, theatre & music?

Answer 12

• writers were forced to write books, plays & songs that praised Hitler and the Nazis

Question 13

propaganda & censorship: mass rallies?

Answer 13

• held to celebrate Hitler’s greatness
• special arenas were built that could hold half a million people
• choirs, bands & air shows were performed to showcase how impressive & well- organised the Nazis were

Question 14

what was the Chamber of Culture?

Answer 14

ruled that all cultural activities such as: art, theatre, music, film & literature had to give the same message- Nazi beliefs & ideas were correct and everything Hitler did was in the best interests of the country

Question 15

who was the Chamber of Culture set up by?

Answer 15

the loyal Nazi- Joseph Goebbels

Question 16

what was the Militant League for German Culture?

Answer 16

a group that protested against some of the more modern plays & films

Question 17

what was an example of a musical that came under attack?

Answer 17

the Threepenny Opera- contained lots of jazz music

Question 18

what clubs did the Nazis also shut?

Answer 18

Germany’s cabaret clubs

Question 19

in 1936, how many paintings did the Nazis burn?

Answer 19

5000

Question 20

where were the Olympic Games held in 1936?

Answer 20

Berlin

Question 21

what were some examples of passive resistance?

Answer 21

• refusing to give the Heil Hitler salute
• refusing to give money to the Hitler Youth members who went from house to house, collecting funds

Question 22

who were the leaders of the White Rose group?

Answer 22

Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl

Question 23

what did the White Rose group do?

Answer 23

• urged Germans to get rid of Hitler
• handed out anti-Nazi leaflets
• put up posters
• wrote graffiti on walls

Question 24

how many attempts were there on Hitler’s life?

Answer 24

around 50

Question 25

what was the Kreisau Circle?

Answer 25

• consisted of army officers, university professors & aristocrats who were shocked by Hitler’s plans for war & the brutality of the Nazi regime
• they discussed assassinating Hitler but they did not actually do anything

Question 26

who was the Beck-Goerdeler group led by?

Answer 26

former army general Ludwig Beck and Nazi official Karl Goerdeler

Question 27

what did the Beck-Goerdeler group do?

Answer 27

• contacted the British about the possibility of removing Hitler but nothing could be agreed
• made attempts on Hitler’s life in March & November 1943 & were behind the July 1944 bomb plot

Question 28

who agreed to be part of the July 1944 bomb plot?

Answer 28

Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg

Question 29

what was the plan for the July 1944 bomb plot?

Answer 29

• detonate a bomb where Hitler was meeting other Nazi leaders
• take over
• end the war
• change Germany for the better

Question 30

what was the impact of the July 1944 bomb plot?

Answer 30

• killed 4 men
• burnt Hitler’s hair
• burst Hitler’s eardrums
• blowed some of Hitler’s clothes off-