Nazi Control Over Germany Flashcards
What were pupils taught in History during the occupation of the Nazis in Germany?
How the Treat of Versailles was ‘unfair’
Who was the State Secret Police?
The Gestapo
What are three examples of what the Gestapo had the authority to do?
Tap telephones, open mail and collect information from a huge network of informers who reported on people who were believed to be ‘anti-Nazi’
What does the SS stand for and what does it mean?
Schultz Staffel which means protection squad
By 1939 how many members did the SS have?
240,000
What did the propaganda ministry control?
Radio stations and transmitters
Cheap radio sets were made so that…
The Nazi message could be transmitted into German homes
What was the name of the female and male groups that Hitler organised for youngsters?
Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens
What was the first concentration camp called and in what year did it open?
Dachau, 1933
In 1936 what law was passed in relation to Hitler’s organisations for children?
It was compulsory for every German child to attend the Hitler Youth and League of German Maidens
What section of the SS were concentration camps run by in the late 1930s?
Death’s Head unit
In Biology lessons what Nazi racial ideas were proposed?
The superiority over the ‘Aryan race’
What was the development of Hitler’s image described as?
The ‘Hitler Myth’ as he was portrayed as the voice and defender of German people
What was the name of the man in charge of propaganda?
Joseph Goebbels
What did Joseph Goebbels stage so that the Nazi message could be broadcasted to 1000s of Germans?
He staged impressive rallies, meetings and processions
