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1
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What caused the economic depression?

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The Wall Street crash 1929

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What election did the nazi party only get voted 3%?

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The Reichstag election

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What caused the nazis party votes to shoot up?

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Hyper inflation in 1929

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What gave Hitler the boost to win the elections?

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He was able to use hyperinflation to promise people he would fix it

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How many Germans were unemployed during the Great Depression?

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6 million

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6
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Why did Hitler refuse vice-chancellor?

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He had no intention of being linked to a crumbling system without the power to change it

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Why did Hindenburg not like Hitler and the nazis?

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He knew the nazis would destroy democracy

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What date did Hitler get appointed chancellor of the Weimar Republic

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30 January 1933

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9
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Who were the nazis biggest rival?

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The communists

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What year did the reichstag suddenly burst into flames?

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1933

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Who was accused of setting the reichstag on fire

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A Dutch man called Marius van der lubbe

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12
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What was the order of events that allowed Hitler to rise to power?

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Economic crisis
Appointed chancellor
The reichstag fire
Propaganda
Enabling act
Night of the long knifes
Death of Hindenburg
Oath of loyalty

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Why was Marius van der lubbe accused of setting the reichstag on fire ?

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Because he was found near the fire with Matches and fire lights in his pocket

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Who did Hitler blame for the reichstag fire?

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The communists

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What did Hitler do after blaming the communists for the fire?

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He ordered the arrest of around 4000 communists

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16
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What law did Hitler get passed so he could use?

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The reichstag fire law

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17
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What did Hitler scare the German people into believing?

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He made them believe that the communists were dangerous and only he could protect them

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18
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What was the result of the communist propaganda?

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The nazis won 288 seats in the election

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19
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What did Hitler ban after getting full dictatorship?

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All other politicial parties and communits

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20
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Why did Hitler order concentration camps to be built?

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He ordered them to be built so if anyone opposes him he could send them away

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21
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How many people were imprisoned in concentration camps in 1933

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150’000

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22
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Who was the leader of the SA

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Ernest Rohm

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What did Hitler use to kill most of his SA enemies?

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The SS

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24
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What happened on the night of long knives?

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Hitler slaughtered lost of his enemies and people who annoyed him those include most of the SA his old friends Von khar Von schleicher also killing the elder of the SA Ernst rohm

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25
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What caused Hitler to go from chancellor to fuhrer?

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The death of Hindenburg 02/08/1934

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What did Hitler make himself after Hindenburg death?

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Der führer or the supreme leader and dictator of germany

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How did Hitler make sure the army would protect him

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By making them say the oath of loyalty him

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28
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Why was the SS formed

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To serve as hitlers personal bodyguard

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29
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How many peopel were in the gestapo

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45000

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30
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What did the gestapo do?

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They took people in the night and spied on everyone

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31
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Where did the gestapos power lie?

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In there numbers

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32
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What happened to people who did talk about anti nazi things

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They would be taken away in the night by the gestapo

33
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What were the gestapo feared for?

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There torture methods and spieing

34
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Who was the ss lead by

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Heinrich himmler

35
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Who was the leader of the gestapo

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Hermann goering

36
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Who controlled both ss and gestapo

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Hitler

37
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What did the ss organise

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The Jewish extermination
Concentration camps
Military

38
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Where was the first concentration camp built?

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Dachau

39
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Why were concentration camps called that?

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Because they concentrating the enemy into a limited area

40
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What we’re the conditions like in concentration camps

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They were cold and harsh and people slept in Woden barracks

41
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What we’re the color codes
Red?
Green?
Black?
Pink?

