Controversy 1933-39 facts

Question 1

Plebiscite facts (5)

Answer 1

-1933 to pull of league of nations: 95% in favour -1934 to Hitler taking Hindenburg’s powers: 90% in favour -1935 reunification of the Saarland with Germany: 90% in favour -1936 remilitarisation of the Rhineland: 99% in favour -1938 the union of Austria and Germany (Anschluss): 99% in favour

Question 2

Gellately consensus statistics? (4)

Answer 2

-Gestapo was only 32k strong -21 Gestapo officers covering the whole Wurzburg area of over 1 million people -Hannover in 1935 only had 42 Gestapo officers -In Saarbrucken 87.5% of cases of slander against the regime were as a result of denunciations -4000 people in concentration camps in 1935

Question 3

Unemployment statistics? (2)

Answer 3

-1932: 5.6million -1936: 200k

Question 4

Strength through joy statistics? (2)

Answer 4

-1934: 2.3 million using KDF holidays -1938: 10.3 million using KDF hildays

Question 5

Wages statistics (2)

Answer 5

-Wages of industrial workers went up by 25% from 1933-38 -Wages of big businesses increased by 116%

Question 6

Terror statistics (4)

Answer 6

• In 1933 between 150000 and 200000 people were detained.
• 1935 5000 people convicted of high treason -1936 to 1939 the number of people held in concentration camps rose from 7500 to 21000
• 1933-45 800,000 detained for resistance

Question 7

Number of people who joined Nazi Party between January to May 1933?

Answer 7

1.6million people

Question 8

Size of SA by 1934?

Answer 8

2.5 million

Question 9

Number of communists arrested in the wake of the Reichstag Fire in 1933

Answer 9

10,000

Question 10

Number of communist leaflets seized in 1934

Answer 10

1.25million

Question 11

Number of communists still active in Berlin in 1935

Answer 11

5000

Question 12

Radio statistics? (5)

Answer 12

• In 1935 the estimated audience for Hitler’s speeches reached 56 million
• In the 1930’s 4.5million out of 20million households had a radio.
• By 1939 the regime could broadcast to 16million households
• The ‘People’s Radio’ cost only 35 marks.
• In 1939 Radio Ownership in Germany was 70%

Question 13

Names of propaganda films?

Answer 13

-‘Tirumph of the Will’ (1935) -‘Olympia’ (1938) -Both by Leni Riefenstahl

Question 14

Propaganda statistic (film)

Answer 14

• Only one sixth of films produced 1933-9 were propagandistic

Question 15

Four year Plan decline in diet statistic (2)

Answer 15

• Beer consumption fell by 59% 1927-37 - White bread consumption fell by 44%

Question 16

4YP increase in working hours

Answer 16

no of avg working hours increased from 43 hours (per week) to 47 1933-9

Question 17

legal execution statistic

Answer 17

From 1933-45 32,000 people were legally executed (I know it goes outside the date range, but exam board says statistics can still be used if appropriate in argument)

Question 18

In 1939 what was the estimated number of the Edelweiss Pirates

Answer 18

In 1939 it is estimated that the Edelweiss pirates numbered at around 2000

Question 19

Assassination attempt on Hitler

Answer 19

1939 by Georg Elser

Question 20

How many people left Germany 1933-9

Answer 20

Estimated that 300,000 people left Germany 1933-9

Question 21

Church arrests statistic

Answer 21

In 1935 700 Priests were arrested for condemning neo-paganism (Nazi ideology/religion)

Question 22

SOPADE reports (SPD in exile)

Answer 22

1934 - “Youth still in favour of system” 1938 - “Youth feeling increasingly irritated by lack of freedom”

Question 23

how many small businesses went bankrupt

Answer 23

Between 1933-9, estimated that 300,000 small businesses went bankrupt

Question 24

Autarky statistic

Answer 24

By 1939 Germany still depended on foreign imports for a third of its raw materials

Question 25

Hitler Youth Membership 1935

Answer 25

In 1935 the Hitler youth had 3.5 Million members (became compulsory in 1936)

Question 26

Who sucks donkey dick

Answer 26

Lucas sucks donkey dick

Question 27

Art fact

Answer 27

In 1934 - Exhibition of “Great German Art” in Munich got 600,000 attendess -Exhibition of “Degenerate Art” (Jewish, Weimar etc) got 2 millon attendees