Germany

Question 1

When did president Hindenburg die?

Answer 1

1934

Question 2

When was the Reichstag building set on fire?

Answer 2

February 1933.

Question 3

How many communists were arrested during the Reichstag fire?

Answer 3

4000. Including 100 Reichstag deputies (Mps)

Question 4

When did the Reichstag pass the Enabling Act?

Answer 4

The Enabling Act was passed in March 1933

Question 5

Gleichshaltung

Answer 5

Bringing Germany into line with the Nazi ideology

Question 6

Book burning

Answer 6

in May 1933, 25,000 un-German books were burned.

Question 7

How many people were killed on the night of the long knives?

Answer 7

85, including the SA leader Ernst Rohm

Question 7

The people’s court

Answer 7

In 1934, the People’s Court was set up to start making harsh decision

Question 8

unemployment rates in Germany

Answer 8

1933: 6 Million
1939: 35,000

Question 9

What did Hitler establish after he banned all of the trade unions?

Answer 9

The DAF (Deutsche Arbeitsfront)

Question 10

What was the Volkswagen scheme?

Answer 10

A scheme to help workers save 5 marks per week towards a new Volkswagen Beetle.

Question 11

How much time did Pe take up in German schools?

Answer 11

15% of all lesson time. This is because the Germans wanted a fit and strong military generation.

Question 12

When was membership in the Hitler Youth compulsory?

Answer 12

After 1936.

Question 13

Ubermenschen

Answer 13

(Superhumans)

Question 14

Untermenschen

Answer 14

Sub-humans

Question 15

How did the Nazis make Jews scapegoats?

Answer 15

They blamed them for their defeat in World War One.

Question 16

1935 Nuremberg Laws

Answer 16

Removed all rights from Jewish people.

Question 17

Kristallnacht

Answer 17

On 9th November 1938, Night of Broken Glass, 100 Jews were killed and 20,000 were sent to concentration camps.

Question 18

Who was the leader of the SS?

Answer 18

Heinrich Himmler.

Question 19

Who was the leader of the SA?

Answer 19

Ernst Rohm.

Question 20

When did Himmler become chief of the police?

Answer 20

In 1936.

Question 22

German air force

Answer 22

The Luffwaffe

Question 23

When did Russia halt the German advances into Russia?

Answer 23

In February 1943.

Question 24

D-day

Answer 24

June 1944

Question 25

Volkssturm

Answer 25

Men who hadn’t joined the army were conscripted into this.

Question 26

Hamburg bombings

Answer 26

July 1943, RAF and usaaf bombed Hamburg for 7 days and 7 nights that killed 30,000 people.

Question 27

Dortmund bombings

Answer 27

In 1945, raf bombers attacked dortmund, destroying 98% of buildings in the city.

Question 28

hitler becomes chancellor

Answer 28

1933

Question 29

Riechstag fire. Nazis blamed communists.

Answer 29

1933

Question 30

enabling act

Answer 30

1933 gave Hitler has power to enact laws without the Reichstag’s approval. Made him a dictator.

Question 31

jewish business boycott.

Answer 31

1933 jewish business boycott. SA stood outside jewish businesses to discourage public. one of the first major anti jewish policies.

Question 32

Nazi party full control

Answer 32

1933 Nazi party full control. established a totalitarian state. all other political parties banned.

Question 33

night of long knives

Answer 33

1934 murdered around 80 members of the SA, including Röhm.

Question 34

fuhrerprinzip

Answer 34

leader principle

Question 35

autarky

Answer 35

self sufficiency, not relying on trade

Question 36

arbeit und brot

Answer 36

work and bread

Question 37

acrostic for hitlers leader ship

Answer 37

Rigged German Election Leads To Psychopathic Nazi Dictator

Question 38

Rigged

Answer 38

reichstag fire

Question 39

German

Answer 39

German election 44% merge with social democrates

Question 40

Election

Answer 40

enabling act

Question 41

Leads

Answer 41

Local government, peoples court taken over, civil service act.

