Hitler’s rise to power 1930 - 1939

Question 1

The Nazis won ……… seats in the General election in ….. 1932

Answer 1

230 , July

Question 2

What date did Hitler become chancellor?

Answer 2

January 30th 1933

Question 3

When did the Berlin fire department receive a call that the Reichstag building was on fire?

Answer 3

27th February 1932

Question 4

Van der Lubbe was a ………..

Answer 4

Communist

Question 5

What percentage did the Nazi part gain in the 1933 election? Were they the largest party? Did they have a majority?

Answer 5

43.9%. Yes. No

Question 6

Who did the Nazi party form a coalition with?

Answer 6

The National party

Question 7

What did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do?

Answer 7

It have him and the Nazis full powers for the next four years. The Reichstag would merely ‘rubber stamp’ his decisions

Question 8

Communist members allowed/not allowed to vote in the chamber (Enabling Act)

Answer 8

Not allowed

Question 9

Who were the SA led by?

Answer 9

Ernest Röhm

Question 10

From January 19…. to 19….. their army increased from ………. to …………

Answer 10

January 1931 to 1932. From 100,000 to 170,000

Question 11

What was the SA’s nickname?

Answer 11

The Brown shirts

Question 12

When did the “Night of the Long knives” happen?

Answer 12

30th January 1934

Question 13

Who was the Knight of the long Nieves led by?

Answer 13

Ernest Röhm

Question 14

Why did the relationship between Röhm and Hitler turn bad, very bad?

Answer 14

Because Röhm wanted the SA to merge with the Army, Hitler did not

Question 15

Why did “The night of the Long knives” occur”

Answer 15

In order to get rid of leading members of the SA, Rohm and all opposition

Question 16

One of the key events of the night of the Long knives was the mass killing of …….. to……. poeple

Answer 16

250 to 1,000 poeple

Question 17

State three points that occurred after the Removal of opposition

Answer 17

1) Local parliaments abolished - January 1934
2) All trade unions banned - May 2nd 1933
3) Law against the formation of parties was passed (Made the Nazi party the only party) - 14th July 1933

Question 18

Who were the SS led by?

Answer 18

Heinrich Himmler

Question 19

What was the SS’s nickname?

Answer 19

The ‘Blackshirts’

Question 20

The …….. were responsible for destroying the SA on “The night of the long knives”

Answer 20

SS

Question 21

Who was responsible for State Security?

Answer 21

The SS

Question 22

When was The Gestapo set up and by who?

Answer 22

Set up in 1933 By Goering

Question 23

What was the “SD” and when was it founded?

Answer 23

The intelligence body of the Nazi party, founded in 1931

Question 24

Who ran the concentration camps?

Answer 24

The SD and the SS

Question 25

Name 5 “enemies of the state”

Answer 25

1) All political parties (apart from the Nazis)
2) Jews
3) Professional criminals
4) The ‘work-shy’
5) Sex offenders

Question 26

Who was the leader of propoganda for the Nazi party?

Answer 26

Joseph Goebbels

Question 27

What is the famous quote spoken by Joseph Goebbels?

Answer 27

“A lie, repeated a thousand times, becomes the truth”

Question 28

When was “The Law for the encouragement of marriage’ passed?

Answer 28

June 1933

Question 29

What amount was the loan to newly weds ?

Answer 29

1000 Reichmarks

Question 30

If one child was produced = …..% of loan was cleared
Two children = …..%
Three children = ……%
Four children = ……%

Answer 30

One child = 25%
Two children = 50%
Three children = 75%
Four children = 100%

Question 31

The Motherhood cross was presented on Hitler’s ………….. birthday each year
Gold cross = ……… kids
Silver cross = …….. kids
Bronze cross = ….. kids

Answer 31

Mother’s
Gold cross = 8 kids
Silver cross = 6 kids
Bronze cross = 4 kids

Question 32

How did the Nazis try to increase the birth rate?

2 points

Answer 32

1) The Lebensborn programme - where unmarried women would go to get pregnant by ‘pure bred’ SS men (Aryans)
2) Maternity homes

Question 33

In …….. there were …….. poeple in youth clubs

In …….. Nazi youth clubs were compulsory

Answer 33

In 1921, 3.5 million

In 1939

Question 34

Why did youth clubs seem popular to young poeple?

3 points

Answer 34

1) They gave free uniform to those who couldn’t afford it
2) They had a sense of pride - supporting the Nazis
3) They were friendly

Question 35

Give 6 reasons why private grumbling didn’t turn into open opposition

Answer 35

1) The poeple were afraid
2) Poeple did not know what was going on
3) ‘We did vote for them, after all!’
4) The Nazis did drop some unpopular policies
5) Most poeple were genuinely pleased with the Nazis
6) There was no organised opposition

Question 36

How many attempts were there to assassinate Hitler before 1939?

Answer 36

3

Question 37

Why did the Army oppose the Nazis?

How did the Nazis deal with this?

Answer 37

They criticised Hitlers foreign policy aims

The Nazis removed 16 generals in 1938

Question 38

Why did the Edelweiss Pirates oppose the Nazis?

How did the Nazis deal with this?

Answer 38

They didn’t like authority
The Nazis had their leaders arrested - put into concentration camps
They promoted Hitler youth movement in propaganda

Question 39

Why did the Swing Youth oppose the Nazis?

How did the Nazis deal with this?

Answer 39

They didn’t like the conformity of the Hitler youth
The Nazis had their leaders arrested - put into concentration camps
They promoted Hitler youth movement in propaganda

Question 40

Why did the Church oppose the Nazis?

How did the Nazis deal with this?

Answer 40

Their ideas clashed massively - their ideas went against all Nazi views
The Nazis arrested many priests eg. Martin Niemoller

Question 41

How did Hitler and the Nazis reduce un-employment?

4 points

Answer 41

1) The Reich labour Service
2) Job creation schemes
3) Rearmement
4) Invisible unemployment

Question 42

Reich Labour service

In ………, it was compulsory for all men aged …… to …… to serve in the corps for ……. months

Answer 42

1935
Aged 18 - 25
6 months

Question 43

What was the reich Labour service?

Answer 43

It was a scheme to provide young men with manual labour jobs

Question 44

Give two points about Job creation schemes

Answer 44

1) Hitler spent billions on Job creation schemes from 18.4 billion in 1933 to 37.1 billion 5 years later
2) Introduced 7,000km of new Autobarnes (Moterways) so troops could be moved quickly

Question 45

Give three points about Rearmerment

Answer 45

1) Hitler introduced concription in Germany - Army went from 100,000 men in 1933 to 1,400,000 men by 1939
2) Heavy industry expanded
3) Billions spent on war machines eg. tanks, ships

Question 46

When did Kristallnacht (Night of broken glass) happen?

Answer 46

9th - 10th November 1938