Individuals

Question 1

Joseph Goebbels?

Answer 1

Minister of Propaganda, 1933–45

Question 2

Hermann Goering?

Answer 2

• 1934 on Night of the Long Knives- took action against Rohm
• 1935- became responsible for the air force (luftwaffe)
• 1936- became responsible for the Four Year Plan (to get Germany ready for war)

Question 3

Heinrich Himmler?

Answer 3

• The head of the SS

- Responsible for implementing the Final Solution and setting up extermination camps

Question 4

Reinhard Heydrich?

Answer 4

• Responsible for the Gestapo

- 1941- became known for his work organising the Final Solution

Question 5

Rudolf Hess?

Answer 5

Deputy leader of the Nazi Party

Question 6

Dr Robert Ley?

Answer 6

• Head of the German Labour Front

- Established the Strength Through Joy scheme.

Question 7

Albert Speer?

Answer 7

Minister for rearmament and war production in 1942

Question 8

Ernst Rohm?

Answer 8

• Head of the SA

- Killed on the Night of the Long Knives.

Question 9

Friedrich Ebert?

Answer 9

First man in charge of Weimar Republic

Question 10

Gustav Stresemann?

Answer 10

Weimar leader who began to sort out German

problems

Question 11

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg?

Answer 11

Leaders of the Communists group (The Spartacists) who failed to seize power

Question 12

Dr Wolfgang Kapp?

Answer 12

Led the Freikorps in a failed attempt to seize power in the Kapp Putsch

Question 13

Paul Von Hindenburg?

Answer 13

• President of Germany

- Appoints various chancellors including Hitler

Question 14

Franz Von Papen and Kurt Von Schleicher?

Answer 14

Two chancellors directly before Hitler who failed to deal with the Nazi threat and get Germany out of economic problems

Question 15

Adolf Hitler?

Answer 15

Leader of the Nazi Party. Chancellor of Germany.

Fuhrer of Germany.