Nazis in Power Flashcards
what was the atmosphere of life in nazi germany
celebratory, happy, prosperity, bubbling
swastika flags everwhere
welcoming
what was march 33
first concentration camps for german people who didn’t follow the rules
what was concentrtion camps seen as
‘back to re-education’
how did germany feel
enthusiastic and welcoming
pride of germany and hitler being grateful
what did nazis promise
work and bread
what does “speak through a flower” suggest
say only good things and dont critisize
what was banned in germany
forgin newspapers and non german books
SS duties
Arrest citizens and send them to concentration camps
Listened into people’s conversations
who was head of SS
heinhard heydrich
how did the SS help nazis
They were very powerful and had sweeping powers
People had to prove their germanness which helped to create a “pure germany”
gestapo duties
Crushing opposition and carrying out Nazi racial policies
SD - internal security service
Death Heads units - responsible for concentration camps
Waffen-SS - fought alongside regular army
who was head of the gestapo
heinrich himmler
how did the gestapo help nazis
They were highly trained and very loyal to Hitler. They had about 1 million staff
courts duties
the nazis controlled all magistrates, judges and the courts
who was head of the courts
himmler
how did the courts help the nazis
it made the courts people fear the nazis and kept nazi support high
police duties
Police did politica ‘snooping’ to their normal law and order role. They were under strict instructions
who was head of the police
himmler
how did the police help the nazis
They were to ignore crimes by nazi agents so they never looked bad
Kept Nazi support high
concentration camp duties
Prisoners were forced to do hard labour. Food was limited and prisoners suffered harsh discipline, beatings and random executions.
The aim was to ‘correct’ opponents of the regime
By 1920 deaths were common and very few came out alive
who ran the concentration camp
set up by hitler but ruled by the SS
how did concentration camps help the nazis
They were the Nazi’s ultimate sanction against their own people
how did the olympics help the nazis
there were 49 countries coming to berlin which was a major way for goebbls to show their civilised and sucessful nation
what did goebbls do for the olympics
build a new stadium to hold 100,000 people
electrical lighting
there were television cameras and photo electronic timing devises
failures of the olympics
Jesse Owens, a black American athlete won 4 gold medals and broke records. There were ten black members on the american team and they won 13 medals between them
what did schools teach
only topics based on germany such as germany history only
what did biology teach you
about being a special member of the arayn race and how it is superior
what would a boy do in hitler youth
germans young people program
march in big bands
be physically fit
strong cross country runner
confident in reading maps
comfortable with camping
cleaning a riffle
what would a girl do it in hitler youth
league of german maidens
learn to sew
cook
domestic tasks
learn about race and bering a good german mother
what were some alienation parts of hitler youth
if you were in hitler youth you had to stay loyal to Hitler not to your family. if your family were not ‘as nazi’ as you were then you would feel alinenated
what were the 4 main opposition groups
former political opponents
the churches
army officers
youth groups
why did the former political groups oppose nazis
socialists met secretely becuase they were being killed or imprisioned by nazis
what did the political opposition do
they sabbotages places (factories, railways, army stores), made 1.6 million anti-nazi leaflets by 1936 and met in secret
was politcial opposition sucessful
no becuase they were broken up by the gestapo and all their activites were small scale so they didn’t do much
why did the churches oppose nazis
they didnt believe with hitler due to their own morals as christians. they churhc organisations wouldnt speak out agaisnts the nazis due to the concordat signed
what did the churches do to oppose nazis
protest against nazis killing mentally and physically ill people
pastor niemöller formed an alternative church
were the churches sucessful
temporarily becuase when the protests happened the nazis stopped it and the other churches which were formed put the pastors in concentration camps
why did the army officers oppose nazis
they didn’t agree with hitlers plans to invade germanys plan and germany started to loose war so they army started to question hitler
what did army officers do to oppose hitler
the july bomb plot of 1944 where they placed a bomb in a conference room with hitler in there
were army officers succesful
no because they did not kill hitler and the nazis revenged on them by killing 5000 people
why did the youth groups oppose nazis
they didnt agree with hitlers mandatory rules
what did youth groups do to oppose nazis
they listened to american music
mocked youth nazis
killed the gestapo cheif
excaped prisioners
sheltered army deserters
what was the most inportant part of youth groups
the theory of nazism - teaching what they believed in and hitler stories
how did hitler youth help families
it gave them 2 new brown shirts which were very good quality for poor families
what did the school teach children to spot
to spot identifiable characterisitcs in jews
nazi and women veiws
nazis had very traditional veiws of women and that they should be a wife and mother
what did hitler want to do with women
wanted to go back to the ‘traditional veiws’ of women and put women into the tradtitonal way of living
what did nazis do to women
they eased women out of workplaces so men dominated the state so the women could go care for the family and household
2 ways hitler helped end unemployment
conscription
public work project
what was the public works project
a way to employ people to build a network of railways, motorways and more
how did nazis improve life for workers
strength through joy
beauty of labour
what was the strength through joy program
a program which gave workers very cheap tickets for cinema and sports as well as trips
what was the beauty of labour movement
a movement which improved working conditions in factories. It introduced new features such as washing facilities and low cost canteens.
what were wins for the farmers
explain as well
rich entailed farm law
This not only told banks they could not take away land if the farmers could not pay loans
it also gave the philosophy of ‘Blood and Soil’ which was a belief that the farmers were the basis of Germany’s master race
why did middle class and business people support the nazis
they were grateful for eliminating the communist threat. They also liked how the Nazis were bringing order to germany. This meant big companies no longer had to worry about trade unions and strikes
who were the 2 econmists
Dr Schat
Hermann Göering
