Germany 3 Flashcards
When do the American stock exchange collapse
1929
What was unemployment in 1929
6 million
How many seats did the Nazis have in the Reichstag
May 1928 - 12
July 1932 - 230
What did hitler do in January 1933
He became chancellor and immediately set about making himself an absolute ruler using article 48
When was the reichstag fire
27th February 1933
When we’re trade unions abolished
2 May 1933
When we’re political parties banned
14 July 1933
When was the night of the long knives where SS soldiers killed 400 SA soldiers
30 June 1934
By what year was there virtually no unemployment in Germany
1939
What was KdF (strength through joy)
Gave workers rewards for their work
How many workers worked on the Autobahns
80,000
By 1939 how many men were in the army
1.4 million
When was the german Olympic Games
1936
It was a huge propaganda success
What was the law of encouragement of marriage
It gave newly wed couple a loan of 1,000 marks and allowed them to keep 250 for each child they had
What did the edelweiss pirates do in 1944
They killed the Gestapo chief in Cologne so the Nazis publicly hanged 12 of them
