Nazi Opp and control

Question 1

Give three examples of ways Hitler had reach in Germany ?

Answer 1

70% of homes had radio
Hitler’s speech reached 56m people
1 million people had attended a rally at Nuremberg

Question 2

Give two examples of ways propaganda failed?

Answer 2

Anti smoking campaigns failed

10% decline in newspaper circulation

Question 3

Give one example of Goebbels propaganda?

Answer 3

1944 Kohlberg movie, used 100,000 soldiers from the front line to show heroic defense from Napoleon.

Question 4

Name four aim of propaganda?

Answer 4

.Represent the people
.Promote anti semitism and Nazi beliefs
.Create support for the regime
.Promote unity

Question 5

Name three ways Nazi’s controlled by fear?

Answer 5

People’s court
Block wardens
Gestapo

Question 6

Name three reason’s people supported the Nazi’s

Answer 6

.Smart uniforms
.Strong leaders
.Propaganda represented new and exciting party

Question 7

Name three ways the opposition grew stronger in the war years?

Answer 7

.Army bomb plot 1944
.Red orchestra sent info to USSR
.Edelweiss pirates sabotage and guerrilla warfare

Question 8

Name three ways repression became more severe in the war years?

Answer 8

.Leader of pirates again
.Red orchestra leader executed
.5,000 people executed because of bomb plot

Question 9

Name two left wing opposition organizations and what they did?

Answer 9

SPD - banned and set up headquarters in czech, set up newspaper.
KPD - went underground after ruthless clampdown, and formed red flag.

Question 10

Name two church opposition organizations and what they did?

Answer 10

Protestants - tried protecting church from state interference.
Catholics - denounced Nazism, temporary suspended euthanasia campaign

Question 11

Name three youth opposition groups and what they did?

Answer 11

White rose - first public demonstration against regime.
Swing Youth - disruptive teenagers, listened to banned music.
Edelweiss pirates - camping, sing songs mocking Germany, organised attacks.

Question 12

Name two features of the conservative elite threat?

Answer 12

.Planned post Nazi regime

.Army bomb plot 1944

Question 13

What where the main ways support was generated?

Answer 13

.Goerings propaganda was effective as it showed the Nazi state and
Nationalsim, in a way that didn’t shove it down there throats either through
Movies that had a nationalist theme.
.Policies created a rich economy which caused support.
. Holidays were created which had overwhelming support.

Question 14

How did the government manage opposition?

Answer 14

.censorship of those they disagreed with
.harsh punishment through the people court for non confomorty which was put
On display to deter behaviour

Question 15

Name two youth groups that opposed the Nazis…

Answer 15

White Rose, Swing Youth, Edelweiss Pirates

Question 16

When was the “Stauffenberg bomb plot” and which state institution did its members work for?

Answer 16

1944 - The Army

Question 17

Name two left-wing resistance groups…

Answer 17

Red Strike Force, Red Orchestra

Question 18

Which two Nazi policies, the first in 1937 and second in 1941 did members of the Catholic Church manage to persuade the regime to stop or suspend..

Answer 18

Removing crucifixes from schools

T4 euthanasia programme

Question 19

Which organisation were many Germans fearful of being caught by and therefore chose not to resist the Nazi’s policies?

Answer 19

The Gestapo

Question 20

What was established in 1934 to specifically deal with “political crimes”?

Answer 20

The People’s Court

Question 21

Name a Nazi propaganda film…

What is the general view of how successful Nazi propaganda was?

Answer 21

Eternal Jew, Triumph of the Will, Olympia, Day of Freedom, Bismark.

Failed to persuade but reinforced and heightened existing views

Question 22

How did you win the “Mother Cross”? How did this help raise support for the Nazi regime?

Answer 22

Have 4 or more children.

Made women feel valued by the govt. & society

Question 23

By 1940 how many members did the NSDAP have?

Answer 23

5 million

Question 24

After which defeat did many Germans start to feel they might lost the war? When did this occur?

Answer 24

Stalingrad, early 1943