Nazi Germany

Question 1

When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 1

28 of June 1919

Question 2

When did Hitler join the Nazi party?

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

How long was WWI?

Answer 3

1914 - 1918

Question 4

Why did Germany feel betrayed in 1919?

Answer 4

The treaty of Versailles had be forcibly signed in 1919.

Question 5

Why did Germany have to surrender in 1918?

Answer 5

They had run out of raw materials and there was a blockade of German ports.

Question 6

Give four reasons to the German people hating the treaty of Versailles.

Answer 6

1. Land: parts of Germany were taken away (Alsace-Lorrain, Ruhr, part of Poland and Rhineland.
2. Compensation: Germany had to pay £6.6 billion to the allies as war reparations.
3. Military: Only allowed 100 000 with no planes and no tanks.
4. War Guilt: Germany had to accept full responsibility for the war.

Question 7

When was the hyperinflation crisis?

Answer 7

1923

Question 8

When was the Munich Coup/Beer Hall Putsch?

Answer 8

1923

Question 9

When was the great depression?

Answer 9

1929

Question 10

When was Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany?

Answer 10

1933

Question 11

When did Hitler get elected as the Führer of Germany?

Answer 11

1934

Question 12

Where was Hitler from?

Answer 12

Hitler was Austrian

Question 13

Why were many Germans afraid of Communism?

Answer 13

Communists wanted businesses owned by the government and wealth to be shared equally.

Question 14

How did Hitler use the Reichstag fire to his advantage?

Answer 14

He blamed the communists and imprisoned many communist leaders.

Question 15

What act gave Hitler the right to make laws without consulting parliment?

Answer 15

The Enabling Act

Question 16

When was the enabling act passed?

Answer 16

1933

Question 17

Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda?

Answer 17

Joseph Goebbels

Question 18

What happened during the night of long knives?

Answer 18

Many of the SA leaders were killed by the SS.

Question 19

What were the SS?

Answer 19

The SS were the Nazi army. They were the Political police in a sense. Completely devoted to the Nazi party.

Question 20

What were the SA?

Answer 20

The Nazi stormtroopers. The original army. They used violent intimidation to help Adolf Hitler rise to power.

Question 21

Why did the night of long knives happen?

Answer 21

Hitler believed that Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA was become to powerful, a threat to his power and authority.

Question 22

Which group gathered intelligence on German citizens for the Nazi party?

Answer 22

The Gestapo

Question 23

What did the Nazis do with books that contained

anti-Nazi information?

Answer 23

They burned them to control the message.

Question 24

Which group controlled the concentration camps?

Answer 24

The SS

Question 25

What was the name of the Nazi movement for girls?

Answer 25

The League of German Maidens

Question 26

What was the name of the Nazi movement for boys?

Answer 26

Hitler Youth

Question 27

In what ways did the education in schools change for German children after the Nazis came to power?

Answer 27

The curriculum changed: all the subjects refered to the Nazi ideology and german greatness
There was a lot of sports and preparation for war for boys
Girls were trained to be mothers and encouraged to breed perfect aryans
There were racial lessons attempting to prove the superiority of the german race
Jewish children were bullied and eventually excluded from school
Teachers had to swear allegiance to the nazi party