Nazi Germany Flashcards
Who were the 6 main groups persecuted by Hitler in Nazi Germany?
The Jews, Jehovah’s Witness, Norwegian Women, the Roma, Homosexuals and the Poles
When was Kristallnacht?
9 November, 1938
What were the 2 main methods of killing in concentration camps?
Gas and public executions
What was the name of the persecution of ethnic minorities in Germany up to 1945?
The Holocaust
What was the “Final Solution?”
Senior Nazi’s met in January 1942. They came up with ‘The Final Solution to the Jewish Problem’. All Jews were rounded up and transported to camps in Germany and Poland.
What was the total death toll of the Nazi Concentration Camps?
11 million
What was the name of the Nazi Youth Group for Boys?
Hitler Youth
What was the Night of the Long Knives?
Ernst Rohm and many of his co-leaders were executed by Hitler’s personal army, the SA.
What was the German Secret Police called?
The Gestapo
What was the name of the ‘pure race’ that Hitler wanted?
The Aryan race
What was the National Labour Service?
A program which took jobless people and gave them work, such as building German infrastructure; Autobahns (motorways) and other public buildings
Who was Josef Goebbels?
The Head of Nazi Propaganda
Who was Heinrich Himmler
The Head of Nazi Terror
What qualities were necessary to join the SS?
You had to be a loyal, effective and of the Aryan race
What was the nickname for the SA?
The Brownshirts
