Controversy 1933-39 facts Flashcards
(27 cards)
Plebiscite facts (5)
-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
Gellately consensus statistics? (4)
-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
Unemployment statistics? (2)
-1932: 5.6million -1936: 200k
Strength through joy statistics? (2)
-1934: 2.3 million using KDF holidays -1938: 10.3 million using KDF hildays
Wages statistics (2)
-Wages of industrial workers went up by 25% from 1933-38 -Wages of big businesses increased by 116%
Terror statistics (4)
- 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
Number of people who joined Nazi Party between January to May 1933?
1.6million people
Size of SA by 1934?
2.5 million
Number of communists arrested in the wake of the Reichstag Fire in 1933
10,000
Number of communist leaflets seized in 1934
1.25million
Number of communists still active in Berlin in 1935
5000
Radio statistics? (5)
- 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%
Names of propaganda films?
-‘Tirumph of the Will’ (1935) -‘Olympia’ (1938) -Both by Leni Riefenstahl
Propaganda statistic (film)
- Only one sixth of films produced 1933-9 were propagandistic
Four year Plan decline in diet statistic (2)
- Beer consumption fell by 59% 1927-37 - White bread consumption fell by 44%
4YP increase in working hours
no of avg working hours increased from 43 hours (per week) to 47 1933-9
legal execution statistic
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)
In 1939 what was the estimated number of the Edelweiss Pirates
In 1939 it is estimated that the Edelweiss pirates numbered at around 2000
Assassination attempt on Hitler
1939 by Georg Elser
How many people left Germany 1933-9
Estimated that 300,000 people left Germany 1933-9
Church arrests statistic
In 1935 700 Priests were arrested for condemning neo-paganism (Nazi ideology/religion)
SOPADE reports (SPD in exile)
1934 - “Youth still in favour of system” 1938 - “Youth feeling increasingly irritated by lack of freedom”
how many small businesses went bankrupt
Between 1933-9, estimated that 300,000 small businesses went bankrupt
Autarky statistic
By 1939 Germany still depended on foreign imports for a third of its raw materials
