Life in Nazi Germany Flashcards

1
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What two plans did the Nazis create to try and improve the economy?

A

New Plan
Four Year Plan

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In what ways did the Nazis try to reduce unemployment?

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Invisible unemployed
RAD
Job creation schemes
Rearmament

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3
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What was the RAD?

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Reich Labour Service. Compulsory for all men aged 18-25 without work.

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4
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How did life for workers improve under the Nazis?

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Weekly wages increased from 86 marks to 109 marks.
Most people had work.
Volkswagen car scheme to reward workers.

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5
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How did life not improve for workers in Nazi Germany?

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How did life not improve for workers in Nazi Germany?

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What was the KdF (Strength through Joy)?

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Provided leisure activities and rewards for “good” Nazis

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What was the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage?

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Provided loans to newly married couples. Every child born paid off a quarter of the loan.

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What did the Nazis want women to be like?

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Focus on motherhood
Women should stay in the home
Traditional appearance

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How were the Nazis successful in their policies towards women?

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German Women’s Enterprise was established.
Use of medals to reward women with larger families.
Many women remained as housewives

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10
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How were the Nazis not successful in dealing with women?

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Birth rate remained low
Female concentrate camps were established like Ravensbruck.
Difficult to mobilise women into war work.

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11
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What organisation did teachers have to join under the Nazis?

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Nazi Teacher League

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12
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How did the curriculum reflect Nazi ideas?

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PE was 15% of the timetable
All subjects had to reflect Nazi ideas.

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13
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Name two specialist schools which were established by the Nazis

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National Political Training Institutes
Adolf Hitler School

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14
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What did the Hitler Youth Law of 1936 state?

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Membership of the Hitler Youth was compulsory.

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15
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How many members did the Hitler Youth have by 1939?

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7 million - showed that not everyone joined.

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16
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What did the Nazis mean by Aryan?

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Master-Race. Preferred blonde hair, blue eyed and tall.

17
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What was the Sterilisation Law (July 1933)?

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Government compulsory sterilised certain groups of people. Between 1934 and 1945 about 350,000 people were compulsorily sterilised.

18
Q

What were the Nuremberg Laws 1935?

A

Jews were no longer German citizens
Jews could not marry or have sexual relations with Aryans.

19
Q

What was Kristallnacht?

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Anti-Jewish attacks spread across Germany on shops, homes, synagogues and businesses

20
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What were the consequences of Kristallnacht?

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100 Jews were killed
20,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps
7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed
Jews were fined 1 billion Reichmarks by the Nazis
By 1939 250,000 Jews had emigrated .