Full Flashcards On Life In Nazi Germany Mindmap

1
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By 1936 how many anti Nazi groups were at work

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1000

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2
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How many (estimated) anti Nazi leaflets disguised as other things like cooking manuals were distributed?

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1.5 million

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3
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Give 3 things groups could subtlety resist the Nazis

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Anti Nazi jokes
Not saluting
Slogans painted on walls
Keeping a diary of public mood
Not giving to Nazi charities

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4
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Give 3 examples of punishable opposition

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Jokes
Keeping a banned book
Saying that the economy wasn’t strong

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5
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Passive resistance dramatically increased after the start of..

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WW2

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6
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The Nazis tried to dissuade people from being involved with the church and this was/wasnt successful

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Wasn’t

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7
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Because they couldn’t stop people being involved with teh church, the Nazis tried to put the Nazi party at the same/lower level as the church

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Same

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8
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True or false: the Nazis used the church for party functions

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True

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9
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Give 3 ways the church was nazified

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Nazi weddings encouraged
Swastika hung in many churches
Swastika draped over the altar

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10
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Some priests spoke out against the Nazis in___

A

Sermons

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11
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How were pastors who were giving anti Nazi sermons caught

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Secret police were often present in congregations and could then arrest the pastor

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12
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Bishop ____ (Catholic) worked with British spies to try and kill Hitler

A

Bonhoeffer

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13
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Was bishop Bonhoeffer successful in his assassination mission

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No - he was then sent to a concentration camp

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14
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Pastor ___ (Protestant) spoke out against Hitler and spread pamphlets against the Nazis

A

Niemoller

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15
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How many Catholic priests were sent to Dachau concentration camp?

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400

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16
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In a letter written by the pope from the Vatican what was the title?

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With burning concern - it was a letter openly criticising Hitler and telling German churches not to listen to what Hitler said

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17
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What did the pope call Hitler in his letter called ‘with burning concern’

A

A madman

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18
Q

The confessional church opposed the ___ church

A

Reich

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19
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How many joined the confessional church

A

6 000

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20
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How many members of the confessional church were sent to concentration camps

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800

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21
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When did Martin niemoller vote for the Nazi s

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1924 and 1932

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22
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When was niemoller arrested

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1937

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23
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Which two concentration camps was niemoller sent to

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Sachsenhausen and Dachau

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24
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What was the last line of niemoller’s poem

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Then they came for me and there was nobody left to stand up for me (starts with first they came for the socialists and I did not oppose because I was not a socialist)

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25
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When did niemoller use a sermon to protest against the persecution of church members and what did it lead to

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    • his arrest and later sent to a concentration camp
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26
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Niemoller was a founder of ____ and the ____church

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Pastor’s emergency league and the confessing church

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27
Q

Niemoller opposed the Nazi ban on _____ but didn’t oppose other restrictions against the ____ which the Nazis imposed

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Jews becoming Christians
Jews

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28
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When did niemoller ask if he could fight for Germany in the Second World War in any capacity (he was in a concentration camp at the time)

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1939

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29
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Bonhoeffer opposed the Nazis from the start true or false

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True

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30
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Give 2 things bishop Bonhoeffer did

A

Helped Jews escape from Germany
Planned an assassination of Hitler

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31
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Bonhoeffer was arrested and imprisoned - when?

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Just weeks before the fall of the Nazis

32
Q

Clemens Vom Galen - a Catholic bishop - did what to protest against the Nazi racial policies and euthanasia of the disabled

A

Used sermons

33
Q

What were the effects of Clemens Von Galen’s sermons

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Didn’t stop euthanasia programme but forced the Nazis to keep it secret

34
Q

Why was Clemens vom Galen not executed?

