Mazi Control And Dictatorship Flashcards
Events Reichstag fire
27th Feb 1933
Reichstag building was burned down. Communist Marius van der lubbe was put on trial and found guilty Hilter then declared that the Reichstag fire was part of a communist uprising
4000 communist arrested
Hitler persuaded hindenburg to pass a decree the “decree for the protection of the people and the state”. Which allowed him to imprison his political opponents and ban their news paper
The enabling act 1933 and what he used it for
Gave Hitler power to pass any law without permission from the Reichstag consent
This was for 4 years
Using these powers he
Removing opposition to the Nazi government including trade unions
Banned all other political parties
By July 1933
Germany became a totalitarian state under hitler
Reasons for the night of long knives 1934
Rohm and the sa became a threat to Hitler power
Rohm wanted a socialist revolution: to bring greater equality to society
Leading nazis were concerned about rohms growing influence
The sa were out of control when Hitler was trying to achieve dictatorship
Events of the long knives
Hitler arranged a meeting with rohm and 100 sa members
They were arrested and shot
400 people murdered
Results of the long knives
Hilter got rid of a potential threat
The sa had a minor role
After hindenburg dies in 34 the army swore an oath to Hitler giving him unconditional obedience
How did Hitler become fuhrer
When hindenburg died he declared himself as fuhrer. He held a referendum and 90% of voters agreed with his action
How did Hitler created fear (ss)
Ss - protection squad was under the headership of himmler
They were responsible for the removal of all opposition and became the main means of intimidating Germans into obedience
1934 50000
1939 250000
How did he create fear(gestapo)
Set up in 33 by Goering
36 under the control of himmler and the ss
Could make imprison those suspected of opposing the state without trial
They only had the power to send people to concentration camps
Most feared as they had no uniform
How did Hitler create fear
SD
Set up in 31
The intelligence agency of Hitler under the command of himmler and organised by heydrich
Aim was to find actual potential enemies and ensure they were removed
Fear
Concentration camps
33
Run by the ss and sd
Detained political oppositions, undesirables and Jews
Far away so Germans did not know what was going on
Prisoners starved and beaten
What controls did the nazis make to the legal system
All judges had to become members of the nationalist socialist league of the Maintainance of law. Which meant that Nazi views were upheld in the law
1934 people’s courts were established to trial for treason. Judges were loyal Nazis
German lawyer fronts were established. They had to swear they would follow the course of the fuhrer
Why did Hitler try to reduce the influence of then Catholic Church
The catholics aligance was to the pop and not Hitler. They loyalty was divided, Hitler said that you were with German or christian
The catholic schools and youth organisations were at odds
What agreements was made between the catholics and Nazis
The concordat 1933
States that Hitler would not interfere with the church and the church would not interfere with politics
Within a year he broke this and began to attack
How did he attach the christian’s
Catholic schools were made to remove christian symbols and eventually abolished
Priests were harassed and arrested. Many criticised the Nazis and ended up in concentration camps
Catholic youth movements closed down
The Protestant. Church
1933 Protestant groups which supported the Nazis united to form the reich church with its leader muller
Many Protestant opposed nazism which conflicted their christian beliefs . They set up an Emergancy league for those who opposed the Nazis
Why was censorship used
Ensure people accepted and conformed to Nazi thinking
Who was appointed what in 1933
Goebbels appointed as minister of public propaganda and enlightenment
What rules followed censorship
No books could be published without goebbels consent
News papers that opposed Nazis were closed down
Radio was controlled
Rules following propaganda
Posters were used to put the Nazi message across
By 1939 70% of homes had a radio
Success in sports was ideal to promote Nazi regime
Nazi control on music
He hated modern jazz at it was black music
Black people were seen as the inferior and banned jazz
Instead Nazis promoted traditional German folk songs and classical music
Nazi control on films
All films were accompanied by a 45 minute official news read glorifying Hitler
Nazi control on art
Believe no Serb art was backwards and in Patriarcal and Jewish
Such art called degenerate
Art highlighted Germans past greatness and the third reich
