Nazi Germany 1933-39

Question 1

Effects of the Reichstag fire

Answer 1

Hitler increased Nazi support
Communist van der lubbe was blamed for the fire
Hitler blamed all communists
Hitler arrested 4000 communist leaders

Question 2

What was the Reichstag fire act

Answer 2

Police could search houses and arrest people without trial

Banned opposition meetings

Ended freedom of speech

Communists and SPD members were arrested

Question 3

Date of Reichstag fire

Answer 3

27th February 1933

Question 4

Effects of the enabling act (6)

Answer 4

Ended democracy in Weimar
Make laws without Reichstag
Shut down local parliaments
Communists were banned from voting
Banned trade unions
Germany was a 1 party state

Question 5

What was the night of the long knives

Answer 5

Hitler arrested 200 SA officers

Army were thankful because they weren’t merged with the SA

Hitler executed leader of SA Ernst Röhm

Hitler controlled SA

Question 6

When was the night of the long knives

Answer 6

30th June 1934

Question 7

Effects of the Fuhrer decree

Answer 7

Hindenburg dies on the 2nd of august 1934
Hitler made himself the Fuhrer of Germany

Made soldiers swear oaths to Hitler

Question 8

Effects of the police state

Answer 8

Nazis gained power over the citizens
Nazis could arrest Germans without trial
Citizens were terrified of the Nazis
200,000 people were put into camps

Question 9

Effects of censorship

Answer 9

Goebbels stopped foreign views reaching citizens
Book burnings happened
Newspapers could not print anti-Nazi views
Jazz music banned
Aryan ideals to be followed

Question 10

Effects of propaganda

Answer 10

Gave positive images of the Nazis and Hitler
Loads of posters were made
Pro Nazi messages were constantly spread

Question 11

Effects of the policies towards educational and the young

Answer 11

Children learnt about Hitler and race studies
By 1939 there were 8 million members of Hitler youth
Children were encouraged to be good soldiers and mothers

Question 12

Effects of the policies towards women

Answer 12

Women were encouraged to be good mothers
Women in 1920s had more jobs but this idea was declined
Rewarded for having more children

Question 13

Effects of the policies towards the churches

Answer 13

Hitler signed the concordat with the pope in 1933
In 1937 Hitler cut funding for catholics
Hitler destroyed the concordat
Hitler wanted to be seen as the most High

Question 14

Effects of racial policies

Answer 14

Undesirables were purged
In 1933 700,000 people were sterilised
Nuremberg laws meant Jews couldn’t be citizens
Intermarriage was banned
Propaganda encouraged people to hate undesirables

Question 15

When were the Nuremberg laws made

Answer 15

September 1935

Question 16

When was kristallnacht

Answer 16

9-10th November 1938

Question 17

What was kristillnacht

Answer 17

SS , SA destroyed synagogues, shops and homes of Jews killing 100 Jews in the process

Jewish children were banned from school

Question 18

Effects of the policies towards unemployment

Answer 18

Unemployment fell from 4.8 million to 0.5 million in 5 years
Trade unions were replaced by labour front
Labour front meant no dispute on pay and conditions.

Hitler started to grow the army
Broke the 100,000 troop rule
By 1939 900,000 troops

Question 19

When was the labour front and what did it do

Answer 19

Setup in 1933 and set unemployment rights,hours and pay

Question 20

What was the idea of strength through joy

Answer 20

The idea that if you work hard u were offered rewards

Question 21

What did the labour service do

Answer 21

Forced unemployed workers to do work for little pay