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Depth Study 3 - Hitlers Rise Flashcards

1
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What is totalitarianism?

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A system of government that is centralised and dictatorial and requires complete subservience of the state

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What is Gleichschaltung?

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The standardisation of political, economic and social institutions as carried out in authoritarian state

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3
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What three factors lent themselves to Hitler’s to chancellorship?

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Pseudo-legal and constitutional
Cultural and Gleichschaltung
Violence, Intimidation and Propaganda

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4
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When was Hitler appointed as Chancellor?

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30th January 1933

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5
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Did Hitler have a majority in the Reichstag?

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No, just a loose coalition of the Centrum, NSDAP and Germans People Party

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6
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How many Nazis were in the Reichstag when Hitler came to power?

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3/12

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7
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Who was Hitler’s Vice Chancellor?

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von Papen

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8
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Why did Hitler go everywhere with Hindenburg?

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To build up personal support

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9
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Why was State GV abolished by Von Papen?

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He believed it was not capable of handling conflicts with Nazis and Communists

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10
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When was state GV abolished?

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20th July 1932

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11
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When did Goring join the Nazi Party?

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1922

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12
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What did Goring achieve for the Nazi Party?

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He helped reform the SA to the successful unit

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13
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What position did Goring hold in the Nazi Party?

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Minister without Portfolio and Minister of Interior

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14
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When was the Reichstag burnt down?

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27th February 1933

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15
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Who was blamed for the Reichstag Fire?

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Matthias van der Lubbe who was a Dutch Communist

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16
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Who was arrested as a result of the Reichstag Fire?

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4000 leading Communists including Ernst Thalmann leader of the Communist Party

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17
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When did Hitler ask for the Reichstag Fire Decrees to be passed?

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28th February 1933, asking Hindenburg to use Article 49

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18
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When was the next election after the Reichstag Fire Decrees?

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6 days after on March 5th 1933

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19
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What did the Reichstag Fire Decrees achieve?

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Suspended free speech and press

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20
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What did Hitler do with state police after the Reichstag Fire?

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Put an SA member with every police officer

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21
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What areas did the Nazi Party gain the most votes?

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East Prussia and Bavaria

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22
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How many seats did the Nazis get in the March 1933 elections?

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288

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23
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How many seats did the Zentrum get in the March 1933 elections?

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73

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24
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How many seats did the German National Peoples Party get in the March 1933 elections?

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52

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25
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How many more seats did the Nazis get in the March 1933 elections than the previous?

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+92

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26
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How more many seats did the Zentrum get in the March 1933 elections than the previous?

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+3

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27
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How more many seats did the German National Peoples Party get in the March 1933 elections than the previous?

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+1

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28
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What fraction and number of seats in the Reichstag do you need to change the constitution?

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2/3 of the Reichstag or 432 seats

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29
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Where did the Reichstag meet after the fire?

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Kroll Opera House where a very nationalistic backdrop was used

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30
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What parties formed a coalition in the March 1933 elections?

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The Nazi Party and the GNPP

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31
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How id Hitler achieve a 2/3 majority in the Reichstag?

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By banning the Communist party he had 340/566 seats

32
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When did Hitler pass the Enabling Act?

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23rd March 1933

33
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What did the Enabling Act achieve?

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Allowed Cabinet to legislate which was currently full of Nazis

34
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When were all political parties banned?

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14th July 1933

35
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What did Hitler sign with the Pope?

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A Concordat meaning Catholics would not interfere with Nazi policies

36
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When were Tarde Unions banned in Germany?

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2nd May 1933

37
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How did Nazis abolish State GV?

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The SA and SS caused street fighting wherever the Nazis lacked control so Hitler could argue the State GVs were not powerful enough to control their people

38
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When did Nazis get control over State GV?

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31 March 1933

39
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Who did Hitler put in charge of State GV?

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Gauleighters

40
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When was the Law for Reconstruction of the Reich passed?

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30th January 1934

41
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What did the Law for Reconstruction of the Reich achieve?

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Ended State Parliaments and the Reichsrat

42
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What made Hitler a bad leader?

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He didn’t allow debate, was very lazy and was too focused on details and micro-managing

43
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During WW2 how did Hitler lead?

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He remained in a small office in the Bavarian Alps rather than leading on the frontlines of Berlin

44
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How many times did Cabinet meet in 1936 compared to 1933?

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4 times in 1936 to 72 times in 1933

45
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When was the last time Cabinet met?

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1938

46
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What position did Hugenburg hold in Cabinet?

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Economics Minister

47
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When did Hugenburg resign from Cabinet?

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29th June 1933

48
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What is 3 examples of Hitler being a good strategist?

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The remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1933 which opposed the views of military leaders

Use of Blitzkrieg against France in 1940

Improvements made upon the Schlieffen Plan

49
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What kind of policy did Hitler run?

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Polycratic divide and rule - leaving big decision to a small group of loyal Nazis

50
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When did Hitler become Fuhrer?

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1934

51
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When did Hitler become Chief of armed forces?

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1938

52
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Which groups maintained everyday law?

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Gestapo and Krupo

53
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How many units were there in the SS in 1938 compared to 1945?

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3 units in 1938 to 35 units in 1945

54
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How much of the German press did Hitler control by 1939?

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2/3

55
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How did Hitler manage Goebbels effectively?

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His propaganda made huge profits and maintain a position of power

56
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When did Rohm join the Nazi Party?

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1919

57
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What was unique about Rohm?

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He was gay

58
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When did Rohm join Cabinet, and under what Position?

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December 1933, Minister without Portfolio

59
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When did Himmler join the Nazi Party?

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1923

60
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What group did Himmler control?

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The SA

61
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When did Himmler and Goring meet to create their plan?

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20th April 1945

62
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What was Himmler and Goring’s plan?

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To create a dossier on Rohm so Goring would give Himmler the gestapo and Goring could become closer to Hitler

63
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Who was Blomberg?

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Loyal Nazi defence secretary who kicked out 74 soldiers out for being Jewish

64
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What happened between Rohm and Blomberg?

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Hitler forced Blomberg’s control of the army which angered him

65
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When and what was the Margburg Speech?

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17th June 1934, von Papen read a speech that slated the Nazi Party making Hitler furious

66
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Who wrote the Marburg Speech and what happened to him?

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Edgar Jung, and he was killed in the NotLK

67
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When did Himmler reveal the dossier?

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29th June 1934

68
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When was Rohm arrested?

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30th June 1934 by Hitler personally

69
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When was the NotLK?

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30th June 1934

70
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How many were arrested during the NotLK?

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77

71
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When did Hindenburg die?

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2nd August 1934

72
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What does Volksgemeinschaft mean?

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Everyone acts in the interest of the collective and should belong to one common identity

73
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When did the NAzis have their first Jewish boycott?

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1st April 1933

74
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How was Hitlers Civil Service Law weakened?

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Hindenburg stopped Jews that had participated in WW2 being pushed out the civil service

75
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What did the Nuremburg Laws achieve?

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Made Jew a much broader title and lifted restrictions on Jewish war veterans

76
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What was the name of the Nazi newspaper?

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Der Sturmer

77
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How many copies of Der Sturmer were circulated in 1927 compared to 1938?

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14,000 in 1927 compared to 473,000 in 1938

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