Nazi Dictatorship Flashcards
Give 5 examples of how Hitler used the Reichstag Fire to gain power
- Hitler blamed the Communist Party
- Hitler issued a decree giving him powers to imprison political opponents and ban opposition newspapers
- Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to call an election to secure more Nazi seats
- Hitler used his powers to stop the communists from taking their seats in the Reichstag
- Enabling Act was passed allowing the Nazis to propose and pass laws to overrule the constitution with intimidation of the SA
Give 2 consequences of the Enabling Act
- Local government was abolished
2. Trade unions were replaced with the German labour front
What was the Night of the Long Knives?
Ernst Rohm and 100 SA leaders were shot
What did the death of Hindenburg do?
Declared Hitler as Fuhrer
What was the SS?
Controlled Germany’s police and security
What was the SD
Spied on domestic and foreign opponents of the Nazi Party
What was the gestapo?
Spied on German citizens
How did Hitler control the legal system?
All judges had to belong to the NSDAP
What were concentration camps?
Inmates were horribly mistreated and force to do hard labour.
Give 2 methods of propaganda
- ‘Degenerate’ art was banned
2. Hitler’s speeches were played on loudspeaker in workplaces
Give 2 methods of censorship
- Burning books written by Jewish or Anti-Nazi authors
2. Newspapers opposing the Nazis were banned
Why were the Nazis worried about the Catholic Church?
Catholics were more loyal to the pope than to Hitler
What was the concordat between Hitler and the Pope?
Catholics were free to worship as long as they stayed out of politics
What was the Reich Church?
2000 pro-Nazi churches supported by Hitler
What was the Confessional Church?
6000 anti-Nazi churches repressed by Hitler
