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what were the three ways hitler increased employment

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public works
rearmament
national service

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how did public service increase employment

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building hospitals, schools, public building like 1936 olympic stadium provided jobs for men
autobahn construction created work for 80,000 men

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how did rearmament increase employment

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created millions of jobs (in factories building weapons)

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how did national service increase employment

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National Labour Service meant all men 19-25 spent 6 months in the NLS then were conscripted into the army

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5
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who wasnt involved in unemployment statistics

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1.4 million men in the army
jews who were sacked
women who gave up their jobs

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what was autarky

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a closed economy, hitler wanting germany to stop trade with outside world and become entirely self sufficient

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was autarky successful?

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no, by WW2 germany was still importing 20% of food and 33% of raw materials

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9
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how were big businesses effected by nazi economic policies

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50% wage increase

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how was agriculture effected by nazi economic policies

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prices rose 20%

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how were small businesses effected by nazi economic policies

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20% of small businesses closed

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what was the hereditary farm law 1933

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prevents farms being repossessed from owners, have farming families greater security

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what was the labour front

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nazi organisation that replaced trade unions

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what did the labour front do

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set wages, nearly always followed wishes of employers

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what was strength through joy

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organisation to help germans see work was good

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how did strength through joy improve workers lives

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they gained evening classes, theatre trips, picnics, and cheap/free holidays for all workers
savings scheme for workers who wanted to buy a car

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17
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what was the beauty of labour

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organisation to help germans see that work was good
ecouraged factory owners to improve working conditions

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how did the lives of non armament industries change from 1933-1939

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wages fell
hours worked rose by 15%
series accidents in factories increased
workers could be blacklisted by employers for questioning working conditions

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what were the ‘three Ks’ that nazis believed womens lives should revolve around

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kinder (children)
kuche (kitchen)
kirche (church)

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what was the law for the encouragement of marriage

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gave newlywed couples a loan of 1,000 marks
allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child they had

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21
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what was the mothers cross

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an award given to women who had large numbers of children

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how else did hitler encourage birth rate (not mothers cross or encouragement)

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allowed women to volunteer to have a baby for aryan member of SS

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what was the Law for the Reduction of Unemployment

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gave women financial incentives to stay at home

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when were women conscripted into the war effort

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1943

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how were women encouraged to look

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hair in plaits or buns
flat shoes
no makeup or trousers
no dyed hair
no smoking in public
discouraged from being slim (thought slim women had trouble giving birth)

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how did ‘the aryan race’ look

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tall
strong
blonde haired
blue eyed
white skinned

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what was the aim of the Hitler Youth

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prepare german boys to be future soldiers

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what did the Hitler youth wear

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military style uniforms

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29
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what were the hitler youth acitivities

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physical exercise
rifle practice
political indoctrination

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what was the aim of the league of german maidens

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prepare girls for future motherhood

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31
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what did the league of german maidens wear

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blue skirt
white blouse
heavy marching shoes

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32
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what were the league of german maidens acitivities

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physical exercise
developing domestic skills - sewing and cooking

33
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what did teachers have to join in order to be able to teach

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Nazi Teachers Association

34
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how did the curriculum differ under nazis

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history - course on rise of nazi party
biology - taught nazi racial theories of evolution in eugenics
race study and ideology - new subject, aryan ideas and antisemitism
PE - 5 one hour lessons every week
chem+maths - downgraded in importance

35
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how many protestants and catholics were in germany in 1933

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protestants - 45 million
catholics - 22 million

36
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why did hitler view christianity as a threat

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emphasised peace when he was trying to start a war

37
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what did hitler establish to control religion

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the state reich church to unify different branches of protestantism

38
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who led the state reich church

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ludwug muller

39
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why did the reich church attempt to ban the old testament

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considered a ‘jewish’ book

40
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how many pastors of the confessional church were sent to concentration camps

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800

41
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how did hitler attempt to suppress catholics

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tried to stop use of crucifix
catholic schools/youth organisations suppressed
catholic newspapers banned
400 catholic priests sent to dachau

42
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was hitler successful in reducing the influence of religion

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no, church attendance increased substantially under the nazis

43
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what were the 3 organisations that controlled the police state

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schutzstaffel (ss)
gestapo
SD

44
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what was the SS

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led by heinrich himmler
initially set up as Hitlers personal bodyguards
set up concentration camps where ‘enemies of the state’ were sent

45
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what was the gestapo

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secret police force
monitored german population for signs of opposition or resistance
was helped by ordinary citizens snitching on others

46
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what was the SD

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intelligence gathering agency of SS
responsible for security of hitler and other top nazis
led by reinhard heydrich

