key topic 4

Question 1

What was the ideal Nazi woman physically?

Answer 1

Aryan, blonde hair, blue eyes, traditional, no makeup, plain clothing.

Question 2

What were the beliefs on the roles Nazi women should play in society?

Answer 2

To look after the home and children ; encouraged to be healthy to help childbirth. 3 Ks- Kinder, Kuche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church)

Question 3

What did Nazis do to encourage marriage?

Answer 3

Law of encouragement of marriage- gave married couples a loan of 1000 marks

Question 4

What was the Nazi’s pro-natalist policy?

Answer 4

They wanted women to have more children to build the Aryan race. For every child a family had, 250 marks was taken off their marriage loan.

Question 5

What was the motherhood cross?

Answer 5

Bronze medal for 4 children, silver for 6, gold for 8.

Question 6

What happened in 1933 to womens jobs?

Answer 6

Women were banned from having professional jobs. Propaganda stressed this, saying women should not steal jobs from men. However this did not work, instead cheap labour and female employment grew by 2.4 million between 1933-39.

Question 7

What was female education like?

Answer 7

Women were educated on how to look after their family and home, schools would teach domestics to girls

Question 8

what youth organisation were boys aged 10-14 apart of?

Answer 8

Young German Folk

Question 9

what youth organisation were girls aged 10-14 apart of?

Answer 9

Young girls

Question 10

what youth organisation were boys aged 14-18 apart of?

Answer 10

Hitler Youth

Question 11

what youth organisation were girls aged 14-18 apart of?

Answer 11

League of German Maidens

Question 12

What was the aim for boys in youth organisations?

Answer 12

To prepare boys to become soldiers or political leaders. There would be physical activities such as sports and military skills.

Question 13

What was the aim for girls in the youth organisations?

Answer 13

To become future mothers. There would be physical activities and domestic skills.

Question 13

What was the association teachers were forced to join?

Answer 13

Nazi’s teacher Association.

Question 14

How was education tailored to fit Nazi beliefs?

Answer 14

Race studies about the Aryan race, history about rise of the Nazi’s history only, antisemitism ideas, PE was encouraged.

Question 15

How did new jobs reduce unemployment?

Answer 15

New jobs for men such as public construction projects.

Question 16

What was the RAD

Answer 16

National Labour Service- men aged 18-25 had to work on public schemes for 6 months.

Question 17

What was the German Labour Front?

Answer 17

Used to keep workers loyal to Nazis

Question 18

What was the Strength through Joy scheme?

Answer 18

Gave workers rewards if they worked hard enough.

Question 19

What was the Beauty of Labour scheme?

Answer 19

Planned to improve working conditions, did not happen often.

Question 20

What was the invisible unemployment?

Answer 20

Hitler boasted that unemployment fell from 5 million to 0.3 million in 1939. He did not includein his statistic: the women and the “untermenschen”(subhumans) and “undesirables” who were banned from working.

Question 21

What was the four year plan in 1936?

Answer 21

Prepared Germany for war. Its 2 aims were rearmament and self-suffiency

Question 22

What was the rearmament aim in the four year plan ?

Answer 22

Hitler wanted to make Germany stronger, so he planned for expanded armed forces, this helped with economic growth in 1933-39

Question 23

What was the self-sufficiency aim in the four year plan ?

Answer 23

Planned to slow down imports from foreign countries, however the wealthier people became the more imports came in.

Question 24

What happened to working hours from 1936

Answer 24

They increased due to the upcoming war.

Question 25

Who benefited the most in Nazi Germany?

Answer 25

Farmers-increasing food prices and subsidies
Large business owners-could exploit workers (no trade unions)

Question 26

What did the Nuremberg state in 1935?

Answer 26

Banned married or sexual relations between Aryans and Non-Aryans.

Question 27

How were gypsies treated from 1933 and onwards?

Answer 27

Arrested and sent to concentration camps.

Question 28

What did gypsies have to do in 1938?

Answer 28

Registered, medically examined, tested. If they failed they lost German citizenship.

Question 29

What happened to “undesirables”

Answer 29

Most were sent to concentration camps, whilst beggars were forced to do hard labour.

Question 30

What policies were there against disabled people in 1933?

Answer 30

The law for the prevention of Hereditary
Diseased Offspring was passed, meaning 300,000 disabled people were sterilised.

Question 31

How many disabled people were secretly killed 1939-41?

Answer 31

100,000.

Question 32

What were the negative beliefs about Jews

Answer 32

Associated with communism, blamed for German defeat in WW1.

Question 33

How did Nazi’s make it difficult for Jews to work in 1933?

Answer 33

Boycotts on Jewish business, the star of David on doors to signify to others not to go into their shops,

Question 34

In 1935, what did the Nuremberg laws do?

Answer 34

Made anti-semitism legal. The reich law on Citizenship stated Jews were no longer allowed to be German citizens/ rights. the reich law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour stated Jews could not marry German citizens

Question 35

When was the Kristallnacht ?

Answer 35

9th November 1938

Question 36

What happened on Kristallnacht?

Answer 36

SS organised a series of attacks on Jewish communities, broke their shop/house windows etc.

Question 37

What were the ghettos?

Answer 37

Tightly packed Jews in a small area of a city, unable to get out and many died from starvation/ disease.

Question 38

What was the “Final Solution” in 1942?

Answer 38

6 death camps were built to kill jews.

Question 39

What did the public do about the camps?

Answer 39

Nothing, they were either too afraid, did not know or did not care.

Question 40

When was operation Reinhard?

Answer 40

October 1941

Question 41

What was operation reinhard?

Answer 41

to kill every jew in poland.