Terror And Persuasion

Question 1

What climate did the Nazi dictatorship create to suppress opposition?

Answer 1

A climate of fear

This fear made people too frightened to actively oppose the Nazi state.

Question 2

What was the Schutzstaffel (SS) originally formed as?

Answer 2

A bodyguard unit for Hitler

The SS was formed in 1925.

Question 3

How many members did the SS have by 1934?

Answer 3

More than 50,000 members

Question 4

What event led to the SS becoming responsible for removing opposition to the Nazis?

Answer 4

The Night of the Long Knives

Question 5

What was the membership of the SS by 1939?

Answer 5

250,000 members

Question 6

What was the Gestapo and when was it established?

Answer 6

The Secret State Police, established in 1933

Question 7

What powers did the Gestapo have?

Answer 7

Could arrest and imprison those suspected of opposing the state

Question 8

Where were suspects usually sent by the Gestapo?

Answer 8

To a concentration camp run by the SS

Question 9

How many people were under arrest for political crimes by 1939?

Answer 9

About 160,000 people

Question 10

What was the Sicherheitsdienst (SD)?

Answer 10

The intelligence body of the Nazi Party

Question 11

What was the aim of the SD?

Answer 11

To discover potential enemies of the Nazi Party and remove them

Question 12

What were concentration camps established for?

Answer 12

To confine those considered enemies of the state

Question 13

How were camp inmates treated?

Answer 13

With brutality and high mortality rates

Question 14

What did Hitler demand regarding the interpretation of laws?

Answer 14

That all laws were interpreted according to Nazi ideology (Gleichschaltung)

Question 15

What organization did judges have to join in Nazi Germany?

Answer 15

The Nationalist Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law

Question 16

How many members did the German Lawyers Front have by the end of 1933?

Answer 16

10,000 members

Question 17

What did judges have to swear an oath to?

Answer 17

To be loyal to the Fuhrer

Question 18

What type of court was established in 1934 to try cases of treason?

Answer 18

A new People’s Court

Question 19

Who checked if judges had been too lenient?

Answer 19

The Minister of Justice

Question 20

What could Hitler do regarding judges’ sentences?

Answer 20

Alter sentences if he felt they were too soft

Question 21

What did judges have to wear starting in 1936?

Answer 21

The swastika and Nazi eagle on their robes

Question 22

Who set up the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda in 1934?

Answer 22

Josef Goebbles

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda?

Answer 23

To control the thoughts, beliefs and opinions of the German People

Question 24

What methods did Goebbles use to control Germany?

Answer 24

Radio, cinema and other methods

Question 25

What was the purpose of the anti-Semitic films ordered by Hitler?

Answer 25

To discredit opponents

Question 26

Where were annual mass rallies held to promote the power of the Nazi state?

Answer 26

In Nuremburg

Question 27

What was the Reich Press Law, and when was it passed?

Answer 27

A law that closed all non-Nazi newspapers and magazines, passed in October 1933

Question 28

What type of music did the Nazis encourage?

Answer 28

Traditional German folk music and classical music, especially Richard Wagner

Question 29

What kind of art was banned by the Nazis?

Answer 29

'Degenerate' art

Question 30

Fill in the blank: In 1933, students in Berlin burnt _______ books written by Jews, communists, and other perceived opponents.

Answer 30

20,000