Key Definitions

Question 1

Stab in the Back Theory

Answer 1

A myth blaming Germanys WW2 defeat on internal betrayal by civilians, especially Jews and Socialists

Question 2

November Criminals

Answer 2

Term for the politicians who signed the WW1 armistice, blamed for Germanys defeat

Question 3

Munich Putsch

Answer 3

Hitlers failed 1923 coup attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic, leading to his imprisoment

Question 4

SA (Brown Shirts)

Answer 4

Nazi paramilitary group known for violent and intimidation in support of Hitler’s rise

Question 5

SS (Black Shirts)

Answer 5

Elite Nazi organisation responsible for many of the Holocaust atrocities

Question 6

Enabling Act (1933)

Answer 6

Arson attack on the German parliament, used by the Nazis to justify repression and consolidate power

Question 7

Gleichschaltung

Answer 7

Nazi process of aligning all aspects of society with their ideology, eliminating opposition

Question 8

Holocaust/Genocide

Answer 8

The systematic murder of 6 million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis

Question 9

Aryan

Answer 9

Nazi term for pure bred Germans, typically blonde and blue eyed