Nazi Germany Flashcards
What is the Nazi party?
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Far-right political party
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Head of the Nazi party
Charismatic speaker
Nationally known figure
Jailed for treason in 1923
Who is Herrman Goring?
Helped party run smoothly
Second in Power
Controlled Prussian police
Formed the Gestapo
Who is Rudolph Hess?
Third in Power
Deputy Leader
Made sure everyone followed Nazi restrictions and ideology
Who is Joseph Goebbels?
Leader of Nazi Propaganda Highly educated Middle class Used simple slogans Deeply anti-Semitic
Who is Ernst Rohm?
Leader of the SA
Increased strength
Intimidated voters
Physically attacked communists
Who is Heinrich Himmler?
Led the SS
Ran concentration camps
Who is Wilhem Frick?
Minister of the Interior
Long standing member
Helped shape the party’s racial policy
When did Hitler come to power?
1933
What was Nazi Ideology?
Ideas and beliefs that came from the Nazi party?
What did the Nazi’s believe in?
End unemployment Destroy Versailles Brot und Arbeit Anti-Communism Anti-Semitism Social Darwinism Lebensraum Nationalism Strong Government
What is unemployment?
Having no job
Hitler promised to provide jobs for thousands of Germans who had become unemployed as a result of the great depression
He wanted to create state-financed public works
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Peace agreement made after WW1
Hitler said he would break the hated treaty of Versailles and make Germany great again
Hitler wanted to recreate Germany’s military strength and take back land that had been given away
What is Brot und Arbeit?
Bread and Work
Hitler promised everyone Bread and Work under the Nazi’s
This would bring an end to suffering caused by the great depression
What is Anti-Communism?
Hitler hated Communists
He blamed them for causing many of German problems
Hitler promised to put an end to Communist threats