HISTORY UNIT 5 - ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND RACIAL POLICIES

Question 1

What were Hitler’s three aims in terms of the economy ?

Answer 1

• re-arm
• reduce unemployment
• turn Germany into an autarky

Question 2

What was Germany set to be ready for with Gorings four-year plan ?

Answer 2

War in 1940

Question 3

What year was Gorings 4 year plan introduced ?

Answer 3

1936

Question 4

What was the RAD

Answer 4

National Labour Service corps

Question 5

Men between what age had to serve in the RAD ?

Answer 5

18 to 25

Question 6

How long did man have to serve in the RAD ?

Answer 6

6 months

Question 7

What the main features of the RAD ?

Answer 7

Manual labour, lived in camps , wore uniforms and carried out military drills

Question 8

What did the public works program do ?

Answer 8

• kick started the cycle of prosperity
• Men were employed to build hospitals, schools and houses
• they built 7,000 km of autobahn

Question 9

What is the acronym for the German labour front ?

Answer 9

DAF

Question 10

What was Hitler’s opinion of trade unions ?

Answer 10

He viewed them as breeding grounds for communism

Question 11

When were trade unions banned ?

Answer 11

May 1933

Question 12

What did the DAF have control over ?

Answer 12

Regulated work hours and pay

Question 13

What was the KDF ?

Answer 13

Strength through Joy

Question 14

Who invented the KDF and in what year ?

Answer 14

Robert Ley , 1934

Question 15

What did the KDF do ?

Answer 15

• improve the leisure time of loyal workers
• Control free time
• Offered activities like cruises, sports, concerts etc.

Question 16

What did the beauty of work program do ?

Answer 16

Improve working conditions by building canteens and sporting facilities

Question 17

What were the unemployment figures between 1933 and 1939 ?

Answer 17

6 million unemployed in 1933 to 350,000 in 1939

Question 18

How were the unemployment figures inaccurate ?

Answer 18

There was lots of invisible unemployment
- Jews and women forced out of their jobs were not included.
- Those sent concentration camps did not feature on the statistics.
- Figures included part-time employment

Question 19

How did the treatment of women differ from the Weimar Republic ?

Answer 19

During Weimar women had made substantial progress towards equality
The Nazis however had very traditional views and reversed many changes.

Question 20

What were the three Ks ?

Answer 20

Kinder
Kirche
Kuche

Question 21

Describe the lebensborn program ?

Answer 21

In order to boost the population women were encouraged to donate a baby to the Führer, by becoming pregnant by an SS officer.

Question 22

What law gave couples loans ?

Answer 22

The law for the encouragement of marriage 1933

Question 23

Under what circumstance were loans allowed to be kept ?

Answer 23

a quarter of the loan was kept for every child born

Question 24

What award was given to mothers with large families ?

Answer 24

The motherhood Cross

Question 25

How much of a school timetable was devoted to physical education?

Answer 25

15%

Question 26

What did the boys curriculum have an emphasis on ?

Answer 26

Military training

Question 27

What did the girls curriculum have an emphasis on ?

Answer 27

Skills required in the home

Question 28

In order to be a teacher what did teachers have to do under the Nazi regime ?

Answer 28

A hats to belong to the Nazi teachers League and swear I an oath of loyalty to Hitler

Question 29

What happened to the lessons taught ?

Answer 29

Every subject was taught from a Nazi point of view - Biology taught eugenics - History of Germany's military glory and of the evils of communism - Geography Germany and her hostile neighbours

Question 30

What became a standard textbook ?

Answer 30

Mein Kampf

Question 31

What year did the Hitler Youth become compulsory ?

Answer 31

1939

Question 32

How many members did the Hitler Youth have in 1939?

Answer 32

7m

Question 33

What were boys taught in the Hitler Youth ?

Answer 33

Boys instructed in military skills like map reading shooting and camping

Question 34

Why may the Hitler Youth have been appealing for young boys ?

Answer 34

It offered scout-like activities as well as a sense if camarederie

Question 35

How did Hitler deal with the Catholic Church ?

Answer 35

- In 1933 he signed a concordat with the Pope agreeing to leave each other alone. - This deal was quickly broken as priests were sent concentration camps and Catholic schools abolished.

Question 36

Why did Hitler oppose religion ?

Answer 36

Hitler was oppose dto religion as the Church was loyal to the pope and God over him. The church taught values opposite to that of the Nazis He couldnt control the curriculum in Catholic schools

Question 37

What was the German Faith movement ?

Answer 37

It was set up as an attempt to break the hold of the church however few joined.

Question 38

What happened to the Protestant church ?

Answer 38

The Protestant church became the Reich church and was led by Ludwig Muller.

Question 39

What changes occurred to the church as it became the Reich church ?

Answer 39

- Mein Kampf becamethe Bible - The swastika replaced the cross

Question 40

Who was opposed to the Reich church ?

Answer 40

Niemöller - He founded the Confessional Church

Question 41

What was the Nazis initial stance on Jews ?

Answer 41

They were encourage to leave the country.

Question 42

What are the figures on Jewish immigration ?

Answer 42

1933 - 550,000 Jews in Germany 1939 - 280,000 had fled Germany

Question 43

What two things happened regarding Jews in April 1933 ?

Answer 43

- The boycotting of Jewish stores - Jews removed from the civil service

Question 44

What were the two clauses of the Nuremberg laws ?

Answer 44

- ' Reich Law for Citizenship' - Jews were stripped of their German citizenship - 'Law for the protection of German blood and honour' - Prevented the marriage between Jews and Germans

Question 45

When were the Nuremberg laws passed ?

Answer 45

September 1935

Question 46

What year would Jews issued with identity cards ?

Answer 46

1938

Question 47

Context of Kristallnacht

Answer 47

A Polish Jew angry with the treatment of his parents in Germany went to the German embassy in Paris and shot an officer. Goebbels used this as an opportunity to fuel hatred for the Jews.

Question 48

What date was Kristallnacht ?

Answer 48

9-10 November 1938

Question 49

How many synagogues were burnt?

Answer 49

400

Question 50

How many Jewish businesses were destroyed ?

Answer 50

7500

Question 51

How many Jewish people were arrested and sent to concentration camps ?

Answer 51

30,000

Question 52

How many Jewish people were killed on Kristallnacht ?

Answer 52

100

Question 53

What were the consequences of Kristallnacht ?

Answer 53

- Jews were blamed for the attack and fined one billion Reichmarks for the damage. - Hitler used it as an opportunity to up his anti-Semitic policies - Jewish children banned from attended schools - Jewish people could no longer employ peopke to their businesses.

Question 54

What year would Jews forced into ghettos?

Answer 54

1939