Full Flashcards On Life In Nazi Germany Mindmap

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By 1936 how many anti Nazi groups were at work

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1000

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How many (estimated) anti Nazi leaflets disguised as other things like cooking manuals were distributed?

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1.5 million

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Give 3 things groups could subtlety resist the Nazis

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Anti Nazi jokes
Not saluting
Slogans painted on walls
Keeping a diary of public mood
Not giving to Nazi charities

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Give 3 examples of punishable opposition

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Jokes
Keeping a banned book
Saying that the economy wasn’t strong

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Passive resistance dramatically increased after the start of..

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WW2

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The Nazis tried to dissuade people from being involved with the church and this was/wasnt successful

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Wasn’t

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Because they couldn’t stop people being involved with teh church, the Nazis tried to put the Nazi party at the same/lower level as the church

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Same

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True or false: the Nazis used the church for party functions

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True

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9
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Give 3 ways the church was nazified

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Nazi weddings encouraged
Swastika hung in many churches
Swastika draped over the altar

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10
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Some priests spoke out against the Nazis in___

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Sermons

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How were pastors who were giving anti Nazi sermons caught

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Secret police were often present in congregations and could then arrest the pastor

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Bishop ____ (Catholic) worked with British spies to try and kill Hitler

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Bonhoeffer

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13
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Was bishop Bonhoeffer successful in his assassination mission

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No - he was then sent to a concentration camp

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Pastor ___ (Protestant) spoke out against Hitler and spread pamphlets against the Nazis

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Niemoller

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15
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How many Catholic priests were sent to Dachau concentration camp?

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400

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In a letter written by the pope from the Vatican what was the title?

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With burning concern - it was a letter openly criticising Hitler and telling German churches not to listen to what Hitler said

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17
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What did the pope call Hitler in his letter called ‘with burning concern’

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A madman

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18
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The confessional church opposed the ___ church

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Reich

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19
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How many joined the confessional church

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6 000

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20
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How many members of the confessional church were sent to concentration camps

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800

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21
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When did Martin niemoller vote for the Nazi s

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1924 and 1932

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22
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When was niemoller arrested

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1937

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Which two concentration camps was niemoller sent to

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Sachsenhausen and Dachau

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What was the last line of niemoller’s poem

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Then they came for me and there was nobody left to stand up for me (starts with first they came for the socialists and I did not oppose because I was not a socialist)

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When did niemoller use a sermon to protest against the persecution of church members and what did it lead to
1937. - his arrest and later sent to a concentration camp
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Niemoller was a founder of ____ and the ____church
Pastor’s emergency league and the confessing church
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Niemoller opposed the Nazi ban on _____ but didn’t oppose other restrictions against the ____ which the Nazis imposed
Jews becoming Christians Jews
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When did niemoller ask if he could fight for Germany in the Second World War in any capacity (he was in a concentration camp at the time)
1939
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Bonhoeffer opposed the Nazis from the start true or false
True
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Give 2 things bishop Bonhoeffer did
Helped Jews escape from Germany Planned an assassination of Hitler
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Bonhoeffer was arrested and imprisoned - when?
Just weeks before the fall of the Nazis
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Clemens Vom Galen - a Catholic bishop - did what to protest against the Nazi racial policies and euthanasia of the disabled
Used sermons
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What were the effects of Clemens Von Galen’s sermons
Didn’t stop euthanasia programme but forced the Nazis to keep it secret
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Why was Clemens vom Galen not executed?
Nazis needed to keep him alive to retain Catholic support
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True or false: Catholic and Protestant churches were popular with Germans
True
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As Hitler consolidated his power is control of the church increased/decreased
Increased
37
Hitler expressed support for the church through
Speeches
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Nazis gave donations to the church between ___ and ____
1928 and 1932
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Nazis could be seen as in opposition to the church: They opposed communism And communists were opposed to the ___
Church - hence the Nazis see this as a reason for opposing the church
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When did Hitler sign a concordat with the pope agreeing to do what
1933 - leave the church alone
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Before 1939, many parents preferred to send children to the ______instead of the Hitler youth
Catholic youth group
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When did the pope speak out against Hitler and his policies on religion
1937
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When was the pastor’s emergency league set up
1933
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When did the pastor’s emergency league set up the confessing church
1934
45
How many priests were involved in the confessing church
6000
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When did the Nazis make the Catholic youth illegal?
1937
47
When were all crucifixes removed from schools
1936
48
When was all Catholic education stopped
1939
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Catholic newspapers were ____
Suppressed
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Some Church leaders claimed Hitler was the only solution to the____ threat
Communist
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After 1934 - how many Protestant pastors remained in the German Christian church controlled by the Nazis?
2000
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In 1933, ___ independent Protestant churches existed
28
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All Protestant churches were merged into the ____ church in ____
Reich church 1936
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Was the creation of the Reich church a great success?
No, it had limited support
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In the Reich church: the cross symbol was replaced with the ___
Swastika
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In the Reich church the Bible was replaced with:
Mein Kampf
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In the Reich church only ___ could preach sermons
Nazis
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The Reich church suspended non-Aryan ___
Ministers
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What was the German faith movement?
A pagan religion set up to try and remove the influence of Christian churches
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The German faith movement included prayers to Nordic gods such as
Thor, Wodan and Himmell
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The gods that the German faith movement prayed to were all related to __and___
Strength and violence
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What was the symbol of the German faith movement
A yellow Sun on a blue background with a swastika
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A Nazi wedding ceremony included ___ rituals
Pagan
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How were Nordic gods used in the German faith movement
Used to appeal to shared Aryan history and beliefs
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Give 2 things teh pastors emergency league opposed and when it was set up
1933 - joining of regional churches into one national German Christian church, snd Nazi attempts to stop Jewish people becoming Christian’s and they opposed the ban on the Old Testament
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How many Catholic priests were imprisoned in the ___ block in Dachau concentration camp
Around 400
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Most army generals had taken the oath of ____ to Hitler in ___
Allegiance 1934
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In 19__ general Von ____ had tried to kill Hitler
1944 - Stauffenberg
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Why did Stauffenberg’s assassination attempt fail to kill Hitler
It was in the wrong place in the meeting
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Stauffenberg and other plotters were ___ and ___
Arrested and killer
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After WW2 there was a dramatic increase/decrease in plots against Hitler
Increase
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There was even a plot against Hitler linked to ___ (Hitler’s top general)
Rommel
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Give an example of a chief of staff in the army who resigned due to disagreement with Hitler’s actions over ____
Lieutenant Colonel Beck - over the Sudetenland
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Before the war opposition in the army was a ___ problem because Hitler ___ on the army to carry out his policies
Serious Relied
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Until 1943, the army ____ Hitler because the war was going ___
Supported Well
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After 1943, heavy losses in ___were sustained and this damaged morale
Russia
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After 1944 opposition became stronger/weaker
Stronger