Germany Under Nazis 1933-1939 [H1.2] Flashcards
What was taken into consideration with a “Good Nazi”?
Job
Race
Family Relationships
Sexuality
What was the Schutzstaffel (SS)?
General Police, responsible for the population.
Oversaw Gestapo (Secret Police)
Ran concentration camps
Ran Death Camps
How did Hitler gain control of the legal system?
All judges had to swear an oath of loyalty to the Führer and all lawyers had to join the Nazi Lawyers’ Association.
Death penalty used more
Harder to defend the accused.
Who ran the Propaganda and Censorship side?
Joseph Goebbels.
How did Propaganda and Censorship reach the general population?
Control of the press Radio Art Rallies Sporting Events
Why did the Nazi’s face little to no resistance?
Effective Nazi Police State
Fear - Bad Punishments to Rebels
Knowledge - Gestapo found out quickly
How did the economy change during Hitler’s reign?
Hitler achieved virtually full employment through rearmament, National Service and marginalising groups like the Jews (who lost their jobs and were not included in unemployment figures).
What is Autarky?
Closed economy, Germany to cease trade with the outside world and rely on it’s own resources.
What were the expectations of women under Nazi rule?
Women were expected to fill a traditional life of bearing children and looking after them.
Hitler focused a lot on the young people since they were the future of his country.
What was the Nazi youth organisation called?
Hitler Youth.
What was the Nazi youth organisation called?
Hitler Youth.
What was the race Hitler prioritised?
Aryan race.
What racial group did Hitler target the most?
Jews, their rights were taken away including their citizenship. Before the WW2 Holocaust, 6million Jews from across Nazi Occupied Europe were murdered.
How did the Nazi’s fall from
