Germany 1890-1945 Flashcards
How and when did the Nazis severely limit political opposition?
Political parties banned - July 1933
How and when did the Nazis severely limit opposition from labour groups?
Trade unions banned - May 1933
What was the agreement between the Nazis and the Catholic Church called, and when was it signed?
Concordat agreements (1933)
Which was the most persecuted of the Christian religious groups in Nazi Germany?
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Which brother and sister were the leaders of the White Rose Group?
Hans and Sophie Scholl
What was the total membership of Nazi Youth movements in 1939?
8 million
In what year were the Nuremberg Laws passed?
Which army officer was the leader of the July 20th Bomb Plot in 1944?
Klaus von Stauffenberg
What was the name of the anti-Semitic pogrom that took place in November 1938?
The Night of Broken Glass - Kristallnacht
By what phrase was Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles more popularly known?
The War Guilt clause
In which year were the Dawes and Young Plan introduced respectively?
1924 and 1929
What did the Dawes and Young Plan do?
Dawes Plan - lent Germany 500 million marks ($200 million)
Young Plan - reduced total reparations by 20%; set payments to end in 1988; continued to loan Germany money.
Which legislation was passed on 23rd March 1933 by 441 votes to 94?
The Enabling Act
What is the name given to the Nazi’s purge of the SA on 30th June 1934?
The Night of the Long Knives
Approximately how many Jews were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust?
6 million
