nazi state Flashcards
intro
by january 1933, the nazis had occupied 196 seats in the reichstag, making them the biggest party. however they still had not won a majority of the seats. president paul hindenburg was beginning to age and offered hitler the role of chancellor. hindenburg had hoped to manipulate hitler by giving him a position of power but hitler was much harder to control than hindenburg had anticipated. hitler took supreme power as dictator after the events of the 1933 reichstag fire and the days of german democracy were over.
totalitarian state K1
following the reichstag fire, 1933, the decree of the reich president for the protection of the nation and the state suspended constitutional civil rights, banning freedom of speech against the government. president hindenburg was persuaded by hitler to pass this law in 28th feb 1933.
totalitarian state K2
the enabling act, passed on march 24th, 1933 was passed under pressure by the reichstag and gave hitler dictatorial power for four years. the SPD were banned and other parties soon dissolved themselves from the reichstag in june 1933.
totalitarian state A+
hitler had to use that state police and threats to get the majority vote for his acts and therefore, opposition within his totalitarian state did still exist.
propaganda K1
by 1939, cheap radios were owned by 70% of the german population. radio became a hugely crucial tool for indoctrination and was used to broadcast hitlers speeches.
propaganda K2
annual rallies called nuremberg rallies were used to emphasise the power of the nazi regime and linked elements of the military and party imagery with german traditions. attendance at the rallies grew massively after 1933.
propaganda A+
it can be argued that propaganda was easy to ignore as radios could be turned off and was not as effective as many people believed.
social policies K1
the nazis attempted to create a Volksgemeinschaft (national community) in which german people would come together to support the nazi regime. the nazis vision of volksgemeinschaft involved the exclusion of “outsiders” while their propaganda persecuted jews and other minority groups viewed as a threat to the nazi regime.
social policies K2
to indoctrinate the young, nazi youth organisations were set up, such as the hitler youth, to train young boys for the military, and the league of german girls to prepare young girls for motherhood.
social policies A+
some children stopped participating in youth groups and began resisting against the nazi regime as they attended rival groups such as the the Edelweiss pirates.
