LUNR Flashcards
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What are 5 main nazi ideas?
- Bread and work
- Aryan supremacy
- Subdue the jews
- Destroy communism
- Abolish the treaty of versailles
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How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire?
- He blamed the fire on Van Der Lubbe.
- He widened the blame to communists as a whole.
- He persuaded President Hindenburg to pass the Reichstag Fire Decree.
- 4000 Communists were arrested, communist meetings were banned.
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When was the Reichstag Fire?
27th February 1933
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When was the Enabling Act passed?
24th March 1933
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How did Hitler get rid of trade unions?
He arrested the union leaders.
The remaining few were promised a Day of National Labour to celebrate workers.
The next day, the remaining offices were raided and leaders arrested.
The German Labour Front was created.
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When was The Night of Long Knives?
30th June 1934
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What was the People’s Court?
A court in which political offenders were dealt with.
The nazi’s chose the judges.
The number of death penalties increased vastly, 40,000 germans were given death sentences.
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Who were the SD?
- The main intelligence gathering organisation.
- Focused on opposition
- Only a few hundred full time agents
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Who were the Gestapo?
- Focused on political opponents, Jewish and gay people
- Only 15,000 active officers
- It tapped phones and opened mail
- Interrogation was often ruthless and torture was used
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Who did the Nazis imprison between 1933-39?
Communists/ Political opponents
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How did Youth Groups oppose the Nazis?
YOUNG COMMUNISTS
- Joined into gangs
- Dressed differently
- Wrote Anti Nazi flyers
CHRISTIAN YOUTH
- Illegal pilgrimages
SWING KIDS
- Listened to Jazz music
- Grew long hair and wore baggy clothes
EDELWEISS PIRATES
- Wore a white flower or badge as a sign of resistance
- Picked fights with Hitler Youth
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Who collaborated?
Who Accomodated?
Who resisted?
COLLABORATION
- Belgium helped the Nazis recruit to the Waffen SS
- Serbia, The Chetniks agreed to work with Nazi forces.
ACCOMMODATION
- The danish people were allowed to keep their government in returns for good relationships with Germany.
- 3 Greek Prime Ministers were chosen bt Nazi occupiers.
RESISTANCE
- Polish people helped to rescure 450,000 Jewish people from certain death.
- The French Resistance ded information back to the allies.
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When was the Munich Putsch?
8th Nov 1923
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Why was Germany ready for a new government in 1932?
Wall Street Crash had led to a global Great Depression which hit Germany badly.
The Treaty of Versailles was affecting Germany’s economy badly.
The ruling government before the Nazis was weak and provided no solutions.
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How did the Nazis use fear to establish power?
CIVIL SERVICE ACT
- April 1933, any civil servant (teachers, judges and lecturers) who was a political opponent or a non aryan was fired from their job.
ANTISEMITISM STARTED
- A nation wide boycott of Jewish businesses was encouraged.
BOOK BURNING
- Goebbels encouraged the burning of Jewish and Communist books.
USE OF THE SA
- The SA began terrorising Nazi opponents. By October 1933, 100,000 had been arrested.
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What were the consequences of the Night of Long Knives?
- SA power was reduced. its membership dropped from 2.9 million in August 1934 to 1.6 million in October 1953.
- The SS had proved its loyalty to Hitler. It showed itself more valuable.
- 85 people were murdered.
- The army knew Hitler had chosen them over the SA and became very loyal.
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When was the Act Concerning Head of State used? What did it do?
2nd August.
It made Hitler Fuhrer as President Hindenburg died.
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How did the Nazis get a lot of their information?
Informants.
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How did the Nazis use radios for propaganda?
- All national and local radio stations were controlled by the Reich Radio Company.
- The Nazis made cheap radio sets everyone could afford - The People’s Receiver.
- By 1939, 70% of people had a radio in the home.
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What other techniques did the Nazis use for propaganda?
NEWSPAPER
- 2/3 of Newspapers were owned by the Nazi regime.
- Content was highly controlled and censored.
POSTERS
RALLIES
- The largest rally was Nuremburg in 1934. 250,000 people attended.
FILM
- 2/3 of films were paid for by the state.
