nazi policies Flashcards

1
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when was the National Labour Service Corps made compulsary for men aged 18-25?

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1935

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2
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when was the National Labour Service Corps extended to women?

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1939

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3
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what was the purpose of the National Labour Service Corps?

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-intended to encourage the spirit of national socialism
-also provided germany with a cheap labour force

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4
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how many kilometers of highway were created by the Nazis road building schemes? what is the name for a highway in German?

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-7,000kms
-autobahns

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5
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how did the Nazis make unemployment appear to go down?

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-1.4 million men were in the army
-jews werent included in unemployment figures
-women werent counted
-men in national labour service corps weren’t counted
-those in concentration camps weren’t counted

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6
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when was conscription re-introduced?

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1935

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7
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when conscription was reintroduced, how much did the army grow to?

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grew to 1,400,000 in 1939

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8
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how much was spent on rearmament by 1939?

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26 billion marks

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9
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when were trade unions banned and what was set up as an alternative?

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1933, German Labour Front

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10
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how many members did the German Labour Front have in 1939?

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22 million

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11
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what was the German Labour Front (DAF) desgined to do?

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-included employers and workers and was meant to represent the intrests of both
-workers were given relativley high wages and social and leisure programmes

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12
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when did the DAF launch the volkswagen scheme and what was it?

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-1938
-give workers an oppourtunity to buy their own car

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13
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did anyone get a car as a result of the volkswagen scheme?

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no one got a car becuase production shifted to military vehicles in 1939

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14
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what was the strength through joy (KdF) programme?

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-set up to improve the leisure time of German workers
-this included concerts, sporting events

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15
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how many people went on a KdF holiday in 1938?

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10 million

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16
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what was the beauty of work programme?

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-set up by the KdF to improve working conditions
-organised the building of canteens, swimming pools, sports facilities

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17
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what was the ideal nazi woman?

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-no makeup
-buns/plaits
-no intrest in politics
-discouraged from slimming
-professional women were forced to give up their jobs

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18
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when was the law for the encouragement of marriage introduced and what was it?

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-1933
-gave newlywed couples a loan 1,000 marks
-they could keep 250 marks for each child they had

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19
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what happened on Hitler’s mothers birthday?

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medals awarded to women with large families

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20
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what numbers of children were the different mothers cross medals awarded to?

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bronze = 4 children
silver = 6 children
gold = 8 children

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21
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when was the change to the divorce law and what was it?

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-1938
-made divorce easier if the husband or wife was unable to have children

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22
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what was Lebensborn?

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a programme set up to force unmarried women to have children with a ‘racially pure” SS man

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23
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what were the three Ks of nazi women?

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Kinder, Kuche, Kirche - children, kitchen, church

24
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when was the Nazi policy surrounding women reversed and why?

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-1937
-germany was rearming and men were joining the army

25
Q

what did all textbooks have to be approved by?

A

the ministry of education

26
Q

what became a standard text in schools?

A

mein kamf

27
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what did school teachers have to do under Hitlers rule?

A

swear loyalty to Hitler and join the Nazi teachers league

28
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what percentage of teachers were members of the Nazi party in 1936?

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36%

29
Q

give some examples of things students would do at school as a result of the nazi regime

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-start and end lessons with ‘heil hitler’
-nazi themes presented in every lesson - emphasis on germanys past and the aryan race
-15% of time was for physical education

30
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what was the aim of the hitler youth?

A

to prepare german boys to be furtre soldiers and control the time of the youth

30
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what did boys aged 14 and over join?

A

the hitler youth

31
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what did they wear and do in the Hitler Youth?

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-military style uniform

-activities based of physical excersise, rifle practice
-political indoctrination

32
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what was the equivilent of the hitler youth for girls?

A

the league of german maidens

33
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what did they wear and do in the league of german maidens?

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-blue skirt, white blouse, heavy shoes

-physical exercise, developing domestic skills like sewing/cooking

34
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when was the Hitler youth made compulsary ?

A

1939

35
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how many members were there in the hitler youth in 1939?

A

7 million

36
Q

what were Hitlers Theories of races based on?

A

social darwinism - the idea that the aryan race was superior

37
Q

who was considered ‘untermenschen’ by Hitler?

A

Jews and Slavs

38
Q

when were jewish teachers forbidden to give private tuition to german students?

A

1936

39
Q

when were jewish children expelled from German schools?

A

1938

40
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when did the SA organise a boycott of Jewish shops and buisnesses?

A

1933

41
Q

when did local councils ban jews from public spaces?

A

1934

42
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when were the nuremberg laws passed?

A

1935

43
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what did the nuremburg law state?

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-removed many rights from jewish people
-jewish people were denied the right to be german citizens
-marriage and relationships between jewish people and germans became illegal

44
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what did Geobbles use as fuel to start kristallnacht?

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-a polish jew assasinated a german in the german embassy in paris
-goebbles used this as an oppourtunity to retaliate against jews in germany

45
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when did the polish jew assasinate the german before kristallnacht?

A

8th November 1938

46
Q

when were jewish homes, businesses and synagouges attacked (kristallnacht)?

A

night of 9th November 1938

47
Q

how many jewish shops were damaged and how many synagouges were burned in kristallnacht?

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-7,500 jewish shops
-400 synagouges

48
Q

how many jews were killed and how many were sent to concentration camps after kristallnacht?

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-100 killed
-20,000 sent to camps

49
Q

kristallnacht: hitler blamed the jews for provoking attacks - how much did he fine them?

A

1 billion reichsmarchs in compensation

50
Q

when was the Reich Office for Jewish Emigration established? what did it do?

A

-1939
-the SS were responsible for removing jews through forced emigration

51
Q

when were jews evicted from their homes and forced into designated ghettos?

A

April 1939

52
Q

when were jews forced to hand in their radio sets so that they could not listen to foreign news?

A

september 1939

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54
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How was women being encouraged out of work a way of reducing unemployment for men?

A

The men filled the place of the women - meant the Nazis lived up to their promise of reducing unemployment