History: Chapter 10 Lesson 3- Hitler and Nazi Germany Flashcards
Where was Hitler rejected from?
Art academy.
What was the core of Hitler’s ideas?
Racism, especially anti-semitism.
Who was Hitler also?
An extreme nationalist who knew how political parties could effectively use propaganda and terror.
What party did Hitler join after WWI?
German Workers Party. ( one of many right-wing extreme nationalists in Munich)
What did Hitler take control of and what was it renamed?
He had taken control of the party and renamed it the National Socialist Germans Workers Party (Nazi)
Why was Hitler sent to prison?
He staged an armed uprising against the government in Munich and failed.
What is Mein Kampf ?
The account of his movement and it’s basic ideas.
What were the basic ideals of Mein Kampf?
Extreme German nationalism, strong anti-semitism, and anti communism together by a Social Darwianian theory of struggle.
What was the theory of struggle?
Emphasizes the right of superior nations to the living space through expansion. It upholds the rights of superior individuals over the masses.
How did Hitler think Nazi had to obtain power by?
Legally through elections, not by violent overthrow of the Weimar Republic.
What did Hitler do out of prison?
Expanded the Nazi Party
What was crucial to germany’s rise to political power?
Germany’s economic difficulties
What had Hitler promised and what did it appeal?
A new Germany that appealed to nationalism and militarism.
How did German rule after 1930?
By decree with support of president Hindenburg.
How much power did the Reichstag have?
Little
Who looked to Hitler for Leadership?
The right wing elites of Germany.
What did Hindenburg do under pressure?
Allowed Hitler to become chancellor and create a new government.
What foundation did Hitler lay?
For Nazi’s complete control over Germany.
How did Hitler’s legal power of seizure come?
When two-thirds of the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act.
What did this act give the government power to do?
To ignore the constitution for 4 years while it issued laws to deal with the country’s problems.
What did it later give Hitler’s actions?
A legal basis.
How was Hitler able to become a dictator?
When he got a legal basis he no longer needed Reichstag or Hindenburg and so he became dictator appointed by the parliamentary body itself.
What did Nazi do with their new power?
Brought all institutions under their control.
What did the Nazi’s purge?
Civil service of democratic elements and of Jews who were blamed for Germany’s bad economy.
What are concentration camps?
Camp of prisoners usually from war, political leaders, etc.. under harsh conditions. But in Germany it was just for jews and those who opposed them.
Who was abolished?
All political parties except the Nazi
What had Hitler established the basis for within 7 months of coming to power?
The basis of a totalitarian state.
How did Hitler become the sole ruler of Germany?
When Hindenburg died the office president was abolished.
What did Hitler want to develop?
A totalitarian state.
What was Hitler’s big goal?
Development of a Aryan Racial state that would dominate Europe and possibly world of generations to come.
What is the definition of Aryan?
Word used to identify Indo-European languages. it was misused by the Germans and instead they meant it to identify Ancient Greeks and Romans.
What did the Nazis think they were?
The true descendants and leaders of Aryans and would create and Empire.
What would Hitler need to do to achieve this goal?
The active involvement of the German people.
How did Nazis pursue the creation of a totalitarian state?
Mass demonstrations and spectacles to make German people a instrument of German policies.
What instrument did Hitler rely on to maintain control?
Instruments of terror
Who were the Guard Squadrons?
Schutzstaffeln are known as the Guard Squadrons (the SS) which were an important force in maintaining order.
What was the SS originally created for?
Hitlers body guard.
Because of Heinrich Himmler, what did the SS control?
The secret police force that Himmler set up but also regular German police forces.
What are the two principles that SS was based on?
Terror and adherence to Nazi ideology. Terror (methods of repression and murder)
What was Himmler’s goal?
Further the Aryan master race
How did Hitler put people back to work to end the Depression?
Public work projects and grants to private construction firms.
What was key to solving the unemployment program?
rearmament program.
What did the regime claim?
Full credit for solving Germany’s economic woes
What was an important factor leading many Germans to accept Hitler and the Nazis?
Their part in ending the Depression
How did Women play a crucial role in the Aryan state?
As Bearers of the children who Nazi’s believed would bring Triumph of the Aryan race.
What did the Nazis believe men were to do?
Were destined to be warriors and political leaders
What did Nazi ideas determine?
Determined employment opportunities for women
What jobs did the Nazis think might hinder a women’s pregnancy?
Jobs in heavy industry and things like Medicine and law
What jobs did Nazis think were suitable for women?
Social work and nursing
What did the Nazis strip jews of?
German citizenship and civil rights and forbade marriages between Jews and Germans.
When did a more violent phase of anti-jews begin?
Began on the night of shattered glass
What did the Nazis do on the “night of shattered glass”?
Destroyed synagogues and many businesses and many were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
What were Jews barred from?
All public transportation and public buildings
What were Jews prohibited from doing?
From owning, managing, or working in retail store
Under the direction of the SS what were Jews encouraged to do?
To emigrate from Germany and some were able to leave.
What had led to a revolution in mass communications?
A series of inventions
How did the Nazi regime use radios?
Urged people to buy radios so they could promote Hitler.
Who was Joseph Goebbels?
The German propaganda minister
What did Goebbels believe?
Film was the one modern and scientific means of influencing the masses
What did Goebbels create?
A film industry division in his Propaganda ministry which supported the making and feature of film and documentaries that carried the Nazi message.
What control did Mass Leisure give totalitarian states?
Control of people.
What program did the Totalitarian regime adopt?
Kraft Durch Freude (Strength through Joy)
What did the program offer?
A variety of activities to amuse the working class
How did Hitler take advantage of the Olympics?
To show Germany’s physical strength and prestige
