Germany

Question 1

what did the Nazi’s aim to establish in Germany?

Answer 1

a totalitarian state

Question 2

Hitler’s leadership quote:

Answer 2

” Adolf Hitler is Germany and Germany is Adolf hitler”

Question 3

how did Hitler maintain his power?

Answer 3

-terror
-propaganda
- introduction of the enabling act
- the night of the long knives

Question 4

what was made compulsory for citizens to use when greeting people?

Answer 4

the straight-arm salute, with the words “Heil Hitler”

Question 5

what happened to Media outlets that published or broadcasted anti Nazi material?

Answer 5

they were shut down

Question 6

what were the media required to do?

Answer 6

promote Nazi propaganda

Question 7

what were the purpose of concentration camps?

Answer 7

to hold thousands of ordinary criminals and political opponents, especially communists

Question 8

what happened in concentration camps?

Answer 8

many of the prisoners were used as forced labour, while hundreds were murdered

Question 9

who were murdered and tortured in the concentration camps?

Answer 9

Jews and those who openly criticised the Nazi’s

Question 10

what was the name of the secret police?

Answer 10

the Gestapo

Question 11

what was the role of the Gestapo?

Answer 11

they investigated political opponents and maintained state security and counterintelligence

Question 12

what happened to the Nazi parties most vocal opponents?

Answer 12

they were arrested and murdered

Question 13

what did propaganda ensure?

Answer 13

that Nazis remained popular among the public

Question 14

who was head of Nazi propaganda?

Answer 14

Joseph Goebbels

Question 15

what was Joseph Goebbels appointed as?

Answer 15

Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

Question 16

what did Nazi propaganda extend to?

Answer 16

broadcasting, art, music and literature

Question 17

what did Nazi propaganda promote?

Answer 17

the view that the germans were a Herrenvolk (master race)

Question 18

what were the German seemingly threatened by?

Answer 18

‘sub humans’ such as Jews, homosexuals, the disabled and those belonging to ‘inferior’ racial groups (Slavs and the Roma)

Question 19

what did Nazi propaganda denounce as degenerate?

Answer 19

the art and literature of Jews and others whose work was not in keeping with Nazi ideals

Question 20

how did propaganda portray Hitler to be?

Answer 20

a powerful leader who would restore Germany’s greatness once again

Question 21

who would Hitler protect Germany from?

Answer 21

the dangers posed by communists and Jews

Question 22

what was the Nazi flag?

Answer 22

a red and white flag with the black swastika at its centre

Question 23

what was the name of Hitlers book?

Answer 23

‘Mein Kampf’

Question 24

what book became compulsory reading?

Answer 24

‘Mein Kampf’

Question 25

what did propaganda emphasise?

Answer 25

the need to expand German territory to gain Lebensraum and the need to increase the German military

Question 26

what did Goebbels use to spread the Nazi message to reach as many Germans as possible?

Answer 26

the mass media of newspapers, cinema and radio

Question 27

what did Goebbels order the production of?

Answer 27

cheap radios known as Volksempfanger (people's receivers)

Question 28

how were the radios designed?

Answer 28

that only German stations could easily be received

Question 29

what did the German radio stations broadcast?

Answer 29

popular music, drama and political programmes

Question 30

what country had the highest ownership of radios by 1939?

Answer 30

Germany

Question 31

what did schools become?

Answer 31

places of indoctrination

Question 32

what happened to teachers Nazis found to be disloyal or questionable?

Answer 32

they were removed

Question 33

what was the education system focused on?

Answer 33

racial science, obedience to the state, physical fitness, and an anti-Semitic Nazi version of History

Question 34

what were boys reminded of in school?

Answer 34

of their obligation to join the military

Question 35

what were Girls groomed in school to do?

Answer 35

to become mothers to future generations of loyal citizens

Question 36

what was the name of the youth groups established?

Answer 36

-Hitler Youth - League of German Maidens

Question 37

what did Hitler Youth provide boys?

Answer 37

physical and military training, which they would use when they joined the army at 18

Question 38

what were central to Nazi propaganda?

Answer 38

The Nuremberg Rallies

Question 39

what was the most important annual event in the Nazi calendar?

Answer 39

The Nuremberg Rallies

Question 40

how long did the Rallies last for?

Answer 40

1 week

Question 41

how many people attended the Rallies?

Answer 41

at least 500,000

Question 42

who did the attendees of the rallies include?

Answer 42

Nazi party officials, the SS, the SA and party supporters

Question 43

what happened at the rallies?

Answer 43

-SA bands played music - SS in black uniforms and SA in brown uniforms gave huge displays of miltary marching -Nazi propaganda and flags displayed

Question 44

what did the rallies aim to demonstrate?

Answer 44

the strength and unity of the Nazis

Question 45

what were displayed throughout Nuremburg?

Answer 45

Nazi flags

Question 46

what were highly orchestrated events?

Answer 46

Hitlers speeches

Question 47

what did Hitler spend years perfecting?

Answer 47

his gestures and speech patterns

Question 48

why did Hitler spend years perfecting his gestures and speech patterns?

Answer 48

to portray a sense of power and win the support of his audience

Question 49

what would Hitler do to build up anticipation?

Answer 49

arrive late

Question 50

who filmed the Rallies?

Answer 50

Leni Riefenstahl

Question 51

what was a central feature of Nazi ideology?

Answer 51

Anti-Semitism

Question 52

who did the Nazi's use as the scapegoats for all of Germany's ills

Answer 52

the Jews

Question 53

what happened in the lead up to the 1933 elections?

Answer 53

the SA mobs committed a wave of attacks against individual Jews and their Businesses

Question 54

what were introduced soon after Hitler was introduced?

Answer 54

a series of anti-semetic laws

Question 55

what were held against Jews?

Answer 55

-official boycotts of Jewish Businesses -they forbidden to be teachers and judges

Question 56

what was the name of the law which stripped Jews of German citizenship?

Answer 56

the Nuremburg Race Laws

Question 57

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 57

when a series of attacks were carried out against the Jewish community

Question 58

how many Jewish businesses were destroyed?

Answer 58

over 7,500

Question 59

how many synagogues were destroyed?

Answer 59

200

Question 60

what order was given to the authorities? (Kristallnacht)

Answer 60

to arrest as many Jews as possible