the role of prominent individuals in the Nazi state

Question 1

What was Martin Bormann’s position?

Answer 1

The Head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (head office)

Question 2

What gave Bormann significant power?

Answer 2

As Hitler’s private secretary, he controlled appointments and the flow of information to the Fuhrer

Question 3

When was Bormann born?

Answer 3

1900

Question 4

Did Bormann serve in the German Army?

Answer 4

Bormann served briefly in the German Army in the last days of the First Worl War

Question 5

When did Bormann join the Nazi Party?

Answer 5

1927

Question 6

When did Bormann become a member of the SS?

Answer 6

1937

Question 7

How did Bormann go in the Nazi Party?

Answer 7

He and gradually rose through the Nazi Party Bureaucracy

Question 8

Where was Bormann in the last days of the Second World War?

Answer 8

He was with Hitler in the bunker in Berlin in the last days of the Second World War

Question 9

What did Bormann do after Hitler committed suicide?

Answer 9

After Hitler committed suicide. Bormann tried to escape, but was cornered and also killed himself

Question 10

When was Bormann’s death confirmed?

Answer 10

his death was confirmed until 1972

Question 11

What positions did Hermann Goering have?

Answer 11

He was the Commander of the German Air Force and President of the Reichstag

Question 12

When was Goering born?

Answer 12

1893

Question 13

What kind of family was Goering born into?

Answer 13

a military family

Question 14

What did Goering serve as during the First World War?

Answer 14

He served as a fighter pilot during the First World War

Question 15

When did Goering join the Nazi Party?

Answer 15

1922

Question 16

What happened to Goering during the failed Munich Putsch of 1923?

Answer 16

He was injured

Question 17

From 1933, what was Goering’s role in the Nazi Party?

Answer 17

From 1933, Goering played a key role in the Nazi state and was in charge of the mobilisation of the German economy

Question 18

What kind of figure was Goering during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials?

Answer 18

He was a central figure at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials

Question 19

What was Georing sentenced to during the Nuremberg War Crimes trials?

Answer 19

He was sentenced to death by hanging

Question 20

When did Goering commit suicide?

Answer 20

Goering committed suicide in his cell on 15 October 1946, the night before his sentence was to be carried out

Question 21

What positions did Joseph Goebbels have?

Answer 21

The Minister for Propaganda and Enlightenment

Question 22

What was Goebbels able to do from his position?

Answer 22

From his position, he managed the flow of information and public opinion

Question 23

When was Goebbels born?

Answer 23

1897

Question 24

What family was Goebbels born into?

Answer 24

He was born into a lower middle class family

Question 25

What conditions did Goebbels have?

Answer 25

He was a sickly child, born with a deformed foot that left him with a permanent limp

Question 26

How was Goebbels educated?

Answer 26

He went to a number of universities and gained his PhD in 1921

Question 27

When did Goebbels join the Nazi Party?

Answer 27

1924

Question 28

What was Goebbels role in the Nazi Party?

Answer 28

With his gift as a speaker and writer, he quickly made important contributions to Nazi propaganda, both before and after 1933

Question 29

What kind of diaries did Goebbels keep?

Answer 29

He kept extensive and detailed diaries that have been widely studied by historians

Question 30

What did Goebbels do following Hitler's suicide?

Answer 30

Following Hitler’s sucide, when it was clear that the war was lost, Goebbels arranged for the death of his own children and then killed himself

Question 31

What was Heinrich Himmler's role?

Answer 31

Commander of the SS

Question 32

What was Himmler responsible for?

Answer 32

He was responsible for implementing the ‘Final Solution’

Question 33

What was Himmler in charge of?

Answer 33

He was also responsible for state security and controlled the secret police, known as the Gestapo

Question 34

What family was Himmler born into?

Answer 34

a middle-class, Catholic family

Question 35

When was Himmler born?

Answer 35

1900

Question 36

Did Himmler serve in the army?

Answer 36

He served in a reserve unit during the First World War, although he did not take part in any of the fighting

Question 37

When did Himmler join the Nazi Party and the SS?

Answer 37

After the war, Himmler joined the Nazi Party and became a member of the SS in 1925

Question 38

What did Himler do after the Second World War?

Answer 38

Himmler tried to escape after the Second World War

Question 39

What did Himmler's escape result in?

Answer 39

He was captured and committed suicide in the headquarters of the British Second Army in May 1945