Fascism Flashcards
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What is fascism
Fascism is a form of government that is a one-party dictatorship based on nationalistic ideas of racial superiority.
Fascists are against democracy and are nationalistic (believe that their nation is superior). Fascism is centred around a single leader and uses propaganda and fear to ensure control of the state.
Name a fascist country
Germany
Name germanys fascist leader
Adolf Hitler
Name 3 headings of life in facist Germany
Education
Women’s lives
Terror
Explain education in relation to fascist Germany
Hitler concentrated on the young, aware that they would be the future of the Nazi Party. Nazi youth groups were set up, including the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls. There, children were indoctrinated (brainwashed) with Nazi ideas.
In schools, textbooks were rewritten to glorify Germany and Hitler. Mein Kampf became the official history textbook.
Teachers had to be members of the Nazi Party.
Name hitters 2 nazi youth groups
Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls.
What was hitters book and school textbook called
Mein Kampf
Explain women’s lives in relation to life in fascist Germany
Women were expected to stay at home and look after the family.
woman’s life was to revolve around ‘the three Ks’: Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church). ‘The three Ks’ were promoted within propaganda and made clear what German women’s roles should be.
Hitler wanted a high birth rate, so that the population would grow. Mothers who had more than eight children were awarded a gold medal.
What were the 3 Ks in fascist Germany
Kinder, Küche, Kirche (children, kitchen, church).
How did hitler try to increase the population
Mothers who had more than eight children were awarded a gold medal.
Explain terror in relation to life in fascist Germany
In 1933, the Gestapo, or secret police, was set up People were encouraged to report opponents or communists to the secret police.
Hitler began to believe that his SA were a threat to him, a two-day purge known as the Night of the Long Knives, the SS killed the leaders of the SA and others they suspected of being a threat.
people who were considered undesirable in Nazi Germany were sent to forced labour camps, similar to Stalin’s gulags.
Name of the 2 day purge to kill al SA leaders
the Night of the Long Knives,
Hitler=Sa or Ss?
SS
Name 3 examples of people who were sent to concentration camps
many Jews.
LGBTQ people
Disabled people
