1) What kind of leader did Hitler plan to be? Dictator!
2) Was Hitler President or Chancellor? Who was the only man in Germany more powerful than him? Hitler = Chancellor Hindenburg = President, i.e. more powerful than Hitler!
3) What happened in February 1933? The Reichstag Fire!
4) Which party was banned as a result? Communist Party was banned
5) What was the Enabling Law? This law gave Hitler the power to pass laws without going through the Reichstag (parliament) or the President. This would place all power in his hands!
6) What happened to all of Germany’s trade unions in May 1933? Trade Unions were banned and union leaders were arrested.
6) Which Nazi-controlled organisation replaced trade unions? The German Labour Front (DAF)
7) What else was banned in 1933? All political parties!
8) Who was the leader of the SA/Brownshirts? Rohm
9) What was the event when all the leaders of the SA were murdered, and in which year did it happen? The Night of the Long Knives! 1934
10) What did Hitler do when Hindenburg died in 1934, and what title beginning with “F” did he give himself? Hitler made himself President as well as Chancellor He called himself the Fuhrer (supreme leader)
11) How did the army now show their loyalty to Hitler? The army took an oath of personal loyalty to Hitler. Hitler was now Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
12) What was the name of Hitler’s personal protection squad that was about to get much more powerful? The SS (Schutzstaffel)
13) Give another name for the SS. Blackshirts
14) Who was its leader? Himmler
15) Name one of their key roles in Nazi Germany. Sent lots of people the Nazis didn’t like to concentration camps
16) List 3 groups of people who were sent to concentration camps. Jewish people The mentally ill or disabled Homosexuals
17) What was the name of the secret state police? Gestapo
18) In what situation could they arrest people? Arrest people without trial
19) Why did the opponents of the Nazis never get a fair trial? Because the judges were Nazi!
20) Which other group of people did the Nazis use to spy on people? Informers
21) Who was in charge of propaganda for the Nazis? Goebbels
2 2) What is the word for the way in which the Nazis controlled everything the newspapers could and couldn’t say? Censorship
23) Where did the Nazis hold their main annual rally Nuremberg
24) What kind of messages were they trying to send out at these massive rallies? That the Nazis were all-powerful, in control and they were going to make the future of Germany great again. They wanted to demonstrate that they could bring ORDER out of chaos!
25) Which piece of new technology did the Nazis exploit to spread their message into most German homes? Radio
26) By 1939 what proportion of Germans owned this new technology? 70%
27) Give an example of a specific Nazi propaganda film. “The Eternal Jew”
28) Give one example of History being written by the Nazis. That Jews were to blame for losing Germany WWI
29) Which type of music did the Nazis ban and why? [2] Jazz, because it was “black people’s music”
30) What was Germany’s key economic problem in 1933? Unemployment!
31) Name two things the Nazis did to solve this. 1)Huge building programme – autobahns, schools, hospitals, houses… 2) Removed Jews & women from the unemployment register
32) How successful were their policies, i.e. how many unemployed were there by 1939? None, the Nazis had “solved” unemployment
33) What is the word for forcing all young men aged to join the army? Conscription!
34) Which Treaty banned this? Treaty of Versailles!!
35) What was the aim of the Office of the Four Year Plan? To make Germany ready for war within 4 YEARS
36) Who was in charge of it? Goering
37) One of his aims was to make Germany self-sufficient. What does this mean? Making Germany non-reliant on imports
38) What question did he famously ask the German people? “Would you rather have guns or butter?”
39) What is another term for “persecution of the Jews?” Holocaust
40) Even before the Nazis came to power they were blaming the Jews for Germany’s problems. Name one of the problems the Nazis blamed them for. The humiliating Treaty of Versailles
41) Which anti-Jewish event did the Nazis organise in 1933? Burning of Jewish books
42) What was the name of the anti- Jewish laws introduced in 1935? Nuremberg Laws "I am the greatest pig in town - I have affairs with Jews only."
