Germany, 2c life in Nazi Germany Flashcards
Types of minority groups nazis opposed
Religous people
Jewish people
Gypsies
disabled people
Homosexuals
Black people
How were Jewish people treated
They were encouraged to be bullied at school
Jews became known as sub-human
Nazis stopped people from shopping in Jewish shops
By 1939 they were made to wear a star of david
Jews couldn’t ride on certain areas of streetcar
Jews couldn’t marry non Jewish people
Edelweis pirates
*Loose gangs based in different cities
*Young workers
*Mainly teenagers
*Went hiking, listened to banned records, and dressed in a provocative way
*Fought with the Hitler Youth
White rose
*Students at the University of Munich
*Most were in their early 20s
*Wrote and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets
*A small, tight-knit group
Hitler Youth
Made for boys.
Taught them how to be a soldier
separated from women
League of German Girls
Made for women
Taught girls how to be housewives
Strict ideas about what women should do
Gestapo
Nazi seceret police
Informed the nazis on who was against them
Wore plain clothes to blend on
Could be anyone
Tortured people for confessions
SS
led by Himmler
Replaced the SA
50,000
Intimidated people into obedience
Ran concentration camps
Concentration camps
Imprisoned enemies of regime, Communists, Socialists, Trade Unionists, Churchmen
Ran by the SS
Prisoners were made to do slave labour
Why was there a lack of opposition to the Nazis
Communists and socialists refused to cooperate.
Major censorship of anything non-nazi
Opposition groups like the Edelweis pirates were disorganised
People kept views to themselves, they didn’t speak out
Fear of regime, Gestapo, SS, concentration camps
Opposition leaders were killed or left the country
Concordant
The catholic church signed the concordant in 1933. It meant that they would keep their rights but had to stay out of politics.
Churches were a threat
Hitler saw the churches as a threat to the nazis.
many Germans were Christain so they had a lot of power.
If people worshipped god they would not worship Hitler.
Reichbishop
In 1933 Hitler appointed the Nazi Ludwig Muller as Reichbishop.
martin Niemoller
He spoke out against the Nazis by preaching anti-nazi sermons and was sent to a concentration camp