Question 42

To

Answer 42

trade unions shut down

Question 43

psychopathic

Answer 43

political parties removed

Question 44

Nazi

Answer 44

night of long knives, 80 sa members killed including the leader ernst rohm

Question 45

dictator

Answer 45

hindenburgs death, hitler makes germany a totalitarian state in 1934

Question 46

Gleichschaltung

Answer 46

bringing germany in line with the nazi ideology

Question 47

when was dachau created

Answer 47

1933

Question 48

why was their increased executions in germany

Answer 48

no jury

Question 49

1939 Newspaper owning stat

Answer 49

1939: 69% of newspapers were owned by the nazis

Question 50

1935 newspaper closing

Answer 50

1600 newspapers closed in 1935

Question 51

how many radios were sold cheaply so that people could afford them?

Answer 51

9 million

Question 52

how many people owned a radio in nazi germany

Answer 52

70%

Question 53

Manipulation Through Movies Egs

Answer 53

"Eternal Jew" and "Hitlerjunge Quex"

Question 54

how much did the stadium that hitler build hold?

Answer 54

110,000

Question 55

How many medals did germany win?

Answer 55

1936 olympics: 33 medals

Question 56

How many people attended Hitlers rallies?

Answer 56

1923-1938 with 400,000

Question 57

Children, Kitchen, Church

Answer 57

Kinder, kuche, kirche

Question 58

Law for encouragement of marriage

Answer 58

1000 marks loan. Allowed to keep 250 for each child that they had.

Question 59

Reduction of employment law

Answer 59

1933

Question 60

Teachers losing their jobs

Answer 60

1933, 15% of teachers lost their jobs

Question 61

civil servants sacking

Answer 61

19,000 female civil servants were sacked

Question 62

duty year for women

Answer 62

1937: since germany were preparing for war

Question 63

Easy divorces

Answer 63

meant divorces increased by 200,000

Question 64

women going back to work

Answer 64

1939

Question 65

number of women in employment increase in 1939

Answer 65

increase by 2.4 million

Question 66

RAD

Answer 66

organisation to decrease employment e.g building motorways

Question 67

RAD compulsory for men

Answer 67

in 1935

Question 68

conscription for men for 2 years

Answer 68

from 1935 onwards

Question 69

imports during the war

Answer 69

Autarky didnt work, 33% raw materials imported + 20% food imported

Question 70

Total War and albert spear

Answer 70

Spear became minister of production in 1942

Question 71

Women In Workforce In May 1944

Answer 71

Women made up 50% of the workforce

Question 72

HJ member increase

Answer 72

1939: increased by 7 million members

Question 73

Kristallnacht

Answer 73

1938, 400 synangogues, 7500 shops destroyed

Question 74

1935 Jews to concentration camps

Answer 74

march, 30,000 jews sent

Question 75

Pope Pius XII

Answer 75

described hitler as a "mad prophet" 1937

Question 76

reprecussions of Pope Pius' comments

Answer 76

400 priests imprisioned

Question 77

public support needed by the Church

Answer 77

1941 pressure was relieved

Question 78

Hans and sophie scholl

Answer 78

White rose group, 1943, handed out leaflets exposing the nazis about gassing children

Question 79

Area bombing

Answer 79

1942, allies witched to area bombing

Question 80

Thousand bomber raid

Answer 80

30th may 1942. Cologne

Question 81

Hamburg bombings

Answer 81

July/August, bombed on two occasions

Question 82

Dresden attacked

Answer 82

february 1945

Question 83

dutch forced labour

Answer 83

1943, 300,000 ex-soldiers

Question 84

forced labour for 16-60 year olds

Answer 84

1944, 500,000

Question 85

non jews murdered throughout the war

Answer 85

19 million

Question 86

Warsaw ghetto uprising

Answer 86

lasted two months, biggest uprising against the nazis

Question 87

Einstatzgrupen

Answer 87

4 units, 3000 men, follow behind germany in the invasion of the USSR