43) Name two rights which these laws of 1935 took away from Jews. 1.Jews and Aryans could not marry or have sexual intercourse 2. Jews were deprived of their German citizenship (they did not have “German blood”)
44) What happened on the “Night of Broken Glass,” and when did it take place? Jewish homes, shops and businesses were attacked and destroyed, leaving the streets covered in smashed windows. Afterwards lots of Jews were taken to Concentration camps. NOVEMBER 1938
45) What was the so-called “Final Solution,” and when did the Nazis decide on it? Final Solution = the decision to exterminate the Jewish race 1942
46) The Nazis tried to brainwash young people into supporting them – what is another word for brainwashing? Indoctrination
47) What was the name of the Nazi Youth organisation? Hitler Youth
48) In which year was membership made compulsory, i.e. were all young people forced to join this? 1935
49) List two different activities boys did in the Hitler Youth, and explain why they did them. [2] 1.Jump out of a first floor window wearing full combat gear. This would train them for the dangerous activities in the army 2.Listen to Nazi ideas. This would help them to become indoctrinated with Nazi ideals.
50) What was the equivalent of the Hitler Youth for girls? League of German Maidens
51) List two different activities girls did in this organisation, and explain why they did them. [2] Learn how to cook. This would help them to become good Aryan housewives to their husbands. Encouraged to have babies. This would help them produce a new generation of Aryans that Hitler could put in his army.
52) Schools were also important to the Nazis. What did teachers have to do if they wanted to carry on teaching? Teachers had to agree to teach the Nazi ideas otherwise they were sacked
53) Give an example of how lessons changed under the Nazis. In Biology students were taught the ideas of Nazi racial policy. For example, the idea of Aryan superiority.
54) Name two groups of young people that opposed the Nazis. 1.The White Rose 2.The Edelweiss Pirates
55) Which 3 Ks sum up Nazi policies towards women, and what do they mean in English? [2] Kinder, Kirche, Kuche Children, Church, Cooking
56) Which of all the above was a woman’s most important job according to the Nazis? Having lots of healthy Aryan children
57) Why were boys needed in particular by Germany? To become a new generation of soldiers for Hitler’s army
58) Name one scheme the government introduced to encourage more marriages. Marriage loans. The more children they had, the less they had to pay back
59) Explain how the medal system worked for mothers. Medals were awarded for having children. Gold for eight, silver for six, bronze for four.
60) What were Mothers’ Schools? Places where women were trained how to be a good Nazi mother.
61) What did the Nazis tell childless couples to do? They were encouraged to divorce
62) What happened to women doctors, civil servants and teachers in Nazi Germany? They were sacked and replaced by men
63) How were women supposed to look in Nazi Germany? They had to wear simple clothes. No trousers, dyed hair or high heels were allowed. Make up was frowned upon. They needed to be strong and solid to have lots of children.
64) What had the Nazis banned in 1933 to make sure there was very little opposition? [2] 1.Other political parties 2.Trade Unions
65) Where were people sent if they criticised the Nazis? Concentration Camps
66) What proportion of Communist party members were arrested by the Nazis? Two thirds
67) What was the name of the Nazi Church that was set up? Reich Church
68) What event in 1938 did the Church not criticise? Reichskristallnacht The Night of Broken Glass
69) Name one famous priest who did have the courage to speak out against the Nazis Dietrich Bonhoffer
70) Which event in 1934 meant that the army was very grateful to Hitler? The Night of the Long knives. This was when Hitler eliminated opposition from the SA.
71) In which year was there a famous army bomb plot to murder Hitler? 1944 (July)
72) Why was opposition from young people so worrying to the Nazis? Because they were the most important generation to Hitler. He wanted them to continue his Reich by being soldiers and mothers.
73) What was the full name of this opposition group – ‘the ________ Pirates’? Edelweiss
74) What kind of things did they do to oppose the Nazis? [2] Avoided Hitler Youth meetings and had fun. They listened to American music and wore fashionable clothes
75) What did one group of them do in Cologne in 1944? Killed a Hitler Youth leader. (They were hanged in revenge.)
76) What was the name of the student opposition group in Munich? The White Rose (They spread anti-Nazi messages through leaflets, posters and graffiti.)