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1
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Who is Friedrich Ebert

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First President of the Weimar Republic

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Who is Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

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Spartacist Uprising leaders

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Why is Weimar formed in Weimar

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Berlin was too unsafe

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4
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2 strengths of the Weimar Constitution

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Men and Women could vote over 21

Democracy

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2 weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution

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Proportional Representation-Many parties could have power

Article 48

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6
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What is Dolchstoss

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The German belief that they had been stabbed in the back

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7
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Who were the November Criminals

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The Germans who signed the Armistice

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When was the Sparticist Uprising

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1919

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9
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How did the Weimar Republic counter the Sparticist Uprising

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Send the Freikorps

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10
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When was the Kapp Putsch

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1920

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Why did the army refuse to help in the Kapp Putsch

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As the Freikorps were ex-military

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12
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When did Hitler join the German Workers Party and Became leader

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1919

Became Leader in 1921

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13
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How did the Nazi try to get their message out from 1920-22

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Newspapers

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14
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When was the SA made

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1921

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15
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Where was the Nazi organisation originally based

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Munich

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16
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When did the French invade the Ruhr

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1923

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17
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What was the Munich Putsch

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Attempted Nazi Takeover

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18
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What was the beginning of the Munich Putsch like

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Hitler took over a beer hall where a local government meeting was happening
and at gunpoint forced them to agree that he was taking over

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19
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What was the midpoint of the Munich Putsch

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Hitler took to the streets to get more support from the people

but the army had been tipped off by the government officials who had managed to get a message out from the beer hall meeting

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20
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What was the end of the Munich Putsch

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Nazis were killed

Hitler arrested-wrote Mein kamp

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21
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When was the Golden Years span

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1924-29

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22
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How did Stresemann attempt to fix Germany’s economy after Hyperinflation

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Introducing the Rentenmark

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23
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When was the Dawes Plan

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1924

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24
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What was the Dawes Plan

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A loan from America

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25
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When was the Young Plan

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1929

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What was the Young Plan

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Less Reperations needed to be paid over a longer period of time

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27
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How did Stresemann fix foreign relationships

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Signing the Lorcarno Pact

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28
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When was the Locarno Pact signed

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1925

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29
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When did Germany get to join the League of Nations

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1926

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30
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What was the Kellog-Briand Treaty

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Try to talk out any issues before starting a war

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When was the Kellog-Briand Treaty signed

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1928

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32
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What was a drawback of increasing relationships with foreign countries

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Made far right parties mad at the Government

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33
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5 Reasons to show Living conditions improved

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Less unemployment

Homes being built

Pensions paid to war veterans

Students doing higher education

Working week times decreased but pay increased

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34
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What were the 3 improvements made for women

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Women could vote and become politicians

Women could have better jobs

NEW WOMEN was introduced. Could dress how they would and could smoke

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35
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2 Drawbacks for improvements made for women

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Women were paid less then men

Birth rates decreased and Divorces increased

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36
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What were the Nazi doing between 1924-28

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Hitler wrote Mein Kamp

Hitler formed the SS

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37
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Who became a commited follower of hitler during the Bramburg Conference

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Goebells

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38
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When was the Wall Street Crash

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1929

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39
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3 Consequences of the Wall Street Crash

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Homeless increased

Unemployment increased

People wages were cut

40
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What was the main reason Hitler came into power by 1933

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Wall Street Crash is the biggest reason Hitler is able to come to
power by 1933

41
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3 Reasons why the Nazi became popular before 1933

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Hitler travelled over the country

Use of Propaganda

Promised working class ‘work and bread’

42
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When does Hitler become Chancellor

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1933

43
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Who does Hindenburg elect as Chancellor over Hitler

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Von Papen

44
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When does Von Papen get sacked

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November 1932

45
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Who replaces Von papen after 1932

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Von Schleicher

46
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Why does Hitler become Chancellor in January 1933

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Von Schleicher was planning a military takeover

47
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Why does Von Papen support Hitler being Chancellor

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Hitler could be used as a puppet

48
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5 Reasons Hitler became a dictator

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Reichstag Fire

Enabling Act

Remove Opposition

Night of the Long Knives

Hindenburg death

49
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How did the Reichstag Fire help Hitler become a dictator
2 Points

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Dutch Communist found in fire

Could ban communist parties

50
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How did the Enabling Act help Hitler become a dictator
3 Points

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Used Article 48 to pass the Enabling Act

Was agreed as the Reichstag was majority Nazi

Could pass on any laws foe 4 years

51
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What was a consequence of the Enabling Act

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The Weimar Constitution had ended

52
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How did removing oppostion help Hitler become a Dictator
2 Points

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Removed Trade Unions
Made other political parties illegal

53
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Why did Hitler remove trade unions

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As they could argue about his ideologies to workers and cause an uprise

54
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When did Hitler make other parties illegal

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July 1933

55
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How did the Night of the Long Knives help Hitler become a dictator
3 Points

