support for the Nazi regime

Question 1

how did the Nazis use the media to gain support?

Answer 1

as the Nazis had complete control over the media, they could control what was being broadcasted to the public to make it seem like there was a lot of support

the people’s receiver (70% of pop had )

Question 2

how did the Nazis use the Jews to gain support?

Answer 2

propaganda was used extensively to portray the Jews as greedy, dirty and selfish

UNITED GERMAN PEOPLE AGAINST COMMON ENEMY

Question 3

what showed the support of the women for the regime?

Answer 3

many women went above and beyond to be mothers by having more than 8 children
there was no added reward for this

Question 4

how were workers rewarded to win their support?

Answer 4

free trips with the Kraft Durch Freude programme

STRENGTH THROUGH JOY

Beauty of Labour

GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN LIVING STANDARDS
and ECONOMIC PROSPERITY—> LESS UNEMPLOYED

Question 5

what showed the people’s willingness to support the Nazis?

Answer 5

Nazis spied on each other and reported anti-social or anti-Nazi behaviour

showed that the people were actively invested in bringing down any sort of opposition to the regime

Question 6

how did expansion and the creation of Lebensraum win support for the Nazi regime?

Answer 6

many German happily took requisitioned land in the east as a part of Germanisation

the regime allowed Germans who had never owned land to have their own farm

HEIM INS REICH

Question 7

how did war increase support for the regime?

Answer 7

the early years saw major successes on both fronts which led to many Germans falling into the myth of the Fuhrer

made the Nazis look unstoppable

Question 8

how did the German people show support for the war?

Answer 8

by organising charities to help the war effort

by joining the army or even the Waffen SS and its Einsatzgruppen extermination squad (showed racial indoctrination)

Question 9

what led to a fall in support in the Nazi regime during the war?

Answer 9

allied bombing
more military defeats
shit living conditions

Question 10

what is a major show of support for the Nazi regime?

Answer 10

NO SIGNIFICANT OVERTHROW OF GOVT

Question 11

what were the only elections under the Nazis which showed public consensus?

Answer 11

the plebiscites

Question 12

what were the three plebiscites held in Nazi Germany?

Answer 12

1934
1936
1938

Question 13

1934 pleb

Answer 13

to see if the German people supported Hitler taking Hindenburg’s power after his death

Question 14

result of 1934 pleb

Answer 14

90%

Question 15

1936 pleb

Answer 15

to see if the German people supported the remilitarisation of the Rhineland

Question 16

result of 1936 pleb

Answer 16

99%

Question 17

1938 pleb

Answer 17

to see if the German people supported Anschluss

Question 18

result of 1938 pleb

Answer 18

99%

Question 19

what can discredit the plebiscites held in Nazi Germany?

Answer 19

they were very likely to have been rigged

Question 20

how did the Weimar Republic generate support for the Nazi state?

Answer 20

the Nazi regime brought in much more stability and better living standards

so generated support from the working class

Question 21

how did Nazi foreign policy generate support for the Nazi state?

Answer 21

it was incredibly successful pre-war with the Nazis taking territory without the need of military actions (no Germans died)

Question 22

what battle led to the start of the fall in support for the regime?

Answer 22

the Battle of Stalingrad

Question 23

what were factors for a fall in support after 1942?

Answer 23

working conditions worsened
youth discontent
allied bombing began
fear of Soviet invasion

Question 24

working conditions worsened

Answer 24

threat of your factory being bombed
working hours increased massively
women brought in to work —> 400,000 in 1943

Question 25

youth discontent

Answer 25

the HJ took a more militaristic turn
many disliked this and left

HJ would be used in defence preparations and even in the defence of Berlin in 1945

Question 26

allied bombing

Answer 26

allied bombing killed Germans which led to a fall in morale
the German air defences and the Luftwaffe had clearly failed —-> worsened morale

Question 27

how many Germans died from allied bombing?

Answer 27

300,000

Question 28

fear of soviet invasion

Answer 28

many Germans were afraid of what the Soviets would do to them –> knew that they were out for revenge after Barbarossa

rape of Berlin