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1
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what was the ministry that Goebbels headed called? When was it created

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Reich Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda (March 1933)

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When was the Women’s Front created, by who?

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May 1933 - Robert Ley

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What was the Editor’s Law and when was it passed?

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Put an end to independent journalism / Called for ‘racially pure’ journalism - Oct, 1933

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When was Beauty of Labour(SdA), and Strength through Joy (Kdf) created?

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Nov 1933

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5
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When was the plebiscite to conform one-party rule? what was its result

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Nov 1933 - 88%

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When was the Marburg Speech?

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June 1934

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When was the night of the long knives?

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June 1934

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What was the law called that justified the actions in the night of the long knives?

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Law Concerning Measures for the Defence of the State - June, 1934

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9
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When does Hindenburg die

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Aug 1934

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10
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When does Schacht introduce his ‘New Plan’

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Sept 1934

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11
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When does rearmament begin publicly?

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March 1935

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12
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In June 1936 what is Himmler placed in control of?

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All policing in Germany

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13
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When is Goering placed in charge of the office of the Four Year Plan?

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Oct 1936

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14
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When does Schacht resign as Minister of Economics?

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Nov 1937

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15
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When was the Blomberg-Fritsch affair?

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1938

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16
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When is membership to the Hitler Youth made compulsory?

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March 1939

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17
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When was the Reich Security Head office (RSHA) founded?

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Sept 1939

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18
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What factor explains why so many non-Nazi groups were initially WILLING to fall in line w/ regime?

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Perceived communist threat –> anything preferable to communist rule

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In what speech did Hitler make clear his intentions to destroy the ‘Marxist threat’?

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10 Feb 1933 - Berlin Sports Palace

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20
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How did the Reichstag Fire Decree (Feb 1933) crush opposition? 2 points

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Suspended civil liberties –> established platform for dictatorship

Destroyed power of local parliaments via clause 2

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How did the Enabling Act (April 1933) and Potsdam Day (March 1933) make opposition harder to justify?

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Underlined the legitimacy of the regime

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22
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Between Jan-May 1933 how many joined the Nazi party? What was the main motive?

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1.6mil - career advancement / fear

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23
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How did business fall into line w/ the Nazi regime?

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disbanded own institutions and created the Reich Corporation of German Industry –> pledged its loyalty to the regime

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24
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What did the creation Nazi organisations attempt to ensure? 2 points

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elimination of rival organisations and dissent

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25
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When were lawyers coordinated into a Nazi organisation, what was it called?

How was this received?

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Nazi Lawyers Association (1933)

No protest

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26
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What was the means by which the Volksgemeinschaft would be created?

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Propaganda

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27
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By the end of 1933 what had Goebbels achieved?

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complete control over all forms of the media

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28
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how far had the regime secured power by end of 1933? in regards to the church?

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Compromised by the Concordat but remained independent

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29
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how far had the regime secured power by end of 1933? in regards to the army?

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Army stood outside policy of coordination and swore oath of loyalty to Hindenburg

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30
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how far had the regime secured power by end of 1933? in regards to politics?

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Destroyed nearly all political opposition –> ban and persecution of SPD, KPD, and trade unions

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how far had the regime secured power by end of 1933? in regards to ideology?

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They were now the dominant ideology

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32
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Why were there tensions between the army and state? 2 points

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Aristocratic generals disliked Hitler

Felt threatened by the increasing influence of the SS

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33
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What were the tensions between the Party and the SA?

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Hitler called for end of revolution July 1933

Rohm agitated for a second revolution

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34
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How did Rohm challenge Hitler’s leadership and when?

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June 1933 - Rohm newspaper article threatening that the revolution would continue with or without the support of the establishment

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35
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How many members did the Nazis have in 1934?

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2.5mil+

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36
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What did Rohm aim to turn the SA into?

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a militia

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37
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What did Rohm demand from Blomberg and when?

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Feb 1934 - demanded that the SA take over national defence

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38
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When was the Security Service (SD) and SS formed? By who?

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1931 - Heydrich

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39
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What did Heydrich’s ambitions to turn the SS into the most powerful Nazi org rely on?

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destruction of SA power

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40
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How did Rohm make enemies with Rudolf Hess?

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contempt for party organisation (hess = Fuhrer’s deputy)

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41
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How did Rohm upset Goering?

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SA excesses in Prussia

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42
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Why was opposition of conservative elites limited?

