Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

free guide to amazing grade > Germany Booklet 3 > Flashcards

Germany Booklet 3 Flashcards

1
Q

When was Hitler appointed Chancellor?

A

30th January 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

When was the Reichstag fire?

A

27th February 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

When was the Enabling Act?

A

24th March 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What was the Enabling Act?

A

Gave emergency powers to the Nazi government for four years, the cabinet could pass decrees whenever it wanted, passed by 441 to 94 votes, the SPD voted against it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

When was the Enabling Act renewed?

A

1938

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

When was the boycott of Jewish shops?

A

1st April 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

When was the Law for Restoration of Professional Civil Service?

A

7th April 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the Law for Restoration of Professional Civil Service?

A

Administration, courts, schools and universities were purged of ‘alien’ elements i.e. Jews, (only 5% removed)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

When was the DAF formed?

A

2nd May 1933, after all trade union officers were seized and incorporated into the DAF

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

When was the ‘Employment Law’?

A

June 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What was the Employment Law?

A

A major public works scheme, such as the R.A.D.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

When was the Law against the formation of new parties?

A

14th July 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What was the Law against the formation of new parties?

A

Banned the creation of new parties, making Germany a one-party state

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

When was the Concordat agreement?

A

20th July 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What was the Concordat agreement?

A

Agreement between Church and state:
Church banned from political activity and government to protect religious freedom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

When was the Reichstag dissolved?

A

14th October 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What % of the vote did Nazi candidates win in the Reichstag on the 12th November 1933?

A

92%

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the State?

A

30th January 1934

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What was the Law for the Reconstruction of the State?

A

Elected State Assemblies were dissolves
Nazi Gauleiters created to run states

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

When was the Night of the Long Knives?

A

30th June 1934

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

When did Hindenburg die?

A

2nd August 1934

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What happened after Hindenburg died?

A

Hitler became head of state

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Which 3 Nazis were part of the original cross-party cabinet?

A

Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Frick and Hermann Goring

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

How much were the Nazis polling in Berlin?

A

22.5%

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

How much were the Nazis polling in the whole of Germany?

A

33.1%

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

From 1934, who did Hitler give more political power and influence to?

A

Rudolf Hess, the Fuhrer’s Deputy for Party Affairs and his Chief of Staff, Martin Bormann

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

When did Hitler call for new elections?

A

Within 24 hours after being appointed Chancellor, on the 5th March 1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Why did Hitler want new elections?

A

To increase the Nazi vote and enhance his own status

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

How many new police did Goring enroll?

A

50,000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

How many industrialists promised to give how much to the Nazis in support of their new election campaign?

A

20 industrialists promised 3 million Reichsmarks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Who was blamed for the Reichstag fire?

A

A Dutch communist called Marinus van der Lubbe

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

What was drawn up the day after the Reichstag fire?

A

The ‘Decree for the Protection of the People and State’ which suspended most civil and political liberties and strengthened the power of central government

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

How much did the Nazi vote increase to after the Reichstag fire?

A

33.1% to 43.9%, securing 288 seats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

What did Hitler need to make changes to the constitution?

A

A two-thirds majority in the Reichstag

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

What was threatening to destroy Hitler’s veneer of legality?

A

The momentum built up in the lower ranks of the party (including the SA) who were impatiently taking the law into their own hands and it gave the impression of a revolution from below

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

How did Hitler deceive Hindenburg and the German elites on Potsdam day?

A

Bowing in front of Hindenburg
Made a speech of impressive moderation
Showed the elites that he had control over the more radical elements in the Nazi movements

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

Which party did Hitler need to support him so he could pass his Enabling Act?

A

The Z Party

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

How did Hitler gain the support of the Z Party for his Enabling Act?

A

Hitler promised to protect the rights of the Catholic Church and to uphold moral and religious values

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

How many votes was the Enabling Act passed by?

A

444 to 94

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

How many members did Socialist trade unions have before they were all joined into the DAF?

A

4 Million

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

How did the Nazis get the people to support the Nazis?

A

They made supporting the Nazis beneficial and made participating in Nazi groups a part of everyday life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

How many SPD members were tortured during Kopenick blood week and how many died?