47
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how did nazis control the legal system

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judges had to swear oath of loyalty to hitler
all lawyers joined Nazi Lawyers Association
role of defence lawyers was weakened
standard punishments abolished so local prosecutors decided penalities

48
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how many crimes carried the death penalty by 1939

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46

49
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what was the role of the waffen SS

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elite unit in the army

50
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what was the role of the death heads

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ran concentration and death camps

51
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what were some of the things punishable by death

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telling an anti hitler joke
having sex with a jew
listening to a foreign radio station

52
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how was hitler a constant presence in german peoples lives

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swastika symbol appeared on every government uniform and public building
pictures of hitler displayed everywhere
germans had to greet eachother with ‘heil hitler’ and a raised arm salute

53
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what were some methods of propaganda

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cencorship of press
control of radio
mass rallies
use of sporting events

54
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how was the press censored

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all newspapers controlled by government
could only print pro nazi stories

55
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how was radio controlled

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all radio output controlled by goebbels ministry through reich broadcasting corporation

56
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how were mass rallies used

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public displays of support for naziism
music, speeches, demonstrations of german strength

57
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how were sporting events used

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belin hospoted 1936 olympics
used to demonstrate superiority of aryan race
jesse owens (black USA athlete) had many victories infuriating the nazis

58
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how did the nazis control art

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6500 works of art removed from display
encouraged ‘aryan’ art

59
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how did the nazis control architechture

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hitler was very interested in architechture - believed it could be used to project nazi power

60
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how did the nazis control literature

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ceremonially burnt thousands of subversive or anti nazi books in 1933
books written by jewish, pacifist, classical, liberal, anarchist, socialist, communist authors

61
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how did the nazis control film

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took over film production and distribution
state run school for politically reliable film makers was founded
used film stars to promote popularity of party

62
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how did the nazis control music

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classical music by jewish composers (like mendelssohn and mahler) banned
works of wagner (german) promoted
opposed to jazz, called it negro music and degenerate

63
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why were people in support of the nazis

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stability and economic growth
restored prestige of germany
propaganda convinced them

64
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how did protestants oppose nazis

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protestant pastors (led by martin niemoller) formed confessional church
protestant pastor dietrich bonhoffer was linked to 1944 bomb plot

65
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how did catholics oppose the nazis

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popes ‘with burning concern’ attacked hitler as ‘a mad prophet with repulsive ignorance’
archbishops of munster (von galen) led successful campaign to end euthanasia of mentally disabled people

66
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how did the edelweiss pirates oppose nazid

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daubed anti nazi slogans
sang pre 1933 folk songs
1944, pirates in cologne kill gestapo chief

67
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how did the white rose group oppose the nazis

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1943, hans and sophie scholl publish anti nazi leaflets, throw them into the atrium at munich univeristy
arrested and sentenced to guillotine

68
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how did the swing youth and jazz youth oppse nazis

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rejected nazi values
drank alcohol
wore american clothes
dances to jazz
hung out in bars and nightclubs with members of opposite sex

69
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how did the workers oppose nazis

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posted anti nazi posters and graffiti
organised strikes

70
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what were the minority groups the nazis targeted

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jews
black people
eastern europeans
gypsies
homosexuals
disabled

71
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how were black people persecuted in nazi germany

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forced sterilization
medical experimentation
incarceration
brutality
murdered

72
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who did the nazis sterilise

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mentally and physically disabled
the deaf
people with hereditary diseases
the ‘rhineland bastards’

73
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how many people were secretly euthanised between 1939 and 1941

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over 100,00

74
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who was sent to concentration camps

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homosexuals
prostitutes
jehovahs witnesses
gypsies
alcoholics
pacifists
beggars
hooligans
criminals

75
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what percentage of german gypsies died in camps

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85%

76
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what events happened in 1933 in relation to the jews

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boycott of jewish businesses
books by jewish authors publicly burnt
jewish civil servants, lawyers and teachers sacked
race science lessons introduced, teaching that jews were sub human

77
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what events happened in 1935 in relation to the jews

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nuremberg laws
- strip jews of german citizenship
- outlaw marriage and sexual relations between jews and humans
- take away jews from all civil and political rights

78
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what events happened in 1938 in relation to the jews

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jews cannot be doctors
jews had to add the name israel (men) or sarah (women) to their name
jewish children forbidden to go to school
9th nov - kritallnacht, SS organise attacks on jewish homes, businesses and synangogues in reatliation for asassination of german ambassador

79
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what events happened in 1939 in relation to the jews

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jews are forbidden to own a business or a radio

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