Key Issue 2 (Jan 1933 - 1939) Flashcards
Hitler's consolidation of power and rise
Fuhrerprinzip
Hitlers will being the most important in Germany
Reichstag Fire
Feb 1933 Reichstag Fire allegedly caused by a Communist van der Lubbe, leading to the Reichstag Fire Decree
Reichstag Fire Decree
Emergency power for Hitler to ban the Communists
March 1933 elections
Nazis won 44 percent, needed more support
Enabling Act
March 1933 law that gave Hitler total power, voters were either absent or forced (83% in favour)
When did Hitler ban all other parties in Germany?
14 July 1933
(Law against the Formation of Parties)
Gleichschaltung
The Nazi party taking over all aspects of German life
What was the Nazi attitude towards women?
Be homemakers - Kinder, Kuche, Kirche
The Night of the Long Knives
The unofficial internal purge within the Nazi Party, with Rohm and von Schleicher killed as they were seen as political opponents
How did the Nazis use propaganda to influence the German people?
Radio, cinema, newspapers and posters were controlled by the State
Kripo
General police in Nazi Germany that arrested asocials
Gestapo
Hitler’s secret police -Arrested opponents of the Nazis and sent them to concentration camps without trial
Confessional Church
Broken away from the Reich Church that attempted to control Christianity
Volksgemeinschaft
Hitlers ideal community of Aryans that he desired to build
How did the Nazis indoctrinate the youth?
A revised curriculum, Hitler Youth and propaganda
1933 Pope-Nazi Concordat
Agreement that the Church would not intervene in Nazi policy in exchange for religious freedom
How were workers affected by Nazi rule?
Longer hours and lower wages caused unrest, but protest could not happen due to the removal of trade unions.
How did Goebbels use propaganda?
To glorify the Nazis through radio, newspapers, rituals and festivals, posters, speeches and cinema
Give an example of pro-Nazi propaganda
Der Giftpilz - childrens book comparing Jews to mushrooms
How did the Nazis use education as propaganda?
A revised curriculum with emphasis on PE and on Aryan superiority (Bio)
What was Strength Through Joy?
Programme which created leisure and sports facilities.
Why did the Nazis promote eugenics?
Those with genetic disorders threatened the security of a racially pure Germany
Who did the Nazis target?
Jews (mostly), asocials, homosexuals, gypsies, the disabled and other minorities.
What were the Nazi’s three economic aims?
Autarky (Self-sufficient)
Reducing unemployment
Re-armament
