Nazi Germany Flashcards
who is the Sister from the leaders of the White Rose
Sophie Scholl
who is the Head of the German Labour Front (DAF)
Dr Robert Ley
Head of Propaganda in Nazi Germany
Goebbels
German word for “National Community”
Volksgemeinschaft
Initials for the German Labour Front which workers had to join.
DAF
protestant minister who openly criticised the regime and spent 7 years in prison.
Niemoller
German name for Hitler’s autobiography written in prison in 1924, meaning My Stuggle.
Mein kampf
Name Hitler took meaning the supreme leader of Germany
Fuhrer
what was the state secret police called?
Gestapo
Brother from the leaders of the White Rose.
Hans Scholl
what is the Reich Entailed Farms Law
Gave peasant farmers protection by saying banks could not take their property if they failed to pay loans or mortgages.
who was the Black American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics of 1936
jesse owen
German word for the “Night of the Broken Glass” where Jews were attacked and their homes, shops and synagogues destroyed (November 1938)
Kristallnacht
Special SS Units who killed Jews in mass graves at the start of the Second World War
Einsatzgruppen
Strength Through Joy
scheme designed to benefit hard workers with cheap theatre/cinema tickets, sport events, music etc.
who were the ss
The elite, ultra-loyal, bodyguards for Hitler.
what is consolidation?
When Hitler confirmed and strengthened his position in power between 1933-34 and destroyed the remains of the Weimar Republic
do the dates
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The Gestapo broke up 28 Edelweiss Pirate groups
December 1942
Membership of the Hitler Youth becomes compulsory
1939
The July Bomb Plot
July 1944
Kristallnacht
November 1938
The Night of the Long Knives
June 1934
Hitler commits suicide and Nazi Germany surrenders
May 1945
