Nazi culture Flashcards
How far did women lives change -
.Wanted them to be Kinder, Kuchse, Kirche which is Children kitchen Church
.Ideal women, blonde blue eyes, no makeup flat shoes.
.The nazi women would be nurturing and bring up the new aryan race.
.Nazi women would have the economic role of buying German goods.
.Women were expected to be naturally beautiful.
.Women increased in employment from 5.7 million in 1937 too 7.1million in 1939.
.Speers total war policy further developed this.
What where Nazi racial ideas -
.Hitler and the Nazi’s wanted a racially pure Germany for the Aryan race.
.Aryan race needed to be purified in order to maintain racial purity,
And not mix with degenerate races.
.People who did not conform with this society would be eliminated
.Based on social darwinism
.Jew’s where teens as anti Aryan.
What where the Key Statistics on ethnic groups -
.6 million jews killed
.2.8 million soviet prisoners killed
.500,000 gypsies were killed
.400,000 people where forcibly sterilised
.250,000 disabled people were killed
.15,000 homosexuals were sent to camps
.10,000 Jehovah’s witnesses were sent to camps.
What was the impact of war?
Had to deal with Jewish problem used police units in Poland and the final solution.
What was the impact on education and youth?
.Hitler youth indoctrinated with Nazi viewpoint
.teachers who did not conform where fired
.Jewish and communist books destroyed
.one trade union.
What new government ministry was set up in 1933?
Ministry of Propaganda and Enlightenment ( but also accept Reich Chamber of Culture)
In what year was conscription made compulsory for all women aged 17-45 ?
1943
Name two ways the Nazis tried to raise the birth rate.
Maternity benefits. Tax incentives, family allowances, honour cross, mother schools and propaganda.
About what proportion of women were in employment by 1939?
33%
Name two minority groups ( but NOT ethnic minorities) persecuted by the Nazis.
Jehovah’s witnesses Homosexuals Asocials Mentally ill Those with hereditary diseases
What was the name of the armed units who carried out mass killings in the occupied territories?
Einsatzgruppen
Name one kind of specialist school set up by the Nazis.
Adolf Hitler Schools
NAPOLAs
Finish the BDM slogan: ‘Be Faithful, Be Pure, Be …’
German
The Nazis set up an exhibition in 1937 to display art they disapproved of. What did they call this?
degenerate
Give one example of a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl.
Olympia, Triumph of the Will
