Fact Test: Nazi Germany 1933-1939 Flashcards
When was the Reichstag Fire?
27th Feb 1933
Who was blamed for the Reichstag Fire?
A dutch communist called Marianus van der Lubbe
Who was in charge of the police?
Goering
What was the Enabling Act?
A 1933 Act which allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag
How many members did the SA have in 1934?
2 million
How many leaders of the SA were killed in the Night of the Long Knives?
Estimated at 90
The office of Fuhrer combined which offices?
Chancellor and President
Who was in charge of the SS?
Himmler
How many Gestapo officers were there by 1942?
30,000
What was the ‘spiritual weapon of the totalitarian state’?
the radio according to Goebbels
Where were the famous Nazi rallies held?
Nuremberg
The 1936 Olympic Stadium could hold how many people?
100k
Who was the Nazi Education Minister?
Bernhard Rust
By 1937 what % of teachers were members of the Nazi Teachers’ Association?
90%
By 1936 how many hours of PE per day did school children do?
2 hours
How children did women have to have to get the marriage loan cancelled?
4
How many children did women have to have to get a gold medal?
8
Which Protestant Church supported the Nazis?
The Reich Church
Which Protestant Church resisted the Nazis?
Confessional Church led by Niemoller and Bonhoeffer
What was the 1933 Sterilisation law?
Compulsory sterilisation of hereditary ill people
What was the T4 unit?
A special unit to kill disabled children
What % of Germans were Jewish?
1%
What was Kristallnacht?
What was Kristallnacht? - Destruction of Jewish shops, businesses, homes and synagogues in 1938
How much did unemployment fall by?
1932 6 million, 1939 0.5 million