BERLIN OLYPMICS
- They built an 100,000 seat stadium.
- The games were used to promote the All-Aryan German team, who ended up winning the most medals.
- Jesse Owens a black athlete won four gold medals.
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Which groups opposed the Nazis the most?
How?
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
- Most SD leaders fled to Prague after 1933.
- Despite this, many formed new resistance groups.
- These groups produced anti Nazi leflets and posters.
- Many were hunted down by the Gestapo.
COMMUNISTS
- More visibly active than the SD, with meetings, propaganda and newsletters.
- They produced 10,000 copies of their newsletter The Red Flag every month.
- They were easy targets for the Gestapo.
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How did the Church oppose the Nazis?
The church was the largest group outside of the Nazis. There were 22 million Catholics and 40 million Protestants.
- Christian teaching about love and forgiveness went against the Nazi ideas.
- Hitler promised to Pope Pius XI he would leave the church alone, however in 1936 Hitler banned all Church Youth groups and stopped all sunday schools.
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How did Pope Pius XI resist the Nazis?
- He wrote a letter called ‘With Burning Anxiety’ that was smuggled into Germanu and read out in all churches.
- The letter condemned Nazi beliefs and methods. The next day the Gestapo raided all churches and seized copies of the later.
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How did Martin Niemöller resist the Nazis?
- He refused to join the Reich Church and founded a seperate non-nazi confessional church.
- By 1934, 6000 pastors had joined, leavinf only 2000 in the Reich Church.
- Niemöller preached against the racial policy and was arrested and sent to a concentration camp
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What schemes did the German Labour Front run?
STRENGTH THROUGH JOY
- Holidays & leisure time.
BEAUTY OF LABOUR
- Aimed to improve the workplace by building facilities.
REICH LABOUR SERVICE
- Tackled unemployment.
- All men aged 18-25 had to serve six months of hard labour.
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When was the Law to Protect Retail Trade made?
Was the Law to Protect Retail Trade successful?
1933
No, the number of craftsmen/artisans fell from 1.6m in 1936 to 1.5m in 1939
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What did the Nazis do to encourage women to marry and have children?
- Loans of 1000 Reichmarks were offered to aryan couples. The debt was reduced by a quarter for every child the couple had.
- The Honour Cross for the German Mother:
- Bronze - 4 children
- Silver - 6
- Gold - 8+
- Divorce was made easier.
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Did the attempts to encourage women to marry and have children work?
- Marriages increase to 772,000 in 1939z
- Births rose in the early 1930s but fell again in 1939.
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What did the Nazis do to encourage women to stay home and not work?
- The loans were only given if the woman gave up her job.
- However this requirement was removed as it was proving difficult.
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What did the Nazis do to encourage women to not continue with higher education?
- Female enrolment in universities was limited to 10% of enrolment.
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Did the attempts to encourage women to stay home work?
- The number of female employment actually rose between 1933-1939.
- 2.7m Worked in industry, this rose to 3.3m.
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Did attempts to stop women from being involved in higher education work?
- The number of women in higher education fell dramatically.
- The lack of qualified women became a problem during the war.
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When was membership of the Hitler Youth made compulsory?
1936
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When was it made compulsory to attend Hitler Youth meetings?
1939
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How did Hitler Youth indoctrinate the children of Germany?
- The children sang political songs, read Nazi books and paraded through towns.
- Boy groups were often focused on preparation for the military e.g learning morse code, map reading and how to fire rifles.
- Girl groups concentrated on domestic duties.
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Why was the Hitler Youth not successful?
- Many young people were bored by the Hitler Youth meetings.
- Some children enjoyed the activities but disliked the political messaging.
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How did the persecution of the Jews begin?
- Social exclusion increased, such as “No Jews Wanted Here” signs.
- Humiliation on the streets was common.
- Publications portrayed Jewish people as greedy.
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What did the antisemitic law made in
- 1933
- 1935
- 1938
do?
1933
- Jewish people were not allowed to work in legal professions.
1935
- The Nuremberg laws made marriage between Jewish people and Germans illegal.
1938
- Jewish children were banned from non-Jewish schools.
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When was Kristallnacht?
9th/10th November 1938