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their complicity in the regimes seizure and consolidation of power –> they worked towards the Fuhrer

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43
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What was the significance of the Marburg Speech? (June 1934)

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most direct challenge to the regime thus far –> potentially a rallying call to the army to act

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44
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Who delivered the Marburg Speech? (June 1934)

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Von Papen

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45
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Who wrote the Marburg Speech? (june 1934)

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Jung

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46
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What did the Marburg Speech (June 1934) clarify for Hitler?

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the levels of discontent felt in conservative circles

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47
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in 1934 why did Hitler need the collaboration of the establishment?

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To continue economic growth –> to effectively consolidate power

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48
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Other than an attack on the SA, what else did the night of the long knives attempt to ensure? (june 1934)

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That were would be no conservative attempt to prevent Hitler succeeding Hindenburg as President

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49
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Who fed Hitler rumours of an SA plot which then led to the night of the long knives? (june 1934)

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Himmler

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50
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How many appox were killed during the night of the long knives?

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200

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51
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How did the night of the long knives change the relationship between Hitler and the army?

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Helped Hitler purge his party –> army leaders tied themselves closer to the regime

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52
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What were the results of the plebiscite confirming Hitler as Fuhrer?

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89.9% in favour

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53
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Which 2 army generals proposed that the army swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler?

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Blomberg and Reichenau

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54
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What was the army’s oath of loyalty to Hitler an attempt to achieve?

What was its actual effect

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attempt to establish influence over Hitler

Tied the army closer to Hitler’s ambitions

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55
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What was the aim of the use of terror?

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to reinforce consensus

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56
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When is Himmler put in charge of the Bavarian police?

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April 1933

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57
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When was Himmler appointed ‘Inspector of the Gestapo’?

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April 1934

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58
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What was created and when to exploit concentration camp labour?

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German Quarrying Compant (DEST), 1938

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59
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What was the aim of the SD and Gestapo?

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eliminate all opposition

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60
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What was the significance of the creation of the REich Security Head Office (RSHA) in 1939?

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Goering in charge of all security and police orgs through a centralised system

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61
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Which historian challenges the idea of an all pervasive terror state?

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Gallately

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62
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How many Gestapo officers were there before 1939?

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5,000

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63
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Give evidence that the Gestapo was short staffed in some cities
city, year, number

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Hanover (1935) - 42 officers

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64
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Give evidence that the informer network was not extensive

city, year, number

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Saarbrucken (1939) - 50 informers

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Give evidence that the gestapo prosecutions were mostly the result of informants than investigations carried out by the Gestapo

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Saarbrucken 8% of cases were the result of activities carried out by Gestapo

87.5% of cases of ‘slander against the regime’ were a result of denunciations

66
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Which historian came up with the idea of resistenz?

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Borsht study 1970s

67
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What affect does Broszat argue that Resistenz had on the regime?

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limited the impact of the regime (propaganda)

68
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What was resistenz?

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dissent and non-conformity (wearing makeup, listening to jazz)

69
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Which historians coined the term loyal reluctance?

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Mallmann and Paul

70
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What does the idea of loyal reluctance argue about resistenz?

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that indifference, non-conformity, or complaining did not challenge the consensus or mean disloyalty to the regime

71
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Give the loyal reluctance argument on the fact that women wore make up

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Women continued to wear makeup because they wanted to look good, not to dissent

72
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What does loyal reluctance argue about discontent?

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discontent was based on day-to-day economic issues e.g. in the Ruhr poor working conditions and housing

73
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Why did some workers become disillusioned? 3 points

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wages stagnated, regimentation increased, longer working hours introduced

74
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Give a statistic that highlights industrial working class disillusion 1936-39

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Industrial accidents, illness, and absenteeism doubled between 1936-39

75
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Give 3 facts that demonstrate that communist opposition did not completely disappear

hint:
leaflets
gestapo
newspaper

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1934 - authorities seized 1.25mil communist leaflets

Gestapo figures = 5,000 active communists in Berlin (1935)

‘Red Flag’ communist newspaper still distributed up to 1935

76
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What does lack of OVERT opposition NOT suggest?

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real enthusiasm for regime

77
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What did a SOPADE report in 1938 find?

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workers afraid to say too much for fear of denunciation

78
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What did a SOPADE report of 1936 find?

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abolition of collective bargaining destroyed worker solidarity

79
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What kind of workers supported the regime? 2 points

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skilled workers / those w/ little trade union tradition

80
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Which 3 main things enabled the Nazis to gain/galvanise the support of the working class

A

foreign policy successes

economic recovery

state paternalism

81
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What did Goebbels’ propaganda directly link Hitler to? What was its effect?

