Hitlers Rise To Power

Question 1

What were goebbels 2 main tasks?

Answer 1

• ensure nobody in Germany could see or hear anything that goes against nazi party views
• ensure that nazi party views were portrayed in the most persuasive ways possible

Question 2

Who did goebbels have to work with?

Answer 2

The SS, the gestapo (hitlers secret police) and Albert Speer

Question 3

What did the SS and the gestapo deal with?

Answer 3

People who wrote anti nazi articles

Question 4

What did Albert Speer do?

Answer 4

Worked personally with goebbels to create public displays of propaganda

Question 5

When was the reich chamber of commerce set up?

Answer 5

1933

Question 6

What was the reich chamber of commerce?

Answer 6

The nazi organisation of art, literature, music, radio, film and newspaper

Question 7

What was the nazis new censorship regime?

Answer 7

You could only hear or see what the nazis wanted you to hear or see

Question 8

What happened to people who belonged to different parties?

Answer 8

They went to concentration camps

Question 9

What happened to hitler in January 1933?

Answer 9

Hitler was appointed chancellor

Question 10

What happened in February 1933?

Answer 10

The reichstag fire which creates an emergency

Question 11

How many % of votes does the nazi party win in March 1933?

Answer 11

52% of votes

Question 12

When does hitler pass the enabling act?

Answer 12

March 1933

Question 13

How does hitler pass the enabling act?

Answer 13

Using article 48

Question 14

What happens in July 1933?

Answer 14

The law passes against the formation of new parties, Germany becomes a one party state

Question 15

What happened in June 1934?

Answer 15

The night of the long knives

Question 16

When does Hindenburg die?

Answer 16

August 1934

Question 17

Who is the army personally loyal to?

Answer 17

Hitler

Question 18

Who did hitler appoint as the minister of propaganda?

Answer 18

Joseph Goebbels

Question 19

Name 3 causes of the night of the long knives

Answer 19

• hitler feared that Ernst röhm and the SA were becoming too powerful and would overthrow him, leaving him defenceless
• he didn’t want his election campaign funders to see him as weak
• finally defeat all of his other opponents

Question 20

Who led the SA?

Answer 20

Ernst Röhm

Question 21

Who led the SS?

Answer 21

Himmler

Question 22

Who led the gestapo?

Answer 22

Goering

Question 23

What was the night of the long knives?

Answer 23

When hitler ordered the SS and the gestapo to execute the SA and anyone who could overthrow hitler, like kurt von schleicher (who proceeded him as chancellor) and von kahr (who betrayed him in the Munich putsch)

Question 24

How many people were executed in the night of the long knives?

Answer 24

400

Question 25

What did hitler blame their executions on in the night of the long knives?

Answer 25

They were homosexual

Question 26

Name 5 consequences of the night of the long knives

Answer 26

• people were loyal to hitler as they were scared of him
• hitler showed everyone he was the boss
• hitler no longer had any enemies
• the SA were never as powerful again
• hitler had a new reputation as a strong leader

Question 27

When was the law against the formation of new parties?

Answer 27

July 1933

Question 27

When was the night of the long knives?

Answer 27

June 1934

Question 28

When does hitler become the fuhrer?

Answer 28

August 1934