TOPIC 6 Terror And Pursuasion

Question 1

The Schutzstaffel (…..) were formed in …. as a …. unit for Hitler

Answer 1

SS
1925
bodyguard

Question 2

By 1934 the SS had more than …. members

Answer 2

50,000

Question 3

After the …… the SS became responsible for the ……

Answer 3

Night of the Long Knives
removal of opposition to the Nazis within Germany

Question 4

Membership of the SS and its various bodies had grown to ……. by 1939

Answer 4

250,000

Question 5

The …… (Secret State Police) was set up in …… by …..

Answer 5

Gestapo
1933
Goering

Question 6

The Gestapo could ….. those …..

Answer 6

arrest and imprison
suspected of opposing the state

Question 7

suspects would usually ….. run by the …..

Answer 7

be sent to a concentration camp
SS

Question 8

By 1939, there were about ….. people under …..

Answer 8

160,000
arrest for political crimes

Question 9

The ….. was set up in 1931 as the ….. of the Nazi Party

Answer 9

SD
intelligence body

Question 10

The aim of the SD was to ……

Answer 10

discover potential enemies of the Nazi Party and remove them

Question 11

Concentration camps were established to ….

Answer 11

Confine those who were considered enemies of the state

Question 12

Camp inmates were treated with ….. and ….. were very high

Answer 12

brutality
mortality rates

Question 13

Hitler demanded that ……

Answer 13

all laws were interpreted according to Nazi ideology

Question 14

Judges had to become ……

Answer 14

members of the Nationalist Socialist League for the Maintenance of Law

Question 15

In ….. the German Lawyers Front was established, it had ….. members by the end of the year

Answer 15

October 1933
10,000

Question 16

Judges had to …..

Answer 16

swear an oath to be loyal to the Fuhrer

Question 17

In ….. a new People’s Court was established to ….

Answer 17

1934
try for cases of treason

Question 18

The ….. would check if judges had been …..

Answer 18

Minister of Justice
too lenient

Question 19

Hitler exercised ……. if he felt they were too soft

Answer 19

his power to alter sentences

Question 20

From ….. judges had to wear the ….. and Nazi ….. on their robes

Answer 20

1936
swastika
eagle

Question 21

1934, Josef Goebbles set up the …..

Answer 21

Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda

Question 22

The purpose of the M….. for P….. E….. and P….. was to …..

Answer 22

Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda
control the thoughts, beliefs and opinions of the German Police

Question 23

Goebbles used ……. to control Germany

Answer 23

radio, cinema and other methods

Question 24

Goebbles used ….. to glorify the …… and discredit …..

Answer 24

cinema
actions of the Nazis
any opponents

Question 25

Hitler ordered …. to make …… films

Answer 25

Goebbles
anti-semitic

Question 26

Annual mass rallies were held in ….. to promote ….

Answer 26

Nuremburg
the power of the Nazi state

Question 27

….. were used to put across the Nazi message. Many targeted …..

Answer 27

Posters
The young

Question 28

Books were ….. by the Nazis

Answer 28

carefully censored

Question 29

In 1933, students in Berlin ……

Answer 29

burnt 20,000 books written by Jews, communists and other perceived opponents

Question 30

All ….. were closed down

Answer 30

non-Nazi newspaper and magazines

Question 31

The ……. was passed in October 1933

Answer 31

Reich Press Law

Question 32

The Nazis encouraged …… especially the music of …..

Answer 32

traditional German folk music and classical music
Richard Wagner

Question 33

Theatre was concentrated on ….

Answer 33

Germany history and political drama

Question 34

Art that was considered…… was ….

Answer 34

‘Degenerate’
banned