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Linked Hitler to the perceived successes of the regime

To challenge regime –> would challenge successes

82
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How did Goebbels use Hitler in propaganda, to what effect?

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used Hitler sparingly, to maintain his god-like mystique

83
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Give 2 examples of how cinema was used to propagate the Hitler myth

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Triumph of the Will (1935) –> used camera placed within audience of Nuremberg rally

Olympia (1938)

84
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Who was Hitler’s favourite director?

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Leni Reifenstahl

85
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How many copies an edition did the Volkischer Beobachter sell?

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2 million

86
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Which agency monitored all news material?

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State press agency (DNB)

87
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by 1939 to how many Germans could the regime broadcast to via radio?

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16mil

88
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Name 2 things that were broadcasted through communal loudspeaker pillars

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Hitler’s speeches, classical music

89
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How was the 1936 Olympic games propaganda?

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created an atmosphere of political stability and growing prosperity –> impressed thousands of foreign visitors

90
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How did the 1936 olympic games demonstrate Hitler’s extensive influence?

A

Anti-Semitic programme suspended and anti-Semitic violence stopped at his request

91
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How did propaganda normalise Nazi ideas and symbols?

2 points w/ examples

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Holy days –> commemorating seizure of power and Munich Putsch - common/marginalised christian practises

Annual stage-managed event - Nuremberg rallies

92
Q

Which law extended and created work schemes?

give an example of what it did

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Law to Reduce Unemployment (1933)

Building of autobahns

93
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What did the ‘battle for work’ do?

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lent money to private companies to create jobs

94
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How much money did the state invest into job creation schemes between 1932-35?

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5bil reichsmarchs

95
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When was the Battle for Production and what did it aim to do?

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1934/5 –> attempt to increase grain production

96
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Name a law that attempted to improve the situation of the peasantry and how

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The Reich Entailed Farm Law (1933) –> attempted to enhance security of peasant ownership of land

97
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what organisation took control of overall planning and organisation of agriculture and when?

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The Reich Food Estate (1933)

98
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Why was the Battle for Production (1934/5) unsuccessful? 3 things

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lack of new machinery, labour, and poor harvests

99
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When was conscription reintroduced? How did this affect unemployment figures?

A

1935

Reduced unemployment figures

100
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Name 3 things that Schacht introduced that aided economic recovery

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1934 ‘New Plan’ - gave gov powers to regulate trade and currency transactions

1934 - bilateral trade agreements w/ South America, and south-east europe –> paid for goods in Reichsmarks

1934 - Mefo Bills –> encouraged growth in demand

101
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What was the significance of Schacht on Nazi regime?

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conservative influence that slowed the radicalisation of Nazi racial policy for fear of an international backlash

102
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Why did Schacht’s influence diminish from when?

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1936 - Goering’s increased –> office of four year plan and more influence in economic affairs

103
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Give a specific example of Schacht’s influence on limiting anti-Semitic policy

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April 1933 boycott of Jewish goods limited to 1 day

104
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In 1933 what % of the population was unemployed?

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25.9%

105
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In 1936 what % of the population was unemployed?

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7.4%

106
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Why must unemployment figures be taken with caution?

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women, jews, and political opponents not included

107
Q

How could workers potentially challenge the regime and its plans for rearmament?

A

excessive wage demands

108
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What were set up in factories with the purpose of spreading propaganda in the workplace?

A

Radical Nazi organisations (NSBOs)

109
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How did the regime attempt to compensate for loss of political rights and wage freezes?

A

state paternalism

110
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What was the aim of Beauty of Labour (SdA) (1933)?

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persuade employers to improve working conditions

111
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What was the aim of Strength through Joy (KdF) (1933)?

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reward loyal workers with evening classes, holidays, art exhibitions etc

112
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By 1938 how many workers had been on a KDF sponsored cruise?

A

180,000

113
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By 1938 how many workers had been on a state financed holiday?

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10mil (1/3 of workforce)

114
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What was the propaganda aim of Winterhilfe, how?

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spread Nazi idea of classless society (volksgemeinschaft) via one-pot meals where bankers and workers sat side by side

115
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What were days of National Solidarity?

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leading party members would collect money on behalf of the party –> generous contribution = working towards the Fuhrer

116
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What did the propaganda items of the ‘people’s radio’ and ‘people’s car’ aim to do?

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create classless society where the working class could gain what was previously reserved solely for the middle and upper classes

117
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Why were there still tensions between the Party and the Army in 1937?

A

army threatened over the growth and militarisation of the SS

118
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What was the conference when Fritsch and Blomberg were sceptical about Hitler’s military plans? When was it

A

Hossbach conference (1937)

119
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What was Fritsch accused of having done?

