Unit 1- Nazi Ideology/Economy

Question 1

German for ‘leader principle’) prescribed the fundamental basis of political authority in the Government of Nazi Germany.

Answer 1

fuhrerprinzip

Question 2

a symbol in the form of a black cross with each arm bent clockwise at a right angle, used as the emblem of the German Nazi party

Answer 2

swastika

Question 3

meaning “Third Realm” or “Third Empire”, alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918).

Answer 3

third reich

Question 4

refers to a process of Nazification designed to turn Germany into a single party state under Hitler and the Nazi Party

Answer 4

gleichschaltung

Question 5

“Blood and Soil” was an early Nazi slogan used in Germany to evoke the idea of a pure “Aryan” race and the territory it wanted to conquer.

Answer 5

blut and boden

Question 6

hostility and discrimination against jews

Answer 6

anti semitism

Question 7

Nazi Germany annexed the neighboring country of Austria (Österreich). This is a German word that means “connection” or “joining.”

Answer 7

anschluss

Question 8

believe in “survival of the fittest”—the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better

Answer 8

social darwinism

Question 9

meaning “master race”, was used in 19th century discourse that justified colonialism with the supposed racial superiority of Europeans

Answer 9

herrenvolk

Question 10

the name informally adopted by Nazi Germany after annexing Austria in March 1938. Großdeutsches Reich, Nazi Germany’s official state name from 1943 to 1945.

Answer 10

Gross Deutschland

Question 11

German expression meaning “people’s community”, “folk community”, “national community”, or “racial community”, depending on the translation of its component term

Answer 11

volksgemeinschaft

Question 12

an obsolete historical race concept that emerged in the late-19th century to describe people of Proto-Indo-European heritage as a racial grouping.

Answer 12

aryan

Question 13

was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany.

Answer 13

hitler youth

Question 14

a German slogan translated as “children, kitchen, church” used under the German Empire to describe a woman’s role in society

Answer 14

kinder, kirche, küche

Question 15

War preparation and warfare are the simple and well defined objectives of economic planning in the military state

Answer 15

wehrwirtschaft

Question 16

was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology

Answer 16

Reich Labor Service (RAD)

Question 17

high-speed, limited-access highway, the basis of the first modern national expressway system

Answer 17

autobahnen

Question 18

relationship between a nation’s investment in defense and civilian goods, nazi germany wanted both

Answer 18

guns and butter

Question 19

the highest-ranking Nazi official tried during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. A decorated fighter pilot during World War I, he joined the Nazi party in 1923 after hearing a speech by Adolf Hitler. He eventually found his way into the inner circles of Nazi power.

Answer 19

hermann goering

Question 20

economic program written by Adolf Hitler in August 1936 for the revitalization of the German army and economy within four years in anticipation of war

Answer 20

Four-Year Plan

Question 21

Minister of Economics and General Plenipotentiary for the War Economy until 1937 and Reichsbank (national bank) president until 1939. Superceded by Hermann Göring in economic affairs, he remained as Minister without Portfolio until 1943

Answer 21

Hjalmar Schacht