Germany under the nazis - topic 2

Question 1

when did hitler become chancelor?

Answer 1

30th january 1933

Question 2

which president appointed hitler as chancellor?

Answer 2

hindenburg

Question 3

what was the name of the communist blamed for starting the recihstag fire?

Answer 3

van der lubbe

Question 4

what did hitler convince hindenburg to do after the fire?

Answer 4

use his emergency decree

Question 5

what was the name of the law that gave hitler the power to rule without consent of the reichstag?

Answer 5

The enabling act

Question 6

what was the name of the secret police force?

Answer 6

Gestapo

Question 7

where was the first concentration camp set up in germany?

Answer 7

dachau

Question 8

who was incharge of the SA before he was murdered during the night of the long knives?

Answer 8

Ernest Rohm

Question 9

when the president died what title did hitler give himself?

Answer 9

Fuhrer

Question 10

who was the leader of the SS?

Answer 10

heidrick himmler

Question 11

What was the name of the organisation that all men between 18-25 had to spend 6 months in?

Answer 11

National labour service (RAD)

Question 12

What was the size of the army by 1939 as result of conscription?

Answer 12

1.4 million men

Question 13

Name the major public work scheme that gave work to nearly 100,000 men?

Answer 13

Motorway building

Question 14

Who was appointed minister of economics in 1933?

Answer 14

Schmitt

Question 15

Who was schmitt replaced by in 1936

Answer 15

Goering

Question 16

What was the name of the war plan to make germany ready for war?

Answer 16

4 year plan

Question 17

What organisation replaced trade unions after they were banned in 1933

Answer 17

German labour front

Question 18

What was the organisation that organised leisure activities and reward schemes to encourage hard work?

Answer 18

Strength through joy

Question 19

What was the name of the organisation that tried to improve the working environment?

Answer 19

Beauty of labour

Question 20

When was rationing introduced in Germany?

Answer 20

1939

Question 21

What was the name given to the order to organise the country so that everything was entirely focused on war?

Answer 21

Total war

Question 22

What was the name of the new subject that was introduced into schoolers based on the idea of eugenics?

Answer 22

Race studies

Question 23

In what year was membership of the hitler youth made mandatory?

Answer 23

1936

Question 24

What was the name given to the youth that refused to join the hitler youth and went to parties?

Answer 24

Swing youth

Question 25

What did the number of members in the Hitler youth increase from in 1933 to 1936?

Answer 25

1933 - 2.3 million
1936 - 5.4 million