Hitler's Dictatorship

Question 1

what did the Nazi Party set out to do when in power

Answer 1

to make Germany a dictatorship

Question 2

how did the Nazis plan on making Germany a dictatorship

Answer 2

• eliminating political opponents

- securing Hitler’s power

Question 3

when was the Reichstag fire

Answer 3

27th February 1933

Question 4

what burned down in the Reichstag fire

Answer 4

the Reichstag

Question 5

what political group did the Nazis blame for the Reichstag fire

Answer 5

the communists

Question 6

who was caught at the scene of the Reichstag fire? what happened

Answer 6

• Marinus van der Lubbe

- he was arrested

Question 7

what did Hitler demand after the Reichstag fire

Answer 7

• special emergency powers, known as emergence decree

- president Hindenburg gave him them

Question 8

how many communists were arrested after the Reichstag fire when Hitler was given special emergency powers

Answer 8

4,000 communists

Question 9

when was the enabling act proposed

Answer 9

23rd March 1933 by Hitler

Question 10

what would the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do

Answer 10

pass laws without the Reichstag

Question 11

why did the Reichstag support the Enabling Act

Answer 11

Hitler used the SS and SA to intimidate them

Question 12

how many votes did the Reichstag give the Enabling Act

Answer 12

444 to 94

Question 13

was Germany still a democracy after the Enabling Act

Answer 13

no

Question 14

what happened to political parties on the 14th July 1933

Answer 14

they were all banned, apart from the Nazi party, to remove all political opposition

Question 15

when were trade union leaders arrested? where were they sent?

Answer 15

in May 1933, they were sent to concentration camps

Question 16

what were all German workers forced to do after Trade Unions were banned

Answer 16

German Labour Force (DAF)

Question 17

who led the DAF

Answer 17

Dr Robert Ley

Question 18

what did the strict control of workers in DAF mean

Answer 18

they couldn’t go on strike for better pay

Question 19

when was the Night of Long Knives

Answer 19

30th June 1934

Question 20

what did Hitler do to members of the SA during the Knight of Long Knives

Answer 20

used members of the SS to purge them

Question 21

who was the leader of the SA

Answer 21

Ernst Rohm, he was a powerful rival to Hitler

Question 22

how many members of the SA were killed in the Knight of Long Knives

Answer 22

400,including Rohm

Question 23

what did Hitler accuse Rohm of

Answer 23

plotting to overthrow and murder him

Question 24

who was killed in the Knight of Long Knives

Answer 24

• Ernst Rohm

- von Schliecher, former chancellor

Question 25

what was there no more of after the Knight of Long Knives

Answer 25

internal opposition

Question 26

when did President Hindenburg die

Answer 26

August 1934

Question 27

what happened to Hitler when Hindenburg died

Answer 27

he became the fuhrer, merging the roles of chancellor and president

Question 28

what is a regime

Answer 28

a form of governement

Question 29

what did Hitler call his regime

Answer 29

the ‘Third Reich’

Question 30

how long did Hitler believe his regime would last

Answer 30

1000 years

Question 31

how was loyalty shown in the third reich

Answer 31

• ‘Heil Hitler’’ salite

- Hitler forced army to swear oath of allegiance to him personally, rather than to Germany

Question 32

what were provinces (division of country) run by?

Answer 32

a Gauleiter, a Nazi trusted by Hitler

Question 33

who did Gauleiters report to?

Answer 33

reported to Reichsleiters, who reported to Hitler

Question 34

what was Josef Goebbels

Answer 34

a Reichsleiter

Question 35

what did Goebbels focus on

Answer 35

propaganda

Question 36

what was passed in 1934

Answer 36

Law for Reconstruction of Reich

Question 37

what did the Reconstruction of Reich give Hitler

Answer 37

total control of local governments