Establishment of the Nazi dictatorship

Question 1

What happened in February 1933?

Answer 1

Reichstag fire

Question 2

What happened in March 1933 that ended democracy in Germany?

Answer 2

Enabling Act which gave Hitler total power

Question 3

What did Hitler do with the powers he got from the enabling act?

Answer 3

Banned opposing parties making Germany a single party state

Question 4

What was Gleichschaltung?

Answer 4

Merging German society with the Nazi party

Question 5

Name three features of Gleichschaltung

Answer 5

Abolishment of regional parliaments
SDP and KPD banned
Trade unions were banned

Question 6

What was the threat to Hitler from within his own party?

Answer 6

Ernest Rohm and the SA

Question 7

Why was Rohm a danger to Hitler?

Answer 7

He could control the Army through merging it with the SA

Question 8

When was the Night of Long Knives?

Answer 8

June 1934

Question 9

Outline the features of the Night of Long Knives

Answer 9

SA leaders such as Rohm were executed and the German army had to swear the Hitler oath

Question 10

What happened when Hindenburg died in 1934?

Answer 10

Hitler merged the roles of Chancellor and President into one know as Fuhrer

Question 11

State one reason for Hitler’s chaotic rule in 1936

Answer 11

The cabinet only met four times

Question 12

What was Volksgemeinschaft?

Answer 12

The Nazis ideal society

Question 13

Which leading Nazi was in charge of propaganda?

Answer 13

Goebbels

Question 14

Name three features of Nazi ideology

Answer 14

Racial purity
Anti-democracy
Nationalism

Question 15

What % of the population had radios that spread Nazi propaganda by 1939?

Answer 15

70%

Question 16

Name two examples of propaganda being implemented into German life

Answer 16

“Heil Hitler” was a ritual used as a greeting
The Editor’s Law was a newspaper in 1933 dedicated to spreading Nazi ideology

Question 17

What was the secret police under Hitler called?

Answer 17

Gestapo

Question 18

What could the Gestapo do to someone?

Answer 18

Send them to a concentration camp without trial

Question 19

What suggest that the Gestapo controlled Germany through fear?

Answer 19

There was only 40,000 agents compared to 70 million Germans

Question 20

Why was there little opposition to the Nazi party?

Answer 20

Life of the average citizen improved under Nazi rule

Question 21

Why did the Church contradict Nazi belief?

Answer 21

Christian values went against Nazi ideals of Violence and strength

Question 22

What happened to two Protestant pastors in 1934?

Answer 22

They were arrested for opposing the Nazis

Question 23

Why did protestants and Nazis agree?

Answer 23

They agreed over family values

Question 24

What deal was made between the Catholic church and the Nazis?

Answer 24

Nazis respected the Catholic Churches legal property if they stayed out of politics

Question 25

Why was the German faith movement unsuccessful?

Answer 25

Only 5% of workers joined it

Question 26

How many people were unemployed in 1932?

Answer 26

6 million

Question 27

Who was Schacht?

Answer 27

German finance minister from 1933-1939

Question 28

What did Schacht's economic policy focus on?

Answer 28

Reduce expenditure of arms and increase industry

Question 29

What did Goring replace Schacht's economic policy with in 1936?

Answer 29

The four year plan

Question 30

What was the aim of Goring's Four year plan?

Answer 30

Increase rearmament and make German self sufficient

Question 31

Why was Goring unable to make Germany self sufficient?

Answer 31

When war broke out Germany relied on foreign supplies for one-third of its raw materials

Question 32

What were the three K's imposed on women by the Nazis?

Answer 32

Kitchen, Children and Church

Question 33

How did the Nazis control schools?

Answer 33

Head teachers were made to be members of the Nazi party

Question 34

What two changes were made to the German curriculum under the Nazis?

Answer 34

German and History were increased while Religious Education was dropped

Question 35

How did Nazi education reform fail?

Answer 35

Saw a drop in teachers

Question 36

How much did the Hitler youth membership increase between 1933 and 1936?

Answer 36

from 1% in 1933 to 60% in 1936

Question 37

What did the Hitler youth teach to boys and girls

Answer 37

Boys were trained like solders Girls were taught how to be good wives

Question 38

What was the sterilisation law in 1933?

Answer 38

Allowed the Nazis to prevent diseased offspring

Question 39

How many people had been sterilised by the Nazis by 1933 - 1934?

Answer 39

350,000

Question 40

What were the Nuremburg race laws in 1935?

Answer 40

Removed all citizenship of Jews

Question 41

What was the membership of the SA in 1933?

Answer 41

well over 2 million soldiers and was a much bigger force than the official German army