A

Nazis needed to keep him alive to retain Catholic support

35
Q

True or false: Catholic and Protestant churches were popular with Germans

A

True

36
Q

As Hitler consolidated his power is control of the church increased/decreased

A

Increased

37
Q

Hitler expressed support for the church through

A

Speeches

38
Q

Nazis gave donations to the church between ___ and ____

A

1928 and 1932

39
Q

Nazis could be seen as in opposition to the church:
They opposed communism
And communists were opposed to the ___

A

Church - hence the Nazis see this as a reason for opposing the church

40
Q

When did Hitler sign a concordat with the pope agreeing to do what

A

1933 - leave the church alone

41
Q

Before 1939, many parents preferred to send children to the ______instead of the Hitler youth

A

Catholic youth group

42
Q

When did the pope speak out against Hitler and his policies on religion

A

1937

43
Q

When was the pastor’s emergency league set up

A

1933

44
Q

When did the pastor’s emergency league set up the confessing church

A

1934

45
Q

How many priests were involved in the confessing church

A

6000

46
Q

When did the Nazis make the Catholic youth illegal?

A

1937

47
Q

When were all crucifixes removed from schools

A

1936

48
Q

When was all Catholic education stopped

A

1939

49
Q

Catholic newspapers were ____

A

Suppressed

50
Q

Some Church leaders claimed Hitler was the only solution to the____ threat

A

Communist

51
Q

After 1934 - how many Protestant pastors remained in the German Christian church controlled by the Nazis?

A

2000

52
Q

In 1933, ___ independent Protestant churches existed

A

28

53
Q

All Protestant churches were merged into the ____ church in ____

A

Reich church
1936

54
Q

Was the creation of the Reich church a great success?

A

No, it had limited support

55
Q

In the Reich church: the cross symbol was replaced with the ___

A

Swastika

56
Q

In the Reich church the Bible was replaced with:

A

Mein Kampf

57
Q

In the Reich church only ___ could preach sermons

A

Nazis

58
Q

The Reich church suspended non-Aryan ___

A

Ministers

59
Q

What was the German faith movement?

A

A pagan religion set up to try and remove the influence of Christian churches

60
Q

The German faith movement included prayers to Nordic gods such as

A

Thor, Wodan and Himmell

61
Q

The gods that the German faith movement prayed to were all related to __and___

A

Strength and violence

62
Q

What was the symbol of the German faith movement

A

A yellow Sun on a blue background with a swastika

63
Q

A Nazi wedding ceremony included ___ rituals

A

Pagan

64
Q

How were Nordic gods used in the German faith movement

A

Used to appeal to shared Aryan history and beliefs

65
Q

Give 2 things teh pastors emergency league opposed and when it was set up

A

1933 - joining of regional churches into one national German Christian church, snd Nazi attempts to stop Jewish people becoming Christian’s and they opposed the ban on the Old Testament

66
Q

How many Catholic priests were imprisoned in the ___ block in Dachau concentration camp

A

Around 400

67
Q

Most army generals had taken the oath of ____ to Hitler in ___

A

Allegiance
1934

68
Q

In 19__ general Von ____ had tried to kill Hitler

A

1944 - Stauffenberg

69
Q

Why did Stauffenberg’s assassination attempt fail to kill Hitler

A

It was in the wrong place in the meeting

70
Q

Stauffenberg and other plotters were ___ and ___

A

Arrested and killer

71
Q

After WW2 there was a dramatic increase/decrease in plots against Hitler

A

Increase

72
Q

There was even a plot against Hitler linked to ___ (Hitler’s top general)

A

Rommel

73
Q

Give an example of a chief of staff in the army who resigned due to disagreement with Hitler’s actions over ____

A

Lieutenant Colonel Beck - over the Sudetenland

74
Q

Before the war opposition in the army was a ___ problem because Hitler ___ on the army to carry out his policies

A

Serious
Relied

75
Q

Until 1943, the army ____ Hitler because the war was going ___

A

Supported
Well

76
Q

After 1943, heavy losses in ___were sustained and this damaged morale

A

Russia

77
Q

After 1944 opposition became stronger/weaker

A

Stronger