Nazi Germany Flashcards
Why did Hitler hold elections in March 1933?
When was the Reichstag fire?
Who was blamed for it?
What law did Hitler create as a result?
What was the enabling law?
Gain a majority, stop votes for SPD & KPD.
27 February 1933
Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe
Law for the protection of people & state - no freedom
Nazis controlled Reichstag for 4 years
What was Gleichshaltung?
What did the Nazis do in 1933 & 34 to create this? (6)
Coordination of all aspects of life to fit with Nazi ideals
March - Reestablished state govts (Nazi majority)
April - Removed Jews & women from jobs
May - Replaced trade unions with DAF
July - 1 party state
Jan 34 - Law for the Reconstruction of the state
Abolished state govts apart from Prussia
When was the Night of the long knives?
Why did Hitler do it?
What did SA leader believe?
What happened?
What did they claim?
30 June 1934
Feared army. Army would help implement foreign policy
Ernt Röhm, gay, 2nd revolution
Killed Röhm, von Schleicher & Strasser (100 dead)
Prevented SA putsch
What happened on 1 August 1934?
What happened on 2 August 1934?
What did the army do & why?
What is a plesiscite?
What does totalitarian mean?
What % people accepted Hitler as Führer?
Merged jobs of President & Chancellor to be Führer
Hindenburg died naturally
Swore Oath of Loyalty bc got rid of SA threat
Referendum. Everyone in country decides.
All power held by 1 person/group
90%
What did the RAD do? Complusory?
Did Jews & women count as unemployed
When was conscription introduced?
How many in army in 1939?
Built schools, hospitals & motorways. Prepared army life
18-25 compulsory 6 months in 1935.
Nope
1933
1.4 million
Who was the DAF leader?
What did the DAF do?
Robert Ley
Sided with employers. Improved wages & conditions
Working hours increased, hard to change jobs, couldn’t go on strike, food & rent prices fixed.
What did the KDF do?
Who was the leader?
Control free time. Saving for volkswagen car.
Cheap holidays, skiing, concerts & plays
Robert Ley
What is a trade deficit?
Spend more on imports than make on exports.
Who created the New Plan in 1934?
What did it do? (4)
Why did he resign?
Dr. Hjalmar Schekt (respected economist)
Cut welfare spending
Trade agreements
Limited exports
Targeted govt. spending on key issues.
Pressured to increase military spending
Who created the 4 year plan in 1934?
What was Werwirtschaft?
How much did they export (fraction) in 1939?
What did it do? (6)
Hermann Göring
Autarky, ready for war
1/3
New factories
Industries under govt. control
Imported goods amount cut
Higher targets for essential materials (oil, rubber, steel)
Encouraged to produce erstaz for raw materials
Food targets imposed (Farmers joined Reich Food Estate)
What could the Nazi police state do? (3)
Leader of SS & Gestapo
What were the 3 parts of the police state?
Arrest on suspicion
Imprison in concentration camps
Send suspect to camps
Himmler & Heydrich
SS, SA, Gestapo
What did the SS do?
Provided guards for concentration camps
What did the gestapo do?
Arresting people suspected of committing treason
What was the SD?
Intelligence service.
Most reports came from ordinary Germans
When & where was the 1st concentration camp set up?
Who was imprisoned in them? (4)
March 1933, Dachau
Jews, gypsies, criminals, political prisoners, homosexals, workshy, tramps & alcoholics.
Complete the table of Nazi Youth Organisations.
