Nazi Germany Quotes Flashcards
“…one of the most _______ acts of _________ ________ for which our _________ have ever been responsible.” - John _______ ______ (Interpretations)
“…one of the most serious acts of political unwisdom for which our statesmen have ever been responsible.” - John Maynard Keynes
“This is not a _____. It is an _________ of ______ years.” - Ferdinand ____ (Perspective)
“This is not a peace. It is an armistice of twenty years.” - Ferdinand Foch
“The ______ of ______ failed because it could not create _______ from its _____. It could not back _________ with the credible ______ and, where necessary, the use of _____.” - Jack _____ (Interpretation)
“The League of Nations failed because it could not create actions from its words. It could not back diplomacy with the credible threat and, where necessary, the use of force.” - Jack Straw
“So small _____ went _________, ______ became __________, then greater ____ were _________.” - Jack _____ (Interpretation)
“So small evils went unchecked, tyrants became emboldened, then greater evils were unleashed.” - Jack Straw
“You were given the choice between ___ and _________. You chose _________, and you will have ___.” - Winston _________ (Perspective)
“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.” - Winston Churchill
“______ cinema reflected the ____________ and ________ of the era, articulating the ideas of a _______ moment that would come to be recognised as a hugely ___________ period in ____ history.” - Decadent _______: The Cinema of ______ _______
“Weimar cinema reflected the uncertainties and concerns of the era, articulating the ideas of a cultural moment that would come to be recognised as a hugely influential period in film history.” - Decadent Shadows: The Cinema of Weimar Germany
“The _____ owed their spectacular to a combination of two discrete sets of factors: first, their distinctive ____________ and ________; and secondly, the wider _____-________ conditions which created climates of _______ and sets of grievances on which the _____ could prey.” - Mary ________ (Interpretation)
“The Nazis owed their spectacular to a combination of two discrete sets of factors: first, their distinctive organisation and strategy; and secondly, the wider socio-economic conditions which created climates of opinion and sets of grievances on which the Nazis could prey.” - Mary Fulbrook
“For us as ______ _____ ______ and as members of the __, __ June was not - as several believe - a day of _______ or a day of _______, but it was the hardest day that can be visited on a soldier in his lifetime.” - Heinrich _______ (Perspective)
“For us as Secret State Police and as members of the SS, 30 June was not - as several believe - a day of victory or a day of triumph, but it was the hardest day that can be visited on a soldier in his lifetime.” - Heinrich Himmler
“Herr _____ _____, the ______ Chancellor, has saved his country. Swiftly and with exorable ________, he has delivered _______ from men who had become a danger to the unity of the _____ people and to the order of the _____.” - The _____ Mail (_ July, 19__) (Perspective)
“Herr Adolf Hitler, the German Chancellor, has saved his country. Swiftly and with exorable severity, he has delivered Germany from men who had become a danger to the unity of the German people and to the order of the state.” - The Daily Mail (2nd July, 1934)
“We all made the ________ that a ___ can endure far more ____ that he would have deemed ________.” - Fabian ______________ (Perspective)
“We all made the discovery that a man can endure far more pain that he would have deemed possible.” - Fabian Schlabrendorff
“Within its unique conservative style ____ art was purposeful, with content chosen less for ________ appeal and more for usefulness in the ‘bigger _________ picture’” - Ginny ____-_______ (Interpretation)
“Within its unique conservative style Nazi art was purposeful, with content chosen less for aesthetic appeal and more for usefulness in the ‘bigger political picture’” - Ginny Dawe-Woodings
“The [___________ ___] exhibition, just down the road, showed the other side of ______ art - modern, _______, non-representational - or as the _____ saw it, “_________”.” - Lucy _____ (Interpretation)
“The [Degenerate Art] exhibition, just down the road, showed the other side of German art - modern, abstract, non-representational - or as the Nazis saw it, “degenerate”.” - Lucy Burns
“_____ for our ____.” - Neville ___________ (Perspective)
“Peace for our time.” - Neville Chamberlain
“______’s dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single ___. No National or Constitutional ________ was called and the ______ ____________ was never formally abrogated.” - Alan _______ (Interpretation)
“Hitler’s dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law. No National or Constitutional Assembly was called and the Weimar Constitution was never formally abrogated.” - Alan Bullock
“______ is a man of letters. He is, if not the most ____, at least the most _________, of all men of letters in the _____.” - Fritz _______ (Perspective)
“Hitler is a man of letters. He is, if not the most read, at least the most purchased, of all men of letters in the world.” - Fritz Thyssen