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Army disliked the SA as Rohm wanted the SA to become the new army

Amry was a threat to Hitler

Hitler killed Rohm and the leaders and convinced SA that they were traitors

56
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What was a consequence of the Night of the Long Knives

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Army relation with Hitler increased as they had gained more men and were listened to

57
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When does Hindenburg die

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August 1934

58
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4 reasons to show Nazi Control of Germany with Police Force

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SS

Gestapo

SD

Concentration Camps

59
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Who were the SD

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Monitored potential opponents

60
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How did the Nazi control the Law

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Made Judges join the National Socialist League for the Maintenance
of the Law

This ensured judges were loyal to the Nazis

61
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How did the Nazi control Religion

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Catholic: Reached a concordant that Nazi would not harm catholics and the Church would stay out politics

Protestant: Hitler tried to force all protestant churches to turn into the Reich Church.

62
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4 ways the Nazi controlled Germany through propaganda

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media

radio

sport

rallies

63
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How did the Nazi control art

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Reich Chamber of Visual Arts

Allowed certain art

64
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How did the Nazi control literature

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Burned books

65
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what were 2 youth resistances

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Edelweiss Pirates

Swing Group

66
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Who were the Edelweiss pirates and what did they do
3 Points

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Working class group of teenagers

Copied American fashion styles and haircuts

They often went camping to escape Nazi life singing & telling anti-Nazi jokes & Taunted Nazi Youth members

67
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Who were the Swing Group and what did they do
3 Points

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Teenagers from wealthy middle class backgrounds

Listed to banned American Jazz music and danced the ‘Jitterbug’ which
led to some illegal dance nights happening

Drank alcohol and smoked

68
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How did religion oppose the Nazi

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Pastor’s Emergency League offer Protestants an alternative to the
Nazi controlled Reich Church

69
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What was the key Nazi policy on women

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Kinder-Children
Kuche-Kitchen
Kirche-Church

70
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How did the Nazi Control Women

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German Women’s Enterprise

71
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What is Lebensraum

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Nazi belief to grow

Did this through growing the population

72
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How did the Nazi encourage high birth rate
2 Points

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Mother cross-If they had more than 4 children

Loans were given

73
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What is Lebensborn

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Himmler’s ideologie for SINGLE women to breed with SS men to make ‘PURE’ children

74
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How did the Nazi control women in school

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Taught them house chores

75
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Main points on the Hitler youth
3 points

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Swore an oath to Hitler

Learn Nazi ideas (evil jewish people)

Learned military skills

76
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Main points on the league of german maidens
3 Points

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Swore an oath

Learned ‘racial hygiene’. Only be with Aryan boys.

Trained to do house chores

77
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How did the Nazi control the education
3 Points

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Nazi Teacher League. Swear an oath

Promote Nazi in class. E.g Nazi flags

Mein Kampf to be a compulsory book to read

78
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How did the Nazi reduce unemployment in 1939
4 Points

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Building of the AUTOBAHNS. Compulsory for all unemployed men to join

Started conscription. This made men have jobs e.g building tnaks

Women and Jews were not listed as unemployed.

Part time workers classed as workers also

79
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What was Strength Through Joy

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Workers rewarded for hard work.

80
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What was the Beauty of Labour

A

Improve working conditions

81
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What the The Labour front (DAF)

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Workers agreed with the Nazi for working hours and wages

82
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What is Eugenics

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Selective breeding

83
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How did the Nazi persecute Slavs

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Forced them to leave so the master race could spread (Lebensraum)

84
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How did the Nazi persecute Gyspsies

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Removed German Citizenship

85
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How did the Nazi persecute Homosexuals

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Sent to concentration camps

86
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How did the Nazi persecute disabled people

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Killed any disable children under the T4 PROGRAMME

Sent to concentration camps

87
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How did the Nazi persecute Jews in 1933

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Boycott of Jewish Shops

88
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How did the Nazi persecute Jews in 1934

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Jewish people banned from public places

89
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How did the Nazi persecute Jews in 1935

A

Nuremburg Laws passed

90
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What are the Nuremburg laws
2 Points

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Jews lost their citizenship

Illegal to marry a German person

91
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How did the Nazi persecute Jews in 1938
2 Points

A

Jews had to wear identity cards

register all possessions so they could be then taken from them

92
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When was Kristallnast

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1938

93
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What was the beginning of Kristallnast

A

Nazi politician shot by a German Jew whilst in Paris.Later died

94
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What was the middle of Kristallnast
3 Points

A

Plain clothed SS men ordered to attack local Jewish synagogues (churches),
shops and homes of where the Jew was from in Hanoever

Politican dies later.

Nationwide attacks on Jews now.100s of homes and synagogues destroyed.

95
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What was the end of kristallnast
2 points

A

Nazis even forced the Jews to pay for the damage done to their property

By 1939 the order was out that all Jews should now be deported from Germany

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