Germany - Control and opposition

Question 1

What were the three branches of the SS ?

Answer 1

• kirpo
• the gestapo
• the SD

Question 2

What did the kirpo do ?

Answer 2

carried out general policing duties

Question 3

What did the gestapo do ?

Answer 3

secret state police, hunted down the Nazis opponents. The Gestapo law of 1936 allowed the Gestapo to do anything they wanted. They would imprison people without trial.

Question 4

What did the SD do ?

Answer 4

intelligence arm of the SS, headed by Reinhard Heydrich

Question 5

Who was head of the SS ?

Answer 5

Heinrich Himmler

Question 6

Where were potential SS members trained ?

Answer 6

Junker schools

Question 7

How many members of the SS were there in 1939 ?

Answer 7

about 250,000

Question 8

Explain the Nazi court system

Answer 8

Hitler set up the peoples court in 1934, there were Nazi judges and no juries. over 250,000 people were imprisoned due to these courts.

Question 9

Where and when was the first Concentration camp set up ?

Answer 9

Dachau, March 1933

Question 10

Explain how Nazis used Concentration Camps

Answer 10

The decree for the protection of the people and state allowed people to be placed into the concentration camps. These people were kept under very harsh conditions

Question 11

What was the volksgemeinschaft ?

Answer 11

A peoples community

Question 12

Summaries the impact of the police state

Answer 12

• people were afraid to say something wrong
• Nazis believed in clan responsibility
• all opposition was crushed
• people were scared but liked having no ‘enemies of the state’

Question 13

Who was Josef Goebbels ?

Answer 13

The minister of popular enlightenment and propaganda

Question 14

What did Goebbels establish to help him with his job ?

Answer 14

The Reich chamber of culture

Question 15

Explain the Nuremberg rallies

Answer 15

Huge gatherings of Nazis, light sound and costume shows, up to 500,000 people attended.

Question 16

When were the Olympics held in Berlin ?

Answer 16

1936

Question 17

Name four things that were censored during the Nazi Rule

Answer 17

• cinema, theatre and music
• exhibitions of degenerate art were held
• jazz was condemned
• 20,000 books by banned authors were burned in Berlin

Question 18

What was Eher Verlag ?

Answer 18

The nazi newspaper publishers, it owned 69% of the newspaper titles

Question 19

Explain the editors law

Answer 19

Held newspaper editors responsible for the info they published in their papers.

Question 20

Explain radio stations during Nazi times

Answer 20

The Nazis controlled all the radio stations. Cheap radios (people’s receivers) were made. Germany had one of the highest radio ownership in the world 70%

Question 21

Name two Nazi propaganda films

Answer 21

• the eternal jew

- triumph of the will

Question 22

Where the Nazi attempts of censorship successful ?

Answer 22

yes - The public allowed them to implement their policies

no - Attacks on the church backfired

Question 23

What have studies shown about the support of the Nazis in certain areas ?

Answer 23

• They were hugely popular in rural protestant area
• popular among the lower and middle classes
• less likely to be supported by the urban working folk
• the young were likely to be keen Nazis

Question 24

When was the concordat signed ?

Answer 24

July 1933

Question 25

Explain what the concordat meant

Answer 25

The catholic church would not involve itself in politics and the Nazis would let it operate as usual

Question 26

When and how did the Nazis break the concordat ?

Answer 26

1936 the rights about the youth groups were being ignored

Question 27

Who were the German Christians lead by ?

Answer 27

Ludwig Muller

Question 28

When was the confessional church set up ?

Answer 28

1933

Question 29

Who was the leader of the confessional church ?

Answer 29

Niemoller arrested in 1937 and sent to Dachau

Question 30

What was the Nazi religion called ?

Answer 30

German faith movement, only had 200,000 members (worshipped the sun and weird stuff)

Question 31

Name 3 opposition youth groups

Answer 31

• edelweiss pirates
• Leipzig hounds
• swing youth

Question 32

Explain the swing youth

Answer 32

• grew long hair

- danced to jazz

Question 33

Explain the edelweiss pirates

Answer 33

• wore checked shorts and shorts

- hung around parks and committed vandalism

Question 34

Explain the Leipzig hounds

Answer 34

• communist group

- listened to the Moscow radio