Germany 1890-1945: Experiences of Germans Under the Nazis

Question 1

What did the three K’s stand for?

Answer 1

Children, Kitchen and Church

Question 2

Why did Hitler provide financial incentives for married couples?

Answer 2

To increase the birthrate

Question 3

What did the League of German maidens focus on?

Answer 3

Preparing girls to become mothers

Question 4

Why did women have to work in factories?

Answer 4

Outbreak of WW2 meant that the men who originally worked there were sent off to fight the war

Question 5

Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda overall?

Answer 5

Goebbels

Question 6

What were ideas incorporated into Nazi propaganda?

Answer 6

• encouraged the people to hate the countries that signed the ToV
• Hitler Myth: presented Hitler as a saviour
• claimed Jews and communists were the biggest problems in the German Empire
• encouraged a return to traditional German values and culture

Question 7

What happened to literature, shows, films or newspaper that shared messages against the Nazis?

Answer 7

They got censored

Question 8

What kind of music was banned?

Answer 8

Jazz

Question 9

What was the punishment for listening to the BBC?

Answer 9

Death

Question 10

What did school subjects focus on?

Answer 10

Sharing Nazi ideas

Question 11

What racial ideas were shared in school?

Answer 11

Aryan race was superior

Question 12

Why did schools focus on physical health for children?

Answer 12

So boys could become soldiers and girls could become mothers

Question 13

Name to examples of youth opposition groups

Answer 13

• Swing Youth
• Eidelweiss Pirates

Question 14

What did Hitler sign with the Catholic Church in 1933?

Answer 14

A concordat that Hitler would leave the Catholic Church alone and allow it to keep control of its schools, but the Church would stay out of politics

Question 15

What was the Reich Church

Answer 15

Protestant churches who supported the Nazis

Question 16

Which Catholic bishop criticised the Nazis?

Answer 16

Bishop Galen

Question 17

Which Protestant minister criticised the Nazis?

Answer 17

Pastor Niemoller

Question 18

Which groups did the Nazis persecute as they did not fit in with their ideas of the master race?

Answer 18

Minority groups such as Jews, Gypsies, homosexual and those with mental health issues

Question 19

How many people were compulsorily sterilised?

Answer 19

300,000

Question 20

How many people were killed as part of a ‘euthanasia’ programme?

Answer 20

5000 mentally handicapped children and 72,000 adults

Question 21

What were some early examples of discrimination against Jews?

Answer 21

SS organising boycotts of Jewish shops and businesses

Question 22

What was Kristalnacht and what year did it take place in?

Answer 22

Night of Broken Glass: a wide-scale attack on Jewish shops, workplaces and synagogues in which 91 Jews were murdered and 20,000 were taken to concentration camps in November 1938

Question 23

What was the Final Solution?

Answer 23

Decision to go ahead with the systematic killing of all Jews following the invasion of Poland at the start of ww2

Question 24

Which groups played a role in the Holocaust?

Answer 24

• the civil service
• police forces
• the SS
• the German army
• industry
• the German people

Question 25

What kind of state was Hitler trying to create?

Answer 25

Totalitarian

Question 26

What was the name of the secret police?

Answer 26

Gestapo

Question 27

Who were the SS?

Answer 27

Highly trained Aryan soldiers who were totally loyal to Hitler

Question 28

Give three reasons why people supported the Nazis?

Answer 28

• successes
• economic fears
• propaganda

Question 29

Which group of students gave out leaflets and put up posters against the Nazis?

Answer 29

White Rose Group

Question 30

What was the name of the bomb plot against Hitler in July 1944?

Answer 30

The Stauffenberg Plot

Question 31

Who was involved in the Hitler bomb plot?

Answer 31

Army officers

Question 32

Did the Hitler bomb plot succeed?

Answer 32

No