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,
