nazi germany Flashcards

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how did hitler tackle unemploymet

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the NEP planned to recruit many youths to the army, rerearment
loads of people got public jobs like road building and building of buildings which helped the whole state
youths had to do six months of cheap hard labour

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why was the four year plan/ autarky necessary

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so germany could become completely dependant on themselves in time to go to war

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what was the four year plan list

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Use forced labour if necessary
Tighten price control
Increase production of materials
Reduce imports

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how was propaganda used

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there were consnat rallies to demonstrate unity
radios and newspapers only printed nazi centered and positive information
the film industry went from booming and unique to showing Aryan war heros and schemeing cartoon jews
the olympics hosted by germany showed the powers of the ayran race
Swastica, arm salute and heil hitler surrounded Germany

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affect of nazi rule on farms pros

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nazis supported their nurturing values
4 year plan hoped to boost farming
debts were payed so theyd work more efficiently
prices tightened and increased

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cons of nazi rule on farms

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not many people left as it had been so neglected
the nazi food estate dictated produce and was very annoying

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affect of nazi rule on small businesses

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many small traders supported the nazi values
in retrn nazis tried to shrink department businesses and stop new ones
all their jewish competition was shut down
However many were tightly ruled and up to 20% closed down

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affect of nazi rule on big businesses

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nazis tried to halt their growth in favour of smaller traders
values rose as the four year plan needed more production
gov controlled who produced what
Réarment saw huge increase in production for weapon companies
Massive increase in income uo to 50%

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affect of nazi germany on women

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marriage loan discouraged women from working and toung married women got money
jobs were encouraged to bias against women
women with more children got allowances and medals, gold for 8 children
abortions were banned
divorce of an infertile wife was made easy
the population was low and needed increasing to prove a prosperous country
non aryan bearing women were sterelized
as the war approached the marriage loan was revoked and women were encouraged to work

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effects of nazi germany on eduction

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all teachers had to be nazis
all lessons had a strong nazi bias and foccussed on subjects that could stress that eg pe and german history, where they taught about the betrayal at ww1 and biology where they taught of the aryan race
gendered lessons meant dometic scinece for girls and maths and languages for boys

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effect of nazi germany on youth groups

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pactically all were part of nazi youth which focused on building physically strong youths for their predetermined careers.
boys were prepped for hard labour and the army in camping and hikes and wore army uniform as the hitler youth
Girls were part of German maidans and would work on domestic skills

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effect of nazis on the church

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hitler saw the christians as un-German and as a product of judaism
he signed a deal with the pope that he wouldnt attack them but that was a false sense of security
he banned catholic schoolsand harrased pastors
he started a german faith which was paiganism

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effect of nazi germany on the protestants

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they shared hitlers values of tradition and family and so largely complied
were sometimes knwon as the german christians
often wore nazi uniform
martin niemoller disagreed and set up his own confessionalist church which lead to 800 arrests

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effect of nazi germany on catholics

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hitler didnt like their loyalty to the pope
shut down catholic schools
pope published an anxious anti hitler letter but not with much reception
the german archbishop spoke out against hitler

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effect of nazi germany on undersirables

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could be sterwelzed to stop producing
any could be sent away to camps or youth camps
krystalnacht attacked jjewish properety
72,000 mentally ill euthenised
propaganda portayed them as stereotypes and blamed for wrongs
Nuremberg laws

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religious resistence against hitler

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martin nienmolle stareted the confessioanlist church in oposition to hitler
catholic archbishop campaigned against the euthanasia of mentally ill
pope published letter ‘with burning concern’ that was read out across all catholic churches

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yotuh resistence against hitler

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swing youth rebelled by listening to jazz and drinking alchohol
white rose group handed out anti hitler pamphlets

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assasination attempts on hitler

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cornel stauffenburg and the july bomb plot bombed the room but a table shieled hitler from being injured
there was about 50 attempts on hitler

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what were the numenburg laws

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laws that stripped jews of their place as citizens and people you could marry or reproduce with

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Nazi effect on culture and film

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  • many areas of music and film were stopped by Goebeles propaganda such as jazz and horror
  • many leading figures were Jewish or undesirable so left Germany
  • hitler encouraged ‘aaryan art’ and banned thousands of art pieces
  • thousands of books were burned
  • pro Nazi films were very backed by Goebels and it was obligatory for film makers to be a part of the Nazi organisation
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Schemes set up to help get workers support in Nazi germany

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  • labour front which was the Nazi trade Union however it heavily listened to the employers
  • strength through joy: gave workers rewards for their work
  • beauty of labour: helped Germans see that all should be working
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Effect of Nazis on industrial workers

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  • wages fell
  • working hours increased by 15%
  • serious working accidents increased
  • workers could be blacklisted for questioning
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Nazi police areas

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  • SS lead by Himler was a loyal army service that ran concentration camps
  • gestapo was the secret police force that monitored opposition or resistance
  • SD was an intelligence group
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Nazi impact on the legal system

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  • nudges swore an oath to hitler
  • all lawyers were controlled by Nazis
  • defense lawyers had weaker powers
  • standard punishment was abolished so harsh punishment was more prominent
  • crimes that carried the death penalty increased from 3 to 46
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Workers resistance against hitler

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  • anti nazi papers and graffiti
  • organised strikes
  • strikes during high food prices and the 36 olymoics