Unit 3 - Life in Nazi Germany Flashcards
What was the role of the Gestapo?
The Gestapo were the Nazi secret police who were responsible for identifying and arresting political opponents, Jewish people and other groups the Nazis targeted.
How did the SS contribute to intimidation in Nazi Germany?
They enforced Nazi policies through terror, running concentration camps, and carrying out mass arrests of Jewish people, political opponents and other minorities.
How were concentration camps used as intimidation?
They were there to detail and brutalise opponents of the Nazi regime. The mere threat of being sent to a concentration camp kept many people in line.
How did the Nazis use propaganda?
They used propaganda to create a climate of fear, portraying enemies such as Jewish people and communists as threats to society to justify their threats and violence.
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
This stripped Jewish people of their citizenship, banned intermarriage between Jews and non Jews and isolated Jewish people from German society.
When was Krystallnacht?
November 1938
How did the Nazis treat disabled people?
They were sterilised and euthanised under the belief that they were a burden to society and weakened the aryan race.
What was the Concordat?
An agreement signed between the Nazis and Catholic Church. The Nazis promised to not interfere with the church if it stayed out of politics.
What was the Reich Church?
This was the Nazi-controlled Protestant church that aimed to align Christian teachings with Nazi ideology. It promoted the worship of Hitler.
Did the Nazis stick to the terms agreed in the Concordat?
No. The Nazis began to suppress Catholic organisations.
How did some Churches resist?
Some Protestant pastors such as Martin Niemoller, opposed Nazi interference and helped form the Confessing Church, which rejected Nazi ideology.
Name 3 youth groups that opposed the Nazis.
White Rose, Eldelweiss Pirates, Swing Kids
Who were the Eldelweiss Pirates?
The opposed the rigid discipline of the Hitler Youth and would rebel by going on hikes, listening to banned music and engaging in anti-Nazi activities.
Who were the Swing Kids?
A group of young people who rejected the Nazis by embracing American and British culture, particularly by listening to Jazz and Swing music.
Who were Hans and Sophie Scholl?
They were members of the White Rose who were a non violent student resistance movement that distributed anti-Nazi leaflets calling for passive resistance against Hitler’s regime.
