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Life in Nazi Germany Flashcards

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List 4 features of the ‘ideal’ Nazi woman:

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-Did not wear make-up
-Took up household duties
-Did not smoke
-Dressed modestly

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List 3 ways that the Nazis tried to increase birth rate:

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-Medals were awarded to women with large families (a gold cross was awarded if you had 8 or more children)
-Launched a propaganda campaign to promote motherhood
-Limited female university enrolment to 10%

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Why was there an increase in divorce rate by 1939?

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Divorce was legalised if couples could not have children

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4
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How much did births increase from 1933 to 1939?

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From 1 million to 1.4 million

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What were the 3 Ks that women had to follow?

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‘Kinder, Kuche, Kirche’- Children, kitchen and church

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How old did you have to be to join the Young Girls League?

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10-14 years old

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How old did you have to be to join the League of German Maidens?

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14-18

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What did the Reich Mothers’ Service do?

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Trained midwives and housewives

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9
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How much did female employment increase by in the years 1933 to 1939?

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From 11.6 million to 14.6 million

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Why did female employment increase in the years 1933 to 1939?

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Germany began to rearm, so after 1937, women were allowed back in employment to fill the posts previously filled by men who were now in the army

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What was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?

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Permitted newly wed couples a loan of 1000 marks. For every child they had, they could keep 250.

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12
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Who was the head of the Hitler Youth?

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Baldur von Schirach

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When was Hitler Youth membership made compulsary?

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1936

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14
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How many members of the Hitler Youth were there by 1939?

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7 million

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How old did you have to be to join the Hitler Youth?

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14-18

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16
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What was the name of the subsection of the Hitler Youth for younger members (10-13)?

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The German Young People (Deutsches Jungvolk)

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17
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What was the Reich Labour Service?

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A programme designed to offer manual labour-based work to young men between 18-25. 6-month service was made compulsory in 1935.

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18
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What was life like in the Reich Labour Service?

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Men lived in camps, received low salaries and carried out military drills in addition to working

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How did the Nazis ensure that unemployment appeared low?

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The figures discounted:
-Jews dismissed from work
-Women dismissed from work
-Women who gave up work for marriage

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20
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When was conscription reintroduced?

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In 1935

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21
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How much did the army grow between 1933 and 1939?

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from 100,000 to 1,400,000

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How much did coal and steel production increase in the years 1933-1939?

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Doubled and tripled respectively

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23
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How much was invested in rearmament in 1933?

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3.5 billion marks

24
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How much was invested in rearmament in 1939?

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26 billion marks

25
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What was Strength through Joy (KdF)?

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An organisation set up as a division of the German Labour Front. Under this scheme workers were offered rewards like theatre visits and sporting events to compensate for the lack of wage increases.

26
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What was Beauty of Labour?

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A department of the KdF that set out to improve working conditions

27
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What was the Volkswagen scheme?

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A scheme organised in 1938 by the Labour Front- workers could pay 5 marks a week to a fund and could eventually purchase a car

28
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How much did weekly wages rise between 1932 and 1938?

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From 86 marks to 109 marks

29
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What was banned under the Labour Front?

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-Negotiating pay
-Negotiating hours
-Striking

30
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What happened to the Volkswagen scheme?

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No one ended up receiving a car- it was a con

31
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Why did the cost of living increase in 1939?

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Agricultural production was reduced to keep prices high for farmers

32
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How much did the average working week increase from 1933-1939?

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From 42.9 to 47 hours

33
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What was meant by the term ‘Herrenvolk’?

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The ‘master race’ as viewed by the Nazis

34
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How did the Nazis plan to ensure the ‘racial purity’ of the nation?

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Through selective breeding and persecution of Jews and other minorities

35
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How were Jewish people portrayed in Nazi propaganda?

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As cunning, materialistic and subhuman

36
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List 3 reasons why Jewish people were persecuted:

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-Seen as ‘racially impure’
-Blamed for hyperinflation and the Depression
-Hitler spent several years in Vienna were anti-Semitic attitudes were commonplace

37
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How did the Nazis use education to promote anti-Semitism?

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-The Ministry of Education permitted the teaching of anti-Semitic ideas in lessons and textbooks

38
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When were Jewish children expelled from German schools?

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1938

39
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When were Jewish shops boycotted?

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Saturday the 1st of April 1933

40
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What happened during the boycotting of Jewish shops?

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SA members stood at the front of Jewish owned stores, discouraging entry

41
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Why did the boycott of Jewish shops not last very long?

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-It was on a Saturday- and most of the shops were closed
-Many people ignored the boycott

42
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When were the Nuremberg laws imposed?

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1935

43
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What were the Nuremberg laws?

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-The Reich Citizenship Law- only those of ‘German blood’ could be considered citizens
-The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour- banned intimate relationships between Jewish people and ethnic Germans

44
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When was Kristallnacht?

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9th November 1938

45
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What event acted as a catalyst for Kristallnacht?

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Polish Jew Herschel Grynszpan shot a German diplomat to protest against the treatment of Jews. This was exploited by the Nazis to launch a wide-scale anti-Semitic campaign.

46
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What happened during Kristallnacht?

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Jewish properties, shops, homes and places of worship were attacked. 100 were killed, 30,000 were arrested and 267 synagogues were destroyed.

47
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How did the Nazis portray Kristallnacht?

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As a spontaneous retaliation from the people of Germany

48
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What did Hitler pronounce in the aftermath of Kristallnacht?

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The banning of Jewish businesses and the restriction of education for Jewish children

49
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How did the Nazis ensure that Jews could be easily identified?

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They had to carry identification cards and had the letter ‘J’ stamped on their passports

50
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Whom did the Nazis consider to be ‘asocial’?

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The unemployed, ill/disabled and beggars

51
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When was the sterilisation law passed?

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July 1933

52
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How many people were sterilised by the Nazis?

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About 350000

53
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Who were sent to concentration camps?

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Asocial people, homosexual men, prostitutes and Jews

54
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When did the Nazis begin their euthanasia campaign?

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1939

55
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How many children were killed as part of the euthanasia campaign?

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Around 10,000

56
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Why did the Nazis persecute Romani people?

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-They were ‘not racially pure’
-Considered ‘work-shy’

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