A

Married an ex-prostitute

120
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When was the Blomberg-Fritsch affair?

A

1938

121
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What was Blomberg accused of having done?

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Had gay relations

122
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What did the Blomberg-Fritsch affair (1938) allow Hitler to do? what did this mean

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Restructure the army leadership and take personal control of the army –> free reign to wage war

123
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How did Hitler gain complete control of the army (feb 1938)?

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removed those who he did not consider completely loyal

including 12 generals

124
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When did Hitler hold his last ever cabinet meeting?

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Feb 1938

125
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When was the remilitarisation of the Rhineland?

A

1936

126
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When was the Anschluss?

A

March 1938

127
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When was the Czech crisis?

A

Sept 1938

128
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What was the Czech crisis?

A

Germany demanded union w/ the Sudetenland –> it was peacefully surrendered at the Munich conference by Britain and France

129
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What was the plot against Hitler in 1938?

Why did it fail?

A

Generals Beck and Halder plan to oust Hitler before troops could be mobilised to occupy the Sudetenland

Hesitation and uncertainty over oath of loyalty

130
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Who was the leading figure in the conservative resistance?

A

Carl Goerdeler

131
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What did the cooperation of the Church give to the Nazi regime?

A

degree of moral respectability

132
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Which group formed the bedrock of Nazi electoral support?

A

protestant mittelstand

133
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How was the protestant church in some ways Nazified? 2 examples

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1933 28 protestant churches coordinated into a single Reich Church

1933 –> 700,000 members of protestant youth groups incorporated into the Hitler Youth

134
Q

What was the extent of protestant opposition?

How effective was it?

A

Creation of the Confessional Church (1934) –> riddled by bitter divisions / only opposed to the regime’s attempt to destroy its independence, not ideology

135
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Which ministry intimidated Christians and when was it created?

A

Ministry of Church Affairs (1935)

136
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Give an example of how easily Christian dissidents were intimidated and imprisoned

A

1935 700+ Prussian priests arrested

137
Q

Which party gave the Nazis the 2/3rds majority needed to pass the Enabling Act? (april 1933)

A

Centre

138
Q

What did the Concordat promise the Catholic Church? In return for what?

A

Church control over education and youth

In return for political neutrality

139
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When were crucifixes banned from schools?

A

1935

140
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Which prominent Catholic minister was murdered and when?

A

Erich Klausuren (June 1934)

141
Q

When were Catholic Youth Groups banned?

A

1936

142
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When was the pope’s encyclical and what was it called?

A

‘With Burning Concern’ (1937)

143
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Why were foreign policy achievements supported by Catholic leaders?

A

Transformed their church into the majority religion

144
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By 1935 what % of young people belonged to the Hitler Youth?

A

60%

145
Q

When did membership to the Hitler Youth become compulsory?

A

1939

146
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When did membership to the League of German Girls become compulsory?

A

1936

147
Q

How was education nazified/coordinated? 2 points

A

Jewish teachers /those of suspect political orientation fired

Creation of National Socialist Teacher’s Alliance (NSLB) –> to indoctrinate in Nazi ideology

148
Q

By 1937 what % of teachers had joined the NSLB? What does NSLB stand for?

A

National Socialist Teacher’s Alliance

1937 = 97%

149
Q

Give 2 examples of youth opposition and what they did

A

Edelweiss Pirates - objected to the regimentation of Hitler Youth

‘Swing Groups’ celebrated American-style culture

150
Q

What was the Nazi slogan for women that encompassed their role in Nazi ideology?

A

‘Children, Kitchen, Church’ = purely domestic role

151
Q

Which types of women did the Nazi regime attack?

A

educated women in professional jobs

152
Q

In 1933 what % of female teachers lost their jobs?

A

1933 = 15%

153
Q

By 1934 how many women were working in the Prussian civil service?

A

1934 = none

154
Q

in 1936 what happened in regards to women as judges?

A

1936 = not allowed to serve as a judge

155
Q

How did the rearmament programmes (1935) reveal a contradiction between propaganda and reality?

A

caused a labour shortage –> regime had to persuade women to go back to work

156
Q

how many women were employed in 1936?

A

5.6mil

157
Q

How many women were employed in 1937?

A

7.4mil

158
Q

What 3 things was the effectiveness of propaganda based on?

A

issue, audience, year

159
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When was nazi propaganda most effective?

A

when it stirred pre-existing fears or prejudices

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Q

When was nazi propaganda least effective? 2 things

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issues of morality / war

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