Hitler's Dictatorship

Question 0

When were the SS set up?

Answer 0

1925

Question 1

Who were the SS

Answer 1

Hitler's personal bodyguard.
Run by Heinrich Himmler.
Nazis' private police force.
Put in charge of all other state security services.
Carried out racial purification and ran concentration camps.
Made Nazis seem intimidating.
Controlled people's lives.
Promoted Aryan Germany.

Question 2

When did Heinrich Himmler take over the SS?

Answer 2

1929

Question 3

How did SS membership grow during the 1930s?

Answer 3

To 50,000 men.

Question 4

What did the SS have to be?

Answer 4

Aryan
They were expected to marry ‘racially pure’ women so they promoted the Aryan race.
They were loyal to Hitler in case other groups turned against him.

Question 5

Who were the Gestapo?

Answer 5

Non-uniformed secret police.

Question 6

When were the Gestapo set up and by who?

Answer 6

1933

By Hermann Goering

Question 7

When were the Gestapo placed under the control of the SS?

Answer 7

1936

Question 8

Why were the Gestapo particularly feared?

Answer 8

They were non-uniformed so could not be told apart from other members of the public.

Question 9

What did the Gestapo do?

Answer 9

Arrested those who spoke out against Nazi ideas.

Ensured that most of Germany supported the Nazis.

Question 10

What could both the SS and Gestapo do?

Answer 10

Arrest people and not be responsible to anyone but their commanders and Hitler.

Question 11

When and where was the first concentration camp set up?

Answer 11

1933 in Dachau

Question 12

Where were concentration camps located?

Answer 12

In isolated areas outside cities and away from the public eye.

Question 13

Key features of concentration camps

Answer 13

Inmates were usually minorities and people of whom the Nazis disapproved.
Used for forced labour.
Later used for mass murder of minorities such as Jews.

Question 14

When was Hitler Youth set up?

Answer 14

In the 1920s

Question 15

What did Hitler Youth do?

Answer 15

Turned young into loyal Nazis
Prepared boys for military
Taught them about politics, Nazi beliefs and the war
Divided parents and children
Encouraged teamwork
Made them physically fit for war
Taught to follow orders

Question 16

What did the League of German Maidens do?

Answer 16

Taught girls to be good mothers
Supported boys in Hitler Youth
Made to feel important and good about themselves

Question 17

How was History used to indoctrinate children?

Answer 17

They were taught about the rise of the Nazis and the injustices of the ToV and the evils of communism and the Jews.

Question 18

How was Geography used to indoctrinate children?

Answer 18

They were taught about Lebensraum.

Question 19

How was PE used to indoctrinate children?

Answer 19

It took up 15% of school time.

Boxing was compulsory for boys.

Question 20

Why were people afraid of the Nazis?

Answer 20

They had a violent reputation (e.g. NotLK, SA, concentration camps)
Gestapo would listen out for anti-Hitler views

Question 21

Why did people not know what was going on with the Nazis?

Answer 21

Censorship and propaganda stopped people from receiving useful information and kept some extremes private.
Those who suspected kept quiet in fear.

Question 22

Why was there no organised opposition?

Answer 22

Most other organisations had been banned

Churches were an exception and formed some of the most public oppositon.

Question 23

Why were unpopular policies dropped?

Answer 23

Policies that alienated other Germans were often moderated.

1938 assault on Jews caused widespread condemnation so all measures against Jews were kept secret.