Rise of Nazism

Question 1

How much had industrial production fell my 1928

Answer 1

58%

Question 2

How much had trade declined by

Answer 2

61%

Question 3

Around how many people where unemployment by 1932

Answer 3

1/3 of the German population

Question 4

What was some key characteristics of Hitler

Answer 4

Powerful orator
Charismatic
Knew how to play upon people’s hopes and fears

Question 5

What was total belief in Hitler known as

Answer 5

Führerprinzip

Question 6

Who was the Nazi propaganda chief

Answer 6

Joseph Goebbles

Question 7

When was Hitler appointed chancellor

Answer 7

1933

Question 8

When was the Reichstag fire

Answer 8

27th February 1933

Question 9

When was the Decree for the protection of the people introduced

Answer 9

28th February 1933

Question 10

Who was the vice chancellor

Answer 10

Frank von Papen

Question 11

Who was the main suspect of the Reichstag Fire

Answer 11

Van dee Lubbe

Question 12

Who did the Reichstag fire blame

Answer 12

Communists

Question 13

What did the decree for the protection of the people do

Answer 13

gave police increased powers of arrest

Question 14

What was the enabling act

Answer 14

gave Hitler power to issue decrees without support of the Reichstag

Question 15

In what years did the depression impact Germany

Answer 15

1929-32

Question 16

What happened to loans from the USA

Answer 16

They where stopped
All loans had to be repaid

Question 17

What did many farmers lose as a result of the depression

Answer 17

Their farms

Question 18

What was the estimated amount of unemployed people in 1933

Answer 18

8 million

Question 19

What happened to those with jobs

Answer 19

They suffering cuts to wages
Reduction in hours

Question 20

What year did the grand coalition collapse

Answer 20

1930

Question 21

Who banned the SA

Answer 21

Brüning in 1933

Question 22

Who did the Nazis mainly attract

Answer 22

Women- as Nazis played on fears and emphasised traditional family values
Young people- many joined the SA
Middle class- Nazis played on their fears of a communist revolution

Question 23

What did the SA membership expand to

Answer 23

From 500,000 to 3 million

Question 24

What was the first ever concentration camp called

Answer 24

Dachau

Question 25

What was ‘the pact of 1933’

Answer 25

Hitler met with many army seniors to reassure them the Nazi regime didn’t pose a threat to the armies position
This pact was a compromise with old elites that gave Hitler a backing to establish a legal dictatorship