A

500 tortured, 23 died

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

Which party was absorbed into the Nazi Party during Kopenick blood week?

A

DNVP

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

How long after the Enabling Act until all political opposition was banned?

A

4 months

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

How many were in the DAF and who led it?

A

22 million members and Robert Ley led it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

What is the German word for Coordination (By the Nazis of Germany)

A

Gleischaltung

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

When were the SS formed and what for?

A

1925, as an elite bodyguard unit for Hitler

48
Q

How many members did the SS have in 1929?

A

250

49
Q

By 1933, how many SS members were there?

A

52,000

50
Q

What did Himmler create in 1931?

A

The SD, which acted as the party’s own internal security police

51
Q

When did Himmler assume control of all police in the Lander, and the Gestapo in Prussia?

A

1933-34

52
Q

How many members did the SS grow to in 1939?

A

250,000

53
Q

How was the SS used in the military?

A

It had grown from 3 divisions in 1939 to 35 by 1945, which had basically developed into a second army

54
Q

How many firms had the SS created for the occupied lands in Eastern Europe and what for?

A

150 firms, to exploit slave labour to extract raw materials and produce goods for war and textiles

55
Q

How many Gestapo officials were there to cover the 1 million people living in Wurzburg?

A

28

56
Q

How many of the reports in Wurzburg came from the general population?

A

57%

57
Q

How many Gestapo agents for the whole of Germany?

A

40,000

58
Q

Between 1933-45 how many people were detained for resistance?

A

800,000

59
Q

Between 1933-39 how many were sentenced by the courts to how many years’ imprisonment for political offences?

A

225,000 people to a total of 600,000 years imprisonment

60
Q

Between 1933-45 how many people were ‘legally’ executed?

A

32,000

61
Q

Overall, what % of investigations stemmed from voluntary denunciations?

A

50% and in some places, 80%

62
Q

What impact did the DAF have?

A

Industrial pay packets went up 18% under the third Reich compared to 15.5% under Weimar Germany
By 1939, 35,000 out of 25 million were unemployed
The average wage in 1936 was 35 marks a week

63
Q

How much did wages increase annually under the Nazis?

A

1%

64
Q

In 1938, how many took KdF holidays?

A

Over 10 million

65
Q

How much did it cost to subscribe to the Volkswagen scheme?

A

5 marks a week

66
Q

What was the limitation of the Volkswagen scheme?

A

By 1939 no workers had received a car and they’d switched to war production

67
Q

From 1936, how many had attended the DAF vocational training courses?

A

2.5 million

68
Q

When was labour service made compulsory in Germany?

A

June 1935

69
Q

For what ages was the labour service compulsory?

A

19 to 25

70
Q

Which organisation led the labour service?

A

Reich Labour Service (RAD)

71
Q

Who did Hitler target on the Night of the Long Knives?

A

His SA

72
Q

What was the impact of the Night of the Long Knives?

A

The military appreciated the destruction of the SA
Destroyed any potential threat of the Conservative-right to Hitler
Allowed Hitler to become President without any opposition

73
Q

How much was spent of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin?

A

42 Million Reichsmarks

74
Q

What % of radio staff were sacked on racial grounds?

A

13%

75
Q

In 1939 how many Germans had radios compared to 1932?

A

1932: Less than 25% of Germans
1939: 70% of Germans

76
Q

How many daily newspapers did Germany have when the Nazis took over?

A

4700

77
Q

What was the Nazi publishing house called?

A

Eher Verlag

78
Q

How much of the German press did Eher Verlag controll by 1939?

A

2/3

79
Q

What did the Editor Law of October 1933 do?

A

Made newspaper content the responsibility of the editor who had to meet strict guidelines

80
Q

How many readers did the Volkisher Beobachter have by 1944?

A

1.7 million

81
Q

How many Nazi films were made from 1933-45?

A

1097

82
Q

What are some famous Nazi films?

A

The Eternal Jew, The adventures of Baron von Munchhausen

83
Q

What did the Reich Chancellery do?

