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Hitler becomes chancellor in

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January 1933

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Hitler transformed Germany

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Democracy ➡️ dictatorship

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Hitler called for an election on

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05 March 1933

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Reichstag building went up in flames when?

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6 days before the election: 27 February 1933

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Who was blamed as the culprit for the fire

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Marinus Van der Lubbe (Dutch communist)

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This was an ________ attack on the Reichstag building (_____________)

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Arson
German parliament in Berlin

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Hitler blamed the fire….

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On a communist plot (perfect excuse to persuade Hindenburg to sign an emergency law)

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Impact of the Reichstag Fire

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Hitler convince Hindenburg to invoke Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution

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Article 48

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  • Gave the president dictorial powers
  • Allowed the president to make laws for all Germany’s territorial states
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Hitler and the cabinet then drew up the…

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Reichstag Fire Decree

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The decree suspended

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  • The right to assembly
  • Freedom of the press
  • Freedom of speech
  • Other constitutional protections within Germany
  • Removed all restraints on police investigations
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March elections Nazi won

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44% of the vote

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Hitler used the Enabling Act to

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  • Ban all other political parties
  • Set up the Gestapo (secret police)
  • Ban trade unions
  • Ban opposition parties
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The official secret police of Nazi Germany called

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Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)

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Gestapo created by

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Hermann Göring in 1933 (combined various secret police agencies of Prussia)

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Leadership of the Gestapo passed to

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Head of SS Heinrich Himmler in April 1934

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17
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Under the Enabling Act

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  • Communist opponents were jailed without trial
  • Opposition newspapers were banned
  • Hitler could pass any law he liked
  • All civil servants and judges had to be Nazi supporters
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Some discontent within the SA (Brownshirts) after

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12 months of Hitler’s rule

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Night of the Long Knives also known as the

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Röhm putsch

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Hitler saw _______ as a threat within the party

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Chief of the SA Ernst Röhm

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SS (blackshirts) killed Röhm and other SA leaders

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30 June 1934 - 02 July 1934

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22
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This showed that Hitler was a ___________

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Tyrant

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23
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President Hindenburg died on

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02 August 1934

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24
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Hitler combined the following roles:

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  • Chancellor
  • President
  • Commander-in-chief of the Army
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25
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Nazi policy to achieve purity of the Aryan race:

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  • Getting rid of communism
  • Training the young
  • Strong leadership
  • End of democracy
  • Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
  • Rebuild the armed forces
  • Compulsory military service
26
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Hitler took total control of:

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  • Work
  • Leisure
  • Activities
  • Education
  • The church
  • Women
  • The youth
27
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Hitler used the following tactics when setting up his dictatorship

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  • Propaganda
  • Hitler’s powerful oratory skills
  • Fear
  • Violence and terror
28
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Violence and terror

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Gestapo - intimidation and elimination
SA & SS - intimidation and elimination of opposition

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Hitler wanted the youth to believe/value:

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  • Superiority of the ‘master race’
  • Discipline
  • Sacrifice
  • Obedience
  • The Fűhrer/father figure
  • Unquestioning loyalty
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Hitler controlled all education

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Kindergarten ➡️ university

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Main objective of taking control of the education

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Teach Nazi ideas and instill sense of loyalty to Nazism

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How did textbooks change

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They were rewritten with Nazi ideas and Aryan race. Any books without Nazi ideas were destroyed

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How did teachers change

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Teachers attended special camps. Anyone who refused lost their jobs

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Girls education

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Different curriculum to boys. Studied eugenics and domestic science

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Eugenics

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Girls were taught about the characteristics of a perfect husband and father

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Eugenics Positive and Negative

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Selective breeding
P: encourage people with “good genes” to produce
N: Stopping people with “negative/bad genes” to not produce using sterilisation or killing

37
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Hitler Youth catered for

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10-18 years old (separate organisations for girls ad boys)

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Boys curriculum

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Outdoor activities e.g. hiking, camping, military training etc.

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Girls curriculum

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To be mothers of “pure-bred” Aryans

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2/3rd German children in Hitler Youth

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1938

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Hitler youth became compulsory

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1939

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Organisation for girls called

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The League of German Maidens

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Hitler’s view of women

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Housewife and mother

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Women’s life revolved around the 3K’s

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  • Kinder (children)
  • Kirche (church)
  • Kuche (cooking/kitchen)
45
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Another name for Hitler Youth

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Hitler Jugend

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New law that was put in place for newlyweds is called

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Law for the Encouragement of Marriage

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Law for the Encouragement of Marriage

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Gave newlywed couples a loan of 1000 marks and gave 250 marks for every child they had

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Motherhood cross given to the women who had the most children

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12 August (Hitler’s mothers birthday)

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Medals were introduced in

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1938

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Gold medal for

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Mothers who had more than eight children

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Silver medal for

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Mothers who had six children

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Bronze medal for

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Mothers who had four children

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Home set up for unmarried women was called

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Lebensborn (spring of life)
Recognised by a white flag with a red dot in the middle

54
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Racially ‘pure’ woman

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Hildegard Trutz

55
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Women’s fashion

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  • Wear traditional German peasant fashion
  • Discouraged to stay slim
56
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Women were not expected to:

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  • Wear make-up
  • Wear trousers
  • Dye to perm their hair
  • Drink or smoke in public
  • Diet
57
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The rebel

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Marlene Dietrich

58
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Nazis started preparing for war in

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1937

59
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Men conscripted into the army

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  • Needed women to work in ammunition factories
  • Because women had been taught to be the ‘perfect housewives’ they didn’t want these jobs
  • Hitler’s plan backfired
60
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1939

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70% of Germans owned a radio, Nazi used this to their advantage and took control of all the radio stations

61
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Hitler made _______ minister of _____________

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Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda and Enlightenment of the People on 1933

62
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Nazi controlled cinemas

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Popular in 1930s

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