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part 3: control Flashcards

1
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who was the old economics minister?

A

Schacht

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2
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why did the old minister get demoted?

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in 1935 he told Hitler that rearmament by 1939 wasn’t possible

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3
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who was the new minister?

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herman goering

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4
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when was goering appointed?

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1936

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5
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what other two things was goering already president/head of?

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president of the reichstag, head of the luftwaffe

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6
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why did people doubt goering’s ability?

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he had no background in economics

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7
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what did Herman Goering want for the economy, and why? how did he aim to accomplish this?

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-wanted germany to be completely self-sufficient so there wouldn’t be shortages in the next war
-introduced a 4 year plan
-focus on argiculture
-hitler knew that more territory would need to be taken to become completely self-sufficient

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8
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what was the german labour front?

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an alternative to trade unions after they were banned however workers still couldn’t strike

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9
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what was strength through joy and what did it aim to do (Kdf)?

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-aimed to organise workers leisure time
-included holidays and theatre
-each activity involved ideological content delivered by nazis to indoctrinate the workers

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10
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how many people went on short excursions through Kdf in 1937?

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7 million

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11
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give 3 examples of public work schemes

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-autobahns
-hospitals
-houses

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12
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how did the nazis change statistics?

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no women or jews were included in official statistics

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13
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how many germans were still unemployed by 1933?

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5 million

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14
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why did hitler need to reduce unemployment?

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-unemployed workers more likely to vote communism
-believed it would increase genuine support for nazis and germany
-wanted autarky

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15
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other word for self-sufficiency

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autarky

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16
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give 3 ways the nazis reduced unemployment?

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-RAD
-building autobahns
-rearmament

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17
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when was the RAD set up?

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1933

18
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what did the RAD do?

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provided work for the unemployed

19
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what work did the RAD focus on?

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‘public works’ such as repairing roads and building hospitals

20
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why did the nazis make these RAD projects visible?

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to symbolise the start of a new germany

21
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what happened to the RAD in 1935?

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it was made compulsory when all unemployed men had to work for 6 months at a time

22
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what was similar to the RAD and why?

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the army as they had a uniform and there was a strict discipline

23
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how many miles of new motorways did the nazis plan?

A

7000 miles

24
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when did the autobahn building start, by who and why?

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1933, by hitler as a publicity stunt

25
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how many men were employed for building autobahns in 1935?

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125,000

25
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how much of the motorways had been completed in 1938?

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3500km

26
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what was the benefit of the autobahns?

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transport links, meant that goods could now be traded all around germany

27
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who was in charge of rearmament?

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goering

28
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what happened in 1935 to do with rearmament?

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hitler introduced compulsory military conscription

29
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how did rearmament help to solve unemployment?

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armed forces needed more equipment so more workers were needed in factories to make the goods

30
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army rise in men from 1918 to 1939

A

100,000 to 900,000

31
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aircraft industry employment rise from 1933 to 1935

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4,000 to 72,0000

32
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list 4 features of the ideal german woman

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-blonde hair, blue eyes (aryan)
-housewife
-not political
-dress modestly
-cooked frugally and well
-have lots of children

33
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who did hitler appoint as the head of nazi’s women’s league?

A

gertrude scholtz klink

34
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what was life like for women in weimar germany?

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  • could vote over 20
  • choose any profession and many worked: 100,000 teachers and 3,000 doctors in 1933
  • 10% of reichstag members in 1933
35
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how did the nazis limit freedom for women?

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  • banned from being lawyers in 1936 and nazis did their best to stop them following other professions
  • league of german maidens spread nazi ideas that it was an honour to produce large families
  • expected to dress in plain clothing and taught at school in eugenics how to choose aryan husbands
36
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how did the nazis ‘support’ women?

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  • special loans to new brides who agreed not to work (800,000 took)
  • encourage to stop smoking, slimming and do sport to improve fertility
  • encouraged to attend mothercraft and homecraft classes
37
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what was the duty year and what did it show and when?

A

1937-a year women women could work ‘patriotically’ in a factory, showed double standards

38
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what was the nazi slogan for women + meaning?

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  • kinder kirche kuche: children, kitchen and church
  • nazi motto for women, those were the most important values
  • life should revolve around these 3 things
39
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describe the law for encouragement of marriage + aim

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  • passed by hitler in 1933
  • stated that all newly married couples would get a loan of 1000 marks (9 months avg income)
  • the entire loan was cleared if the woman had 4 children
  • aimed to encourage newly weds to have as many children as possible
40
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describe the motherhood cross award + aim

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  • on august 12th (hitler’s mum’s birthday) the cross was given to women who had given birth to most children
  • 8 children for gold, 6 for silver, 4 for bronze
  • encourage to have children
41
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describe lebensborn

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  • lebensborns were buildings where selected unmarried women could go and get pregnant by a ‘racially pure’ SS man
  • openly publicised by government, encouraged
  • had a white flag with a red dot in middle to identify them to the public

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