How Did Nazis Keep Control And Power 1933-39

Question 1

What did Hitler do with lawyers to control them

Answer 1

Hitler merged various professional associations of judges with the league of national socialist lawyers (Nazi lawyers) creating the front of German law. This made it clear to lawyers that if they wanted any career, they had to conform to the regime.

Question 2

Where were non conformists sent

Answer 2

Early concentration camps such as dachau where they attended re-education camps

Question 3

What was the word for Nazi philosophy

Answer 3

Weltenschuang - Nazi philosophy or view of the world

Question 4

What was propaganda ministry (ministry for propaganda enlightenment)

Answer 4

Set up in 1933 led by Goebbles - had full control over radio/films. Newspapers were a bit more hard to control with non Nazi parties such as Der sturmer which was too anti-Semitic, although eventually they took over Nazi newspapers. Films was a way to subtly show the message from the Nazi party to the masses

Question 5

Gestapo population from 1934

Answer 5

32000. 1 in 2000 of the population

Question 6

What did the gestapo dp

Answer 6

They set up systematic killing of millions of Jews
Pre-war everyone thought they were omnipresent
Saw transport of Jews to gettos
Everything they did was legalised by Hitler
Uk and USA heard of kidnapping although it was “secret”
It traumatised victims

Question 7

What did German propaganda use

Answer 7

Strength through joy- shows big handsome German worker standing on Jewish trade unionist

Question 8

How many reports were from the genral population - voluntary denounciation

Answer 8

57%

Question 9

How many statements were extracted by interrogation

Answer 9

15%

Question 10

How many information from nsdap and other control organisations 14%

Answer 10

14%

Question 11

How much was from observation from gestapo agents

Answer 11

0.5%

Question 12

What was supported by the Nazis

Answer 12

American film called captain courageous
Work by Adolfo Ziegler who favoured an ideal image of men and noble firms
Books by sigmand feud ( Austrian neurologist and founder of psychology sis from a Jewish family)

Question 13

Banned by the Nazis

Answer 13

Jazz
Work by picasall suite
All quiet in the western front

Question 14

Film

Answer 14

The reich film chamber regulated the content of German / important films
Several American films were banned, Goebbles personally deciding which ones were to be allowed
Leni Reitenstahl produced films such as triumph of the will and Olympia which shows how good Germany were in British olympics

Question 15

How were the ss

Answer 15

Formerly Hitler body-guards Ss controlled all the police system and concentration camps. Very disciplined and alighned with Nazi ideologies. Trained to by systematic, stone cold killers, unlike SA who constantly got into brawls. Tighter control on concentration camps