Nazi Control of Germany

Question 1

Formation and Characteristics of the Nationalist Socialist Government (4)

Answer 1

• He promised 6 million jobs for the unemployed.
• Hitler stopped paying reparation fees.
• Hitler destroyed trade unions so wages could be kept low
• Hitler started a programme of rearmament and By 1939 there were more than 1,000,000 soldiers.

Question 2

Opposition Against the Nazi Party (5)

Answer 2

Edelweiss Pirates - Against Parliamentary nature of Hitler Youth.

White Rose - spoke out and spread info against Hitler.

Swing Kids -
Non violent refusal of civil order under National Socialism.

Meuten Gangs - Against Nazi regimes and wanted to overthrow the Nazi party.

Jews - Didn’t agree with the way the Nazi’s treated them.

Catholic Priests - some opposed Hitler. In 1937, the Pope issued a message called ‘With Burning Concern’ which was read in every Catholic Church. It described Hitler as “a mad prophet with repulsive arrogance”.

Question 3

Treatment of the Jews (4)

Answer 3

1933
1. Jewish people were removed from public office and professions.
2. School lessons were to reflect the view that Jewish people were ‘Untermensch’, (subhuman).
3. 1 April, a boycott of Jewish shops and other businesses took place.

1935
1. Jewish people were denied the right to be German citizens.