Enabling Act And Dictatorship Flashcards
What was the enabling act?
The enabling act gave complete power to Hitler and the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party became the only political party allowed to exist in Germany.
At this time _______ was the President and the Head Of State. He signed the enabling act into law. When Hindenburg died, Hitler combined the the title of ______ and ______.
Hindenburg
Chancellor
President
What was Hitler known as-as leader of the Reich?
He was a dictator known as Der Führer.
How was Hitler a dictator?
Because in a dictatorship, one person makes all the rules. Hitler shut down the Reichstag and ruled without the rules in the German constitution. The Nazi dictatorship was ruthless and cruel, violent and intolerant.
Why were Germany’s prisons overcrowded?
Because there were so many mass arrests of political opponents.
Where and when was the first concentration camp set up?
In the town of Dachau in 1933.
Who were the prisoners at Dachau?
Prisoners included everyone who disagreed with the Nazis. Dachau was a large barbed-wire enclosure where prisoners had to do hard labour and military drills and got regular beatings.
What was Hitler obsessed with?
Racial purity
What does ‘Ayran’ mean?
Hitler used this word to describe his idea of a pure German race. Nazis said that Aryans were superior to everyone else. They said that Jews were inferior and undesirable.
What is Anti-Semitism?
It is the hatred of Jews?
Was hatred towards Jews a new thing?
No, hatred towards Jews existed for hundred of Jews. Jews were often used as a scapegoat when things went wrong- they were blamed for no reason.
How did the Nazis make Germans hate the Jews?
Propaganda was used at rallies, on the radio, in posters, films and newspapers to increase anti-semitism. Anti-Semitic propaganda prepared the way for the Holocaust. After years of being told that Jews were evil, it became easier for Germans to accept in 1935 what they would hav rejected in 1920.
Who did the Nazis say were not part of the perfect race?
- Political opponents
- Jehovah Witnesses
- Male Homosexuals
- Jews,Roma,Blacks,Slavs
- Physically and Mentally disabled
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
They were made in 1935 and added to the years that followed. They took away the basic rights of Jews.
Name the 7 Nuremberg Laws:
- Dismissed for the civil service
- Dismissed from Jobs such as professors,lecturers,teachers, doctors, dentists and nurses and lawyers
- Expelled from schools and universities
- Stripped of all citizenship
- Prohibited from marrying non-Jews
- Forced to sit on separate park benches
- Not permitted to use public facilities, travel on trams, or attend theatres or cinemas,
What do we mean if we say Nazi Germany was a fascist state?
It was a political theory that the government should have complete control.
What is the difference between fascism and democracy?
It is the opposite of democracy. In a democracy the government’s duty is to serve the people. In a fascist state the authoritarian political party serves its own needs and it not concerned with citizen’s rights.
What did Nazi Germany have control over as a fascist state?
Every aspect of life in Germany
The Nazis used ___________ with great skill in building support among the German people. Hitler took advantage of every opportunity to be seen as an _______and ______leader of the people.
Propaganda
Admired
Trusted
What did they do about the fact that many Germans did not support Hitler and the Nazis?
They created the SS who developed a policy of fear. SS stood for Schutzstaffel or Protection Squad. They wore black uniforms with badges showing threatening symbols such as double lightening, skulls and silver daggers.
