Social & Cultural life in Germany

Question 1

what was the weimar?

Answer 1

• republic government 1919-1933
  -hate pointed towards them due to TofV and inflation
  -known for time of expressionism- movies, art and cabaret
  -open homosexuality and less censorship
  -bauhaus movement that united art and technology.. moved away from traditional art styles

Question 2

what were the nuremberg laws?

Answer 2

-anti jewish practices
-jews lost citizenship
-lost right to vote
-lost right to inherit property
- marriage between jews and gentiles was banned
-forced to wear star of david
-banned from public places

Question 3

what were the nazi restrictions/laws/rules/education?

Answer 3

-young people expected to play a role in military service
-education system was “nazified” emphasising on physical education aswell as emphasis on german history on a nazi POV and to attack the jewish people
-experimental expression of the weimar was over, everything had to serve nazi ideology
-jewish people were systematically excluded from public life aswell as being subject to increasing levels of violence

Question 4

what was the book burnings and why did they happen?

Answer 4

-book burning’s were regularly done by the nazi soldiers so that degenerate works could be destroyed

Question 5

what is properganda? how was it used?

Answer 5

-properganda spreads the nazi philosophy in different forms of communication
-it was used in film, radio, art and news.
-the nazis believed it to be important in regards to “open the people’s hearts”

Question 6

what were the changes in everyday life during the nazis?

Answer 6

newsreels, radio, newspapers, nazi art, degenerate art

Question 7

nazi news reels

Answer 7

-films that were not politically correct were banned
-jews were banned from film making
-forms of propaganda were created
-purged any non-nazi influence

Question 8

nazi radio

Answer 8

-they made sure that majority of german households had a radio in order to listen to nazi speeches
-inexpensive radios had limited range allowing for germans to only recurve local stations

Question 9

nazi newspapers

Answer 9

-communist and socialist newspapers were closed so the press were unable to criticise the german government

Question 10

nazi art

Answer 10

-art was to be realistic, heroic and understood by the average german

Question 11

degenerate art

Answer 11

-exhibitions were held of degenerate art to show german pekoe which type of art was unacceptable
-paintings were accompanied by brief hateful comments made by hitler