A

Was responsible for coordinating the government, became increasingly more important as the role of the cabinet declined

84
Q

Why did cabinet meetings become pointless?

A

Following the Enabling Act, all the decision making was subservient to Hitler’s authority

85
Q

How many times did the cabinet meet in 1933 compared to 1935?

A

1933: 72
1935: 12

86
Q

What did Hitler change of the SA in February 1933?

A

He declared that only the army could carry guns, and not members of the SA

87
Q

What did Hitler do to the SA in January 1934?

A

He demanded that they limit their political agitation activities, which pleased the military leaders

88
Q

What was a major contributing factor to the night of the long knives?

A

The army’s concerns about the unruly and violent SA

89
Q

When was conscription introduced?

A

1935

90
Q

How many communists were sent to Dachau concentration camp after the Reichstag fire?

A

30,000

91
Q

Why did Hjalmar Schacht resign?

A

After Schacht had brought Germany out of the Great Depression from the Wall St Crash, Hitler appointed Goring and his Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, which annoyed Schacht

92
Q

What was the Volksgemeinschaft?

A

The idea of overcoming the old German divisions of class, religion and politics and bringing about a collective national identity by encouraging people to work together but on the Nazi ideas of race and struggle

93
Q

When was the Hitler Youth created and when was it rapidly expanded?

A

Created in 1926 and rapidly expanded from 1933 ondwards

94
Q

How many children were born from State-Sponsored brothels in 1935-44?

A

11,000

95
Q

What was the NSV?

A

NSV: National Socialist People’s Welfare

96
Q

What did the NSV do in 1934?

A

In 1 month they provided
25,800 litres of milk for babies
1500 grocery parcels
172 sets of baby clothes

97
Q

How many marriages in 1932 and 1934?

A

1932: 516,000
1934: 740,000

98
Q

What was the NSLB?

A

National Socialist Teachers’ League:
Established to change what the teachers would teach so spread Nazism

99
Q

By 1937, what % of teachers were in the NSLB?

A

97% and 2/3 of the teaching profession had been on special one-month long courses on Nazi ideology

100
Q

What % of those ages 10-18 were members of Hitler Youth movements in 1934 and 1938?

A

1934: 3,500,000 or 46.5%
1938: 7,100,000 or 77.2%

101
Q

What methods did they use to militarise the Hitler Youth?

A

Marching
Military Drills
Making them want to become Soldiers

102
Q

How did Industrial workers benefit under the Nazis?

A

Creating of the DAF
KdF providing holidays and benefits to workers

103
Q

How did Peasants and small farmers benefit under the Nazis?

A

Promised financial aid by the Nazis
Farm debts were written off and small farmers were given low interest rates

104
Q

How did Landowners benefit under the Nazis?

A

They didn’t redistribute the rich’s land
Got cheap land in Eastern Europe after the invasion of Russia

105
Q

How did the Mittelstand benefit under the Nazis?

A

Money taken from Jewish businesses was used to offer lower interest rates
New regulations to protect craftsmen
Law to protect retail trade banned Jews opening new stores

106
Q

How did Big businesses benefit under the Nazis?

A

The value of German industry increased greatly
Annexations from 1938 onwards provided opportunities for business expansion

107
Q

By 1944, how long was the average working week?

A

60 hours

108
Q

What happened on Kristallnacht?

A

Jewish homes were destroyed
100 Jews were killed and 20,000 deported to concentration camps

109
Q

When was Kristallnacht?

A

9th November 1938

110
Q

What are some examples of the Nuremberg laws?

A

Jews were no longer German Citizens
Jews couldn’t display a German flag
Jews were classed as anyone with three Jewish grandparents
It was illegal for Germans and Jews to be married or have sex

111
Q

What happened to Austrian Jews after the Anchluss?

A

200,000 Jews were attacked and repressed in the following months

112
Q

Who was Hitler’s secretary?

A

Lammers

113
Q

Name 3 organisations controlled by Himmler

A

SS, Waffen SS, Kripo, Gestapo, SD

114
Q

Which award could women win for having children?

A

Mothers’ Cross

115
Q

How much was the marriage loan?

A

600RM

free guide to amazing grade (20 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions