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Nazi Control In Germany Flashcards

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How did nazi propaganda have an effect on people?

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They made the Germans want to join in with the nazis by making them feel isolated from the rest of the country

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Who was Heinrich himmler?

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The leader of the SS and hitlers personal bodyguard

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When were the first concentration camps set up?

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1933

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Who were the first concentration camps intentionally made for?

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Political prisoners

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What happened between himmler and hitler in 1944?

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Himmler attempted to murder hitler

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Who did hitler see as his natural successor?

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Reinhard Heydrich

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Who was Heydrich in charge of?

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The gestapo and the police

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Why was the fear factor such an effective way to keep control over Germany?

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  • people feared the gestapo because they didn’t wear uniform and could be anyone, didn’t want to speak out against nazis in fear of being overheard by the gestapo
  • their neighbours would just disappear and they feared the unknown
  • don’t want to be hurt by the gestapo or the SS
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Why was propaganda such an effective way to keep control over Germany?

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  • the nazi propaganda made the Germans feel isolated if they don’t support them so this encouraged them to support the nazis
  • the propaganda enticed them into believing in the nazis by blaming other people for all of Germany’s problems
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10
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Name 7 types of nazi propaganda

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  • posters
  • speeches
  • cinema
  • radio
  • newspapers
  • school (brainwashing)
  • Olympics
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When were the Olympics in Berlin?

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1936

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What did hitler see the Olympics as an opportunity for?

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  • displaying the Aryan race’s superiority

* to show Germany as efficient, powerful and successful

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What did Germany build for the Olympics to show that it is a modern and civilised country?

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Modern stadium equipped with televisions and new lighting

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How did hitler try to destroy his anti Jewish image in the Olympics?

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He included 1 Jew in Germany’s team

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15
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What were foreigners at the Olympics shocked by?

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Germany’s devotion to Hitler

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What were foreigners appalled by at the Olympics?

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The number of guards patrolling the stadium

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17
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What were foreigners amazed at in the Olympics?

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The scale of the stadium

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18
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How many people could berlins Olympic stadium hold?

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100,000

19
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Who contradicted hitlers theory on Arian race superiority?

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Jesse Owens

20
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How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?

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4 gold medals

21
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How many world records did Jesse Owens beat at the 1936 Olympics?

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11 world records

22
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Who was hitlers main director for propaganda films?

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Leni Riefenstahl

23
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Give an example of Leni Riefenstahl’s work

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Triumph of the Will

24
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What was the purpose of nazi propaganda films?

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  • to remind people of the scale of the changes taking place

* to encourage people to join in

25
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What did nazi propaganda films make hitler and nazis look like?

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They made hitler and the nazis out to be wonderful, portraying them as celebrities with thousands of adoring fans

26
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What were set up to reward German workers for staying loyal to the nazis?

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Organisations and schemes that provided German workers with incentives

27
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Name 2 schemes that were set up as incentives for German workers

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  • strength through joy

* beauty of labour

28
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What did the strength through joy scheme provide German workers with?

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  • cheap tickets for cinema/theatre
  • organised courses and trips
  • access to sports facilities
29
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What did the beauty of labour movement provide for German workers?

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  • improved working conditions
  • washing areas
  • canteens
  • opportunity to save money for their own car
30
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What car was offered to people in the beauty of labour movement?

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Volkswagen Beetle

31
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How did nazi propaganda present the German workers and how did this make them feel and consequently do?

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The nazi propaganda portrayed the German workers as great, which made them feel good about themselves and encouraged them to support the nazis

32
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What front did all German workers have to join?

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German Labour Front

33
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What was the purpose of the German labour front?

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To keep strict control of the workers

34
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What year were trade unions banned?

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1933

35
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Name 6 disadvantages of nazi rule in Germany

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  • parties that supported the workers, like communists and socialists, were banned
  • workers were forced to work longer hours
  • if you refused work you were labelled as workshy and would be sent to concentration camps
  • workers were part of the German labour front which controlled where they worked and their pay
  • Jewish and female workers found it hard to find work
  • no one ever got a VW beetle
  • many workers felt that their lives did not improve after the depression
36
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Name 8 advantages of nazi rule in Germany

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  • owners of big industries made huge profits due to cheap labour
  • lots of autobahns were built
  • affordable cars and radios were produced
  • wages rose a little
  • proves of things controlled by nazis decreased a little to make sure basics were not too expensive
  • unemployment had more or less vanished by 1939
  • organisations to benefit German workers
  • Germany was more able to survive on its own without importing goods from abroad
37
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Name the 3 main methods that the nazis used to keep control in Germany

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  • fear factor
  • propaganda
  • incentives
38
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Why were nazi incentives effective in controlling the German workers?

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The thought of the rewards encouraged them to support nazis so that they would be given the rewards

39
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What did the nazis do to the school textbooks in order to attempt to control education and why?

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Textbooks were rewritten according to nazi beliefs in order to indoctrinate children from a young age into supporting nazi ideas

40
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What did teachers have to be a part of? What did they have to do?

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The nazi teachers league

Take an oath to hitler

41
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Give 3 examples of typical classes that German children would have to take

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  • German history
  • politics
  • racial hygiene
42
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What race of people were not permitted to be teachers?

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Jewish people

43
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After nazis took over Germany, who took control of German schools?

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A minister of education

44
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Why did nazis use questions like this:

The cost of a lunatic asylum costs 6 million marks. How many houses at 15,000 marks each could be bought for that amount?

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The “lunatic asylum” refers to the places where the minority groups were sent/concentration camps

GCSE History - Germany 1918-1945 (16 decks)

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