Hitler And The Nazis

Question 1

When was Hitler born?

Answer 1

20th April 1889

Question 2

Name three of Hitler’s talents

Answer 2

Excellent public speaker, artist/performer and he had a great memory for detail when commanding

Question 3

What happened in 1921 in a beer hall?

Answer 3

A set-up fight between the Nazi Party and the Communists took place. The men who fought were renamed the Sturm Abteilung (SA)

Question 4

Who were the SA/SS?

Answer 4

Hitler’s henchmen and thugs. Usually ex soldiers who became Hitler’s paramilitaries

Question 5

Name four means of propaganda used by Joseph Goebbels

Answer 5

Radio broadcasts, films, newspaper adverts and Nazi party posters.

Question 6

What was the hitler youth?

Answer 6

A youth movement (1922) led by Kurt Gruber who’s aim was to attract young men willing to become members of the SA

Question 7

What was the Aryan race?

Answer 7

The ‘superior race’ as Hitler believed. They were tall, naturally blonde haired, had blue eyes and were German by blood.

Question 8

When does Hitler join the German Workers party?

Answer 8

1919

Question 9

What did Hitler do in 1920?

Answer 9

He renamed the party to the National Socialist German Workers Party and issued a 25 point programme describing its aims.

Question 10

What happened in the Hitler Youth?

Answer 10

They wore uniforms and attended meetings and rallies where they were brainwashed with Nazi views

Question 11

What was the name of the political party that hitler belonged to?

Answer 11

The National Socialist German Workers Party

Question 12

Who did the Nazis persecute? (3)

Answer 12

Jews, homosexuals and gypsies

Question 13

Name three problems within the Weimar Republic

Answer 13

Communists and former soldiers had no respect for the government, the civilian population was still suffering from the affects of war and Ebert had little control over Berlin.

Question 14

Name three of the 25 points issued by Hitler for the NSGWP

Answer 14

“We demand the abolition of incomes un earned by work”
“We demand the creation and support of a healthy middle class”
“We demand the abolition of the peace treaties of Versailles and St Tremaine”

Question 15

Why did Hitler become chancellor?

Answer 15

Between 1930-1933 four elections were held. Two to decide the president and two to decide a Reichstag (parliament). Hitler AND the Nazi Party took part in all four and by January 1933 Hitler’s party would have the most seats and Hitler would become chancellor

Question 16

When did membership for the Hitler youth become practically compulsory?

Answer 16

December 1936

Question 17

When was the SA founded?

Answer 17

In Munich by Hitler, 1921

Question 18

Name two of Hitler’s aims

Answer 18

To spread the message of German racial superiority and to persecute the Jews

Question 19

When was the SA founded?

Answer 19

1921

Question 20

Give three facts about the Military Section

Answer 20

Given the job of protecting Hitler
Had to have pure Aryan ancestry for at least 150 years
A minimum height of 5’11

Question 21

Who was Von Hindenburg?

Answer 21

President of Germany

Question 22

Why did people support Hitler?

Answer 22

They were living in poverty and misery and Hitler promised a better life.

Question 23

Who was Von Schleicher?

Answer 23

An army general who became chancellor for a short while

Question 24

What did Hitler do in 1920?

Answer 24

Renamed the party to the NSGWP and issued a twenty five point programme describing the party’s aims

Question 25

What did Hitler do in 1925?

Answer 25

He re-founded the Nazi Party and expanded the SA and set up a second military group called the SS

Question 26

What had Hitler done by 1928?

Answer 26

Set up party branches in all parts of the country which set up organisations such as the Hitler Youth, the German Girls’ League and more. This meant that 108,717 Germans belonged to the Nazi party altogether but

Question 27

How long did the Hitler youth organisation exist?

Answer 27

From 1922 to 1945

Question 28

Who was Von Papen?

Answer 28

Present chancellor

Question 29

What was life like for Germans during the Great Depression ?

Answer 29

No running water, overcrowded, not built very well

Question 30

What happened on the night of 30th June 1934?

Answer 30

Hitler’s SS killed over 1000 SA members including Room (leader of the SA)