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Hitler’s Rise To Power In Nazi Germany Flashcards

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How was the economic depression triggered?

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The Wall Street crash of 1929

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What where the national socialist German worker’s party?

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The Nazi party (for short)

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In the reichstag elections in 1924 what percentage did the Nazi party won by?

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3%

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In 1932 how much more did they win by?

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33%

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Who was the leader of the Nazi party?

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Adolf hitler

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When did hitler become chancellor of Germany?

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January 1933

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What made people vote for the Nazi party?

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The economic crisis increased the Nazis support that hit Germany after 1929

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What did the Germans fear in 1929?

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The return of hyperinflation

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What was the economic crisis way worse than?

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The situation in 1923

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Where did Germany have to pay back?

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Germany had to pay back loans to the USA faster than expected and shops banks and factories had to close.

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How did Hitler see a chance to gain support?

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Hitler claimed that the Nazis had the answer to solve all of Germany’s problems and the Weimar government where just making things worse

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What happened by 1932?

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By 1932 six million Germans were unemployed and people were willing to listen to any group whichever promise work and food such as the nazis.

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What does Historians claim?

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Historians claim that without the economic crisis would not have voted for the Nazi party

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What historian wrote that it was the Great Depression that put the wind of Hitlers sails?

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A.J.P Taylor

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What would have happened if the Great Depression did not occur?

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The Nazis would have not have won so much support

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16
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Why was Hitler made chancellor?

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By the end of 1932 president hidenburg had no choice but to appoint Hitler due to both von papen and von schleicher the leading politicians had failed to make a government

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17
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What where the Nazis doing to Reichstag?

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The Nazis were manipulating reichstag and making Germany ungovernable

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What was the biggest political party in Reichstag?

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The Nazi party

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19
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What was easy for Hitler

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It was easy for Hitler to order his Nazis to walk out of Reichstag

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What happened when another election occurred?

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Hitler was given the job to be vice-chancellor but he refused he had no intention of being linked to a crumbling system without the power to change it

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21
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What did Hidenburg do?

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Hidenburg did not like Hitler and knew that the Nazis would destroy democracy, so he was persuaded to appoint Hitler as chancellor of Weimar Republic on the 30th of January 1933

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Did Hitler like Weimar Republic?

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Hitler did not like democratic Weimar Republic and always intended to destroy it

23
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How did Hitler set about destroying the Weimar Republic?

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Although Hitler was chancellor the nazis still didn’t dominate the reichstag or the government of Germany, the nazis still needed support from smaller parties.

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We’re there any problems?

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Hitler knew that one of his first problems would be the communists, they were attracting many votes and challenged the nazis for seats in the reichstag

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What was Hitlers first aim?

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Hitlers first aim was to increase the number of nazis in the reichstag so new elections were held in early march 1933. However, with the election only a few days away, the reichstag suddenly burst into flames.

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What happened when the police arrived at the fire?

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The police discovered a 24 year old Dutchman Marius van der lubbe beside the burning building with fire-lighters in his pocket. He was arrested, then when found guilty he was beheaded.

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What happened when hitler heard about the fire?

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Hitler immediately claimed that the fire was a communist plot and that the communists were planning to start a revolution.

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What did Hitler say?

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Hitler said, “There will be no mercy now. Every communist officially will be shot where he is found. Everybody supporting the communists must be arrested.”

29
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What happened within hours of the fire?

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Within hours of the fire, Hitler had ordered the arrest of around 4,000 communists.

30
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What happened if there was a real communist plot?

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It was enough for hitler to claim that Germany was under a terrorist attack.

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What did hitler have to do?

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All that Hitler had to do was get president hidenburg to use article 48 of the weimar constitution.

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Did Hidenburg agree?

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Almost immediately, Hidenburg agreed and the Reichstag fire law was passed. Officially it was called a ‘Decree for the protection of the people and the state’, but it did nothing to protect the German people from the real threat: Hitler and the Nazis

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What were the german people bombarded with?

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As the election got closer, the German people were bombarded with anti-communist propaganda while the communists themselves had offices and their printing presses used to print posters newspapers destroyed.

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What did Hitler use?

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Hitler had used the Reichstag fire to scare German people into believing that only he could protect them the nazis had won 288 seats in the Reichstag more than they had ever gained before

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Did Hitler and the Nazis win the election?

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Hitler and the Nazis won the march 1933 election by 5,000,000 votes more than before

36
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What was the enabling act?

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The enabling act was a temporary law, meant to allow the chancellor time to save Germany from a political emergency. Once the was over, Hitler was expected to give power back to the Reichstag but he had no intention doing so.

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How did Hitler use the enabling act to create a total dictatorship?

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The enabling act of 23rd of march 1933 allowed Hitler to rule like a dictator. Within 3 months of the act Hitler had banned every party apart from the nazi party

38
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What happened in July 1933

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The Nazis were the only political party allowed in germany

39
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What happened by the end of 1933?

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By the end of 1933 over 150,000 political prisoners were in concentration camps Hitler had created a dictatorship in legal means however, he still worried about the german army and the SA

40
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What was the SA leadership called?

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Night of the long knives

41
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Why was the night of the long knives useful to Hitler?

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The destruction of the SA pleased the regular army, then the night of the long knives was an important step on the road to total dictatorship.

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Chancellor to fuhrer

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President Hidenburg died on the 2nd of August 1934. Hidenburg’s death marked the end of Weimar Republic. Just before Hidenburg died, Hitlers government had passed a law combining the roles of president and chancellor in the Weimar Republic.

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What where the 4 fear and intimidation stages the Nazis had?

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  1. Gestapo
  2. SS
  3. Hitler youth
  4. Concentration Camps
44
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What was the concentration camps and gestapo ran by?

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The SS

45
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What was the Gestapo?

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The Gestapo was formed in 1933 and it was the Nazi secret police force. At first, it’s organiser, Hermann Goering claimed that the Gestapo was set up to protect Germany from political threats.

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What was the Gestapo responsible for?

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The Gestapo was responsible for rounding up communists, Jews and others who were considered to be a threat to the Nazi state.

47
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What was the SS?

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The SS (Schutzstaffel) formed as hitlers bodyguard in 1925.

48
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Who led the SS in 1929?

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Heinrich Himmler

49
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Where was Germany’s first concentration camp?

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Germany’s first concentration camp was built at Dachau, a few miles away from munich. Originally the camps were called re education centres, but the SS described them as concentration camps because they were concentrating the enemy into a limited area

50
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In the camps, what was the colour code?

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Red- political prisoners
Green- criminals
Black- for those considered anti-social
Pink- homosexuals

51
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When where Jews persecuted?

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Immediately when the Nazis came into power

52
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What happened to the Nazi policy?

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The Nazi policy was aimed at persecuting Jews to leave Germany, but between 1933 and 1939 the persecution of Jews got worse.

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