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what did the Nazi’s aim to establish in Germany?

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a totalitarian state

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Hitler’s leadership quote:

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” Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf hitler”

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how did Hitler maintain his power?

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-terror
-propaganda
- introduction of the enabling act
- the night of the long knives

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what was made compulsory for citizens to use when greeting people?

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the straight-arm salute, with the words “Heil Hitler”

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what happened to Media outlets that published or broadcasted anti Nazi material?

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they were shut down

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what were the media required to do?

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promote Nazi propaganda

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what were the purpose of concentration camps?

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to hold thousands of ordinary criminals and political opponents, especially communists

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what happened in concentration camps?

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many of the prisoners were used as forced labour, while hundreds were murdered

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who were murdered and tortured in the concentration camps?

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Jews and those who openly criticised the Nazi’s

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what was the name of the secret police?

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the Gestapo

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what was the role of the Gestapo?

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they investigated political opponents and maintained state security and counterintelligence

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what happened to the Nazi parties most vocal opponents?

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they were arrested and murdered

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what did propaganda ensure?

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that Nazis remained popular among the public

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who was head of Nazi propaganda?

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Joseph Goebbels

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what was Joseph Goebbels appointed as?

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Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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what did Nazi propaganda extend to?

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broadcasting, art, music and literature

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what did Nazi propaganda promote?

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the view that the germans were a Herrenvolk (master race)

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what were the German seemingly threatened by?

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‘sub humans’ such as Jews, homosexuals, the disabled and those belonging to ‘inferior’ racial groups (Slavs and the Roma)

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what did Nazi propaganda denounce as degenerate?

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the art and literature of Jews and others whose work was not in keeping with Nazi ideals

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how did propaganda portray Hitler to be?

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a powerful leader who would restore Germany’s greatness once again

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who would Hitler protect Germany from?

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the dangers posed by communists and Jews

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what was the Nazi flag?

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a red and white flag with the black swastika at its centre

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what was the name of Hitlers book?

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‘Mein Kampf’

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what book became compulsory reading?

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‘Mein Kampf’

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what did propaganda emphasise?

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the need to expand German territory to gain Lebensraum and the need to increase the German military

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what did Goebbels use to spread the Nazi message to reach as many Germans as possible?

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the mass media of newspapers, cinema and radio

27
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what did Goebbels order the production of?

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cheap radios known as Volksempfanger (people’s receivers)

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how were the radios designed?

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that only German stations could easily be received

29
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what did the German radio stations broadcast?

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popular music, drama and political programmes

30
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what country had the highest ownership of radios by 1939?

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Germany

31
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what did schools become?

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places of indoctrination

32
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what happened to teachers Nazis found to be disloyal or questionable?

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they were removed

33
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what was the education system focused on?

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racial science, obedience to the state, physical fitness, and an anti-Semitic Nazi version of History

34
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what were boys reminded of in school?

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of their obligation to join the military

35
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what were Girls groomed in school to do?

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to become mothers to future generations of loyal citizens

36
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what was the name of the youth groups established?

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-Hitler Youth
- League of German Maidens

37
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what did Hitler Youth provide boys?

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physical and military training, which they would use when they joined the army at 18

38
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what were central to Nazi propaganda?

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The Nuremberg Rallies

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what was the most important annual event in the Nazi calendar?

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The Nuremberg Rallies

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how long did the Rallies last for?

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1 week

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how many people attended the Rallies?

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at least 500,000

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who did the attendees of the rallies include?

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Nazi party officials, the SS, the SA and party supporters

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what happened at the rallies?

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-SA bands played music
- SS in black uniforms and SA in brown uniforms gave huge displays of miltary marching
-Nazi propaganda and flags displayed

44
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what did the rallies aim to demonstrate?

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the strength and unity of the Nazis

45
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what were displayed throughout Nuremburg?

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Nazi flags

46
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what were highly orchestrated events?

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Hitlers speeches

47
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what did Hitler spend years perfecting?

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his gestures and speech patterns

48
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why did Hitler spend years perfecting his gestures and speech patterns?

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to portray a sense of power and win the support of his audience

49
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what would Hitler do to build up anticipation?

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arrive late

50
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who filmed the Rallies?

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Leni Riefenstahl

51
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what was a central feature of Nazi ideology?

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Anti-Semitism

52
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who did the Nazi’s use as the scapegoats for all of Germany’s ills

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the Jews

53
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what happened in the lead up to the 1933 elections?

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the SA mobs committed a wave of attacks against individual Jews and their Businesses

54
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what were introduced soon after Hitler was introduced?

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a series of anti-semetic laws

55
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what were held against Jews?

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-official boycotts of Jewish Businesses
-they forbidden to be teachers and judges

56
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what was the name of the law which stripped Jews of German citizenship?

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the Nuremburg Race Laws

57
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What was Kristallnacht?

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when a series of attacks were carried out against the Jewish community

58
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how many Jewish businesses were destroyed?

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over 7,500

59
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how many synagogues were destroyed?

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200

60
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what order was given to the authorities? (Kristallnacht)

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to arrest as many Jews as possible

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