Hitler's Rise to Fuhrer: 1933-1939

Question 1

how did the reichstag fire help hitler gain control?

Answer 1

dutch communist Van Der Lubbe was caught red handed with matches on the reichstag an hitler used this as an excuse to arrest communists and get rid of opponents

Question 2

how did the general election allow hitler to gain control?

Answer 2

hitler arrested 81 communists using emergency power given to him by hindenburg
he also forced nationalist party to merge with nazis so he had no political opponents

Question 3

how did the enabling act of 1933 allow hitler to gain control?

Answer 3

it made hitler an official dictator of germany allowing him to pass any laws he wanted without consulting the reichstag

Question 4

how did the take over of the local government allow hitler to gain control?

Answer 4

he took over the police and set up the gestapo to send Jews and communists to concentration camps

Question 5

how did the banning of trade unions allow hitler to gain control?

Answer 5

it reduced opposition from workers and gave him control over them

Question 6

how did the banning of political parties allow hitler to gain control?

Answer 6

he had no opposition from other parties

Question 7

how did the night of the long knives help hitler gain control?

Answer 7

hitler removed threat from Rohm and SA by ordering SS to kill over 400 SA men

Question 8

what agreement did hitler make with the catholic church?

Answer 8

he would follow the freedom of catholic worship if the church promised they wouldn’t interfere with the nazi policies and swore loyalty to them

Question 9

how did hitler control the catholics?

Answer 9

he went back on his agreement and arrested priests and banned catholic schools

Question 10

how did hitler control the protestants?

Answer 10

in 1936, he combined the protestant and nazi church to create the reich church

Question 11

how did hitler germany through film?

Answer 11

films in the cinema were preceded by a 45 min newsreel about how the nazi party had made germany great again

Question 12

how did hitler control germany through radio?

Answer 12

all stations were under nazi control with a short range to prevent foreign invaders

Question 13

how did hitler control germany through rallies?

Answer 13

each year, a mass rally was held at nuremburg to create a sense of german unity and show the strength of the nazi party

Question 14

how did hitler control germany through literature?

Answer 14

all books had to be approved by nazis and those that opposed nazis were burned or destroyed

Question 15

how did hitler control germany through music?

Answer 15

only songs that promoted german culture were allowed

Question 16

how did hitler control germany through art?

Answer 16

in september 1933, the reich chamber of cultural arts was set up and all artists were encouraged to join

Question 17

what was the law for the encouragement of marriage?

Answer 17

newly married couples received a loan of 1000 marks and by having children, could avoid paying it all back. 1 child mean that you didn’t have to pay 25% back

Question 18

what was the lebensborn project?

Answer 18

encouraged women to marry SS men

Question 19

what was duty year?

Answer 19

women could work patriotically to help the nazis achieve their ‘economic miracle’

Question 20

what was the hitler youth?

Answer 20

originally set up in the 20’s but by 1936, membership was compulsory. It indoctrinated children with nazi ideology

Question 21

how did schools promote Nazism?

Answer 21

teachers would come into the classrooms on a mornings saying ‘heil hitler’ and pushing national pride

Question 22

what was the gestapo?

Answer 22

nazi secret police who identified opposition by spying

Question 23

what was the SD?

Answer 23

a security force for the nazis who kept a card index of opponents

Question 24

what was the SS?

Answer 24

hitler’s personal bodyguard

Question 25

how did hitler eventually become fuhrer?

Answer 25

when hindenburg died hitler took the job of office president and chancellor and merged them to create on supreme leader

Question 26

how did the wall street crash lead to a rise in Nazi support?

Answer 26

people were angry and fed up with the weimar republic so turned to extremism

Question 27

what were the 4 main reasons for growth in Nazi support from 1929-33?

Answer 27

Hitler himself, the SA, Goebbels and the Wall street crash

Question 28

who was appointed chancellor after bruning stepped down?

Answer 28

von papen

Question 29

how many supporters did von papen have?

Answer 29

68

Question 30

how many seats did the Nazis get in the July 1932 elections run by von papen?

Answer 30

230

Question 31

what did von papen do in November 1932 to try and gain more support?

Answer 31

held another election in which he gained even less seats that the July one - only 32 seats

Question 32

what did von papen then suggest to hindenburg?

Answer 32

abolishing the weimar constitution

Question 33

what did von schleicher persuade hindenburg?

Answer 33

abolishing the constitution would lead to civil war

Question 34

what did von papen decide to do?

Answer 34

resign

Question 35

who was appointed chancellor after von papen?

Answer 35

von schleicher

Question 36

how long did von schleicher last?

Answer 36

less than 2 months

Question 37

what did von papen do in January 1933?

Answer 37

met with Hitler

Question 38

what did Hitler and von papen agree?

Answer 38

they should lead a government with von papen as vice chancellor

Question 39

who did von papen and Hitler have the support of?

Answer 39

the army, major landowners and the leaders of the industry who disliked von schleicher’s plans to bring together different strands from the left and right

Question 40

what did von papen convince hindenburg?

Answer 40

a coalition with Hitler would bring germany to stability

Question 41

what did von papen and hindenburg think they could do?

Answer 41

control Hitler and ‘make him squeak’

Question 42

when did hindenburg appoint Hitler as chancellor?

Answer 42

31st January 1933

Question 43

when was the first concentration camp set up?

Answer 43

Dachau 1933

Question 44

how were prisoners in concentration camps classified into different categories?

Answer 44

each denoted by wearing a different colour triangle

Question 45

what were red triangles for?

Answer 45

political prisoners