The Nazis

Question 1

What were the Nazi’s?

Answer 1

A member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler’s control.

Question 2

Who was Adolf Hitler?

Answer 2

Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also began the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler led Germany throughout World War Two. Adolf Hitler killed himself on April 30th, 1945 – just days before Germany’s unconditional surrender.

Question 3

What are Fascists?

Answer 3

When Hitler was in power, Germany became a fascist country. This is a strong central government and control of the newspapers.

Question 4

Propaganda

Answer 4

Hitler put Josef Goebbels in charge of Nazi propaganda (A type of advertising for an idea or cause it is used to influence how nations think). Methods of campaigning that the Nazis used in the 1920s included radio, mass rallies, newspapers, Hitler’s speeches, and posters.

Question 5

Dictatorship

Answer 5

Nazi Germany under the leadership of Hitler soon became a dictatorship.A dictatorship requires one person and one party to be in control of a nation and a climate of fear

Question 6

People Hitler disapproved of:

Answer 6

Political opponents
Homosexuals
Criminals
Gypsies
Jewish people
Religious figures
Any out-spoken critics (including journalists and artists)

Question 7

Religion

Answer 7

Hitler believed that religion was a threat to the Nazis control over people’s minds.

Question 8

Nazi beliefs

Answer 8

The Nazis believed that only Germans could be citizens and that non-Germans should not have any citizenship rights. Many scientists at this time believed that people with disabilities or social problems were genetically less human and that their genes needed to be eliminated from the human gene pool.

Question 9

Actions Hitler took:

Answer 9

Tried to eliminate the Jewish people.
Killed 85 per cent of Germany’s gypsies.
Sterilized black people.
Killed mentally ill patients.
Sterilized physically disabled people, eg deaf people, and people with hereditary diseases.
Imprisoned people they regarded as anti-social in concentration camps. These included homosexuals, prostitutes, Jehovah’s Witnesses, alcoholics, pacifists, beggars, hooligans and criminals.

Question 10

Important dates and events.

Answer 10

May 1933 - Nazi book burning campaign

August 1934 - President Hindenburg died