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Rise of the Nazis (1924-39) Flashcards

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What was the Kapp Putsch?

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Kapp Putsch (March ‘20) was response to ordered disbandment 2 Freikorps groups. Anti-Weimar Kapp (Fatherland Party) and General Von Luttwitz led coup. It was ended by Ebert’s worker strike.

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Who did right wing anti-Weimar radicals assassinate?

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Erzberger ‘21 (Repre for Repar) and Rathenau ‘22 (Foreign Minister)

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What caused the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, when did it happen, who led it and the consequences?

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‘23 Hyperinflation and end of passive resistance in Ruhr infuriated Hitler. November 1923. 16 Nazis killed. Hitler arrested for treason. Sentenced to just 5 yrs.

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What did Hitler do in prison?

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In a 1 year sentence he wrote his extremist racist manifesto called Mein Kampf (My Struggle), shaping the Nazi ideology, and blaming other social groups for Germany’s failure - jews, communists etc.

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When was Hitler released from prison?

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HItler was released early - December 1924

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6
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What role was Goebbels appointed?

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Goebbels became Gauleiter of Berlin

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7
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When was Goebbels appointed Gauleiter of Berlin?

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1926

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8
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How much did Nazi membership increase from 1925-7?

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From 27,000 to 72,000

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9
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What was the difference in votes for Nazis between 1924 and 1928?

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32 seats + 6.5% in 1924, 12 seats + 2.6% in 1928

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10
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Why was the September 1930 election so important for the Nazis?

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The nazis increased their vote from 2.6% to 18.3% with 107 seats in the Reichstag.

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What schemes did Hitler use to domesticate the Nazi’s public image.

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Hitler Youth in 1926 and National Socialist Teachers Association in 1929.

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Why was the June 1932 election so important for the Nazis?

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The nazis got 230 seats, becoming the majority over the KPD. They did lose some seats in the November 1932 elections.

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13
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What did Schleicher learn about Papen?

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Von Papen threatened to dissolve Reichstag and become more military, forceful and authoritarian.

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14
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When did Hitler become chancellor?

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30 January 1933

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What was Goring’s role in this early chancellorship of Hitler?

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Control of police - finding who they plan to target, terrorise and vicitimise

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16
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What was one of Hitler’s core principles?

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Antisemitism. He expanded on this in Mein Kampf.

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What did Hitler argue Jews were doing, in Mein Kampf?

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Planning to undermine and destroy German values and invented communism to win support of masses.

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Who did Hitler blame in Mein Kampf for their WWI defeat in 1918?

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The Jews.

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What were Hitler’s two key objectives in 1933?

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Securing power and economic recovery. He hid his antisemitism to protect his image.

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What happened on 1 April 1933?

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A day-long nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses.

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When was the nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses?

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1 April 1933

22
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How successful was the 1 April boycott in 1933?

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Wasn’t unanimous. Some people were violent, others ignored the pickets. It did not win overall support.

23
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When did the Anti-Semitic laws come into place?

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7 April 1933 = Jews not allowed legal/civil service jobs. 22 April 1933 = Jewish doctors banned from working in the state health system, limited to 5% of school populations Jewish.

24
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What did Goebbels do in May 1933?

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Book burnings of Jewish work/any opposition.

25
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What did the 7 April Anti-Semitic law do?

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Banished Jews from legal/civil service work.

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What did the 22 April Anti-Semitic law do?

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Banned Jews from working in the state health system.

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What did the 25 April Anti-Semitic law do?

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Jewish students at school/university limited to 5%.

28
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How did the Hindenburg clause slightly protect Jews from the Anti-Semitic laws of 1933?

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Meant that 70% of Jewish doctors and 75% of Jewish lawyers kept their jobs for a little longer.

29
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What marked a key turning point for the Nazis’ policy towards the Jews?

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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935

30
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What did the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 do?

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Jews officially became second-class citizens.
Jews denied German citizenship.
German-Jewish marriages banned.
Jews prohibited from employing German female servants under 45.

31
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What was a ‘Jew’ classified as?

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Someone with 3 or more Jewish grandparents.

32
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What was a ‘Mischlinge’ classified as?

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Someone with 1 or 2 Jewish grandparents.

33
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What would men need to prove to get into the SS?

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Aryan ancestry back to 1650?

34
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When were the last Jewish civil servants dismissed? What did this mean for working Jews.

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  1. Jews could no longer be employed in any state service.
35
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What event caused Goring to intensify the Anti-Semitic legislation?

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The Berlin 1936 Olympics.

36
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What did Goring do in the aftermath of the 1936 Berlin Olympics?

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Bought up Jewish firms and confiscated Jewish assets.

37
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Despite the mass confiscation of Jewish assets, how many Jewish businesses were left by April 1938?

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40,000

38
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When was the Anschluss?

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12 March 1938

39
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What did Goring do after the Anschluss?

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Issued the Decree for the Registration of Jewish Property in April 1938

40
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What did the Decree for the Registration of Jewish Property do?

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All Jewish property worth > RM 5,000 has to be registered and could not be sold/leased w/o government permission.

41
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What happened in June 1938?

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Jewish doctors prohibited from treating German patients - later included lawyers, vets and dentists.

42
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What event sparked violence against Jews in November 1938?

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The murder of a German embassy official in Paris by a Jewish youth.

43
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What was 9-10 November 1938?

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Kristallnacht

44
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What was the destruction caused by Kristallnacht?

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8,000 Jewish businesses, synagogues and homes destroyed, about 100 Jews killed, 20,000 arrested

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What happened on 12 November 1938?

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Goring called a conference to co-ordinate Nazi policy against Jews. Called for a RM 1 Billion fine to be paid by Jews for Kristallnacht. Later, Jews were banned from economic activity.

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What was proposed by SS Deputy Heydrich at the 12 November 1938 conference?

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To force Jews to wear identity badge which came into force in 1941.

47
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How many Jews were incorporated into the Reich in 1938?

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200,000

48
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What did Eichmann set up in Vienna in August ‘38?

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The Central Office for Jewish Emigration

49
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What happened to Jewish property in late 1938?

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It was seized/used to pay for emigration.

50
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In 1939, what was set up by the SS?

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A Reich Association for organising Jewish emigration.

51
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Who was in charge of Nazi Jewish Policy by 1939?

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The SS.

52
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When was the Bamberg conference at what happened?

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Feb 1926. Strasser attempted to make party more socialist. Hitler thwarts this attempt. Brandished Mein Kampf.

History AS Exam - Germany 1919-1934 (7 decks)

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