The Nazi State 1933-39 Flashcards

1
Q

Volksgemeinschaff

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People’s community - Germans were expected to sacrifice for their country

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2
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Trade unions replaced with

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Deutsche Arbeitsfront

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3
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Dachau opening

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March 1933 Heinrich Himmler opened Dachau
30,000 prisoners

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4
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Gestapo established

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Herman Goring established gestapo
1936 Heinrich Himmler = Head of Gestapo too.

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5
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Rudolf Hesse quote

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“Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf Hitler

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6
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Joseph Goebbels full title

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Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

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7
Q

Herenfolk threatened by…

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Untermenshen

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8
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Who are untermenshen

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Jews
Gays
Disabled
Roma
Slavs

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9
Q

How many members did the Nazis have in 1935

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5 mill +

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10
Q

Volksemfanger

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Cheap radios that Goebbels mass produced so everyoje could hear Hitlers speeches

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11
Q

What year did Germany reach highest radio ownership

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1939

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12
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Leni Riefenstahl films

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Victory of Faith
Triumph of the Will
Day of Freedom - Our armed forces
Olympia

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13
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Goebbels propaganda quote

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“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will

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14
Q

When was the first book burning

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May 1933

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15
Q

Youth

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By 1937 all teachers has to be nazis. Schools focused on racial science, state obedience & Nazified history.

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16
Q

Compulsory Nazi youth groups

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Hitler Youth
League of German Maidens

17
Q

Reichskirche rules

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No more bible or crucifix
Mein Kampf and sword on the alter

18
Q

Why was Nazism less popular with Catholics

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Devotion to Pope - couldn’t view Hitler as all powerful

19
Q

Hitler + Vatican agreement

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Concordat 1933 - Bishops had to swear alleigiance, neither could get involved in the other’s affairs (bye bye centre party)

20
Q

How did Pope Pius XI respond to Hitler banning Catholic youth groups

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Published Mit brennender Serge, denouncing the Nazis

21
Q

New Pope

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Pope Pius XII used to be papal nuncio - aware of situation + ouspoken critic. Worked behind the scenes to prevent Jewish persecution

22
Q

Catholic church’s protest

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Summer 1941 Bishop August von Galen gave sermons against the Nazis, in particular against the euthanasia of disabled people

23
Q

Sterilsation of disabled people launched in

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1933

24
Q

Euthanasia of disabled people launched

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1939

25
Q

Under Aktion T4…

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doctors euthanised <70,000 disabled people between 1939-41

26
Q

Percentage of Germany that was Jewish

A

less than 1%

27
Q

Jews were linked to the threat of communism through…

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Karl Marx, a german Jew

28
Q

Jews couldnt work in

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School, courts, or army

29
Q

Anti- Semitic art exhibition

A

Eternal Jew

30
Q

Kristallnacht triggered by

A

Jewish Hershell Grynszpan killing German ambassader Ernst von Rath on the 7th Nov 1938

31
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Kristallnacht date

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night of the 9th/10th Nov 1938

32
Q

Damage done of Kristallnacht

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> 7,500 Jewish businesses destroyed
200 synagogues destroyed
30,000 Jewish men arrested
91 jews killed in brutality

33
Q

German minister for Economics

A

Hjalmar Schacht

34
Q

Reducing unemployment in Germany

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Public works (autobahnen)
National labour front - 6months service for men 18-25
Conscription in 1935

35
Q

How much did unemployment drop between 1932 to 1939

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6 mill in 1932 to 100 thousand in 1939

36
Q

Women and work

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Law for Encouragement of Marriage meant women had to adhere to Kinder, Kuche and Kirche

37
Q

Autarky

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Hermann Gorring
Increased agriculture
Controlled trade in + out to prevent shortages
Sped up rearmament
Synthetics for raw materials