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Red=political prisoners
Green=criminals
Black=anti socials
Pink=homosexuals

42
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What did the concentration camps stop people from doing

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It made them stop committing crime because they were scared to go

43
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What did the nazis first do to try get rid of Jews

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They tried to persuade them to leave Germany

44
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What does persecution mean

A

Bullying people

45
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What we’re Jews blamed for across the world

A

Ills

46
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What did Hitler say about Jews

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He blamed Jews for losing the First World War and said they were responsible for everything wrong in germany

47
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What did the ‘master race’ look like

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Tall
Blonde
Blue-eyes

48
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What was hitlers plan to get rid of Jews

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To make Germans believe that nazi propaganda against Jews was how they really felt themselves

49
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What happened on April 1 1933

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The nazis carried out the first boycot of Jewish businesses

50
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How did nazis stop people from entering Jewish shops

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They would stand infront of there shops and paint stars of David on the walls and write anti semititc messages

51
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Did the police help Jews

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No

52
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How long did the boycot last

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1 day

53
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What happened to Jews after boycot

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They were denied to go to restaraunts swimming pools doctors lawyer firms and even public parks

54
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What did the numberg laws do?

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Marriage bewtween Jews and Germans was forbidden
Physical relationships between Jew and German
Jews mustn’t employ in their house holds female people of German blood
Jews are forbidden to fly the reich national flag
Jews can no longer be citizens of Germany
Jews must carry special papers

55
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When was kristallnacht started

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9 November 1938

56
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What happened on kristallnacht

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All the Jewish shops were broken into smashing glass everywhere over 7500 Jewish shops were destroyed 91 Jews were killed 400 synagogues were burnt down

57
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Why didn’t Jews leave Germany

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Beacuse they didn’t have passports and because anti semitism existed in other countries and they weren’t allowed there possessions

58
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How many Jews left Germany

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Approximately half the Jewish population

59
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What did julius streicher declare

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The victory will only entirely and ginallly achieved when the worl is free of Jews

60
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Who did the nazis murder at concentration camps

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Jews gypsies jehovahs witnesses communists and homosexuals and people who are mentally or physically disabled

61
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Why did Hitler teach young children to be good nazis

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To prepare the future generations to be the master race and to prepare them to fight in the war he also knew he wouldn’t gain the trust of adults but could convince the children he was good

62
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What was the main aim of nazi education

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To get pupils used to the idea of nazi ideas

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What did they teach in older classrooms

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They taught them that all races except the Germans were inferior

64
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What did co trolling the education give Hitler?

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It gave himunthinking obedient nazis ready to continue his dream

65
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Who did Hitler appoint head of German education?

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Bernhardt rust

66
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What happened to teachers who spoke out against the nazis

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They were sacked

67
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What happened once the teens finished school at 18

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They had to spend 6 months in the German labour service before going to university

68
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How long were children in Hitler youth

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10yrs to 18yrs

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What did boys learn in Hitler youth

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They learned how to use guns
Military skills
Cross country runs

70
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What we’re girls taught in Hitler youth

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They were taught how to be good stay at home mums
They would get medals for how many children the got

71
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We’re Hitler youth mandatory

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It started off volunteer but ended up being mandatory or you were thought to be anti-nazi

72
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Who opposed the nazi party

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The edelweiss pirates
The meuten
The swing kids
White rose group

73
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Why was resistance to the nazis hard

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It was hard because of the gestapo beacuse you never knew who was listening so you couldn’t trust anyone
And because they were listening to phone calls

74
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What we’re gangs made of

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They were made of young girls or boys who didn’t want to join the Hitler youth and instead joined the gangs

75
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What did the edelweiss pirates do to and. The nazis

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They attacked Hitler youth hiking or camping groups in the countryside and Hitler youth oatrols in the town

76
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What we’re the swing kid s

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They were a group of kids who liked hip hop music and American type things that were banned

77
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What happened to those who resisted

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They were sent to concentration camps and then later killed

78
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What did the white rose group do to get arrested

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They made posters and leaflets and distributed them they were later are
Rested and hung for there “crimes”

79
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What was operation spark?

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It was when many generals joined together and started a resistance against Hitler they placed bombs that never went off and Hitler was never in the right place

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