Glossary

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Anschluss

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The takeover of Austria by Germany in March 193i

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Anti-Semite

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Hatred and fear of Jews

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Asocials

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Those who did not conform to the norms of the Nazis: beggars, tramps, alcoholics, prostitution, pacifists, mentally or physically disabled

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Autarky

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Economic independence or self sufficiency

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Autocracy

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A system of gov in which power is concentrated in the hands of one person

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Blitzkrieg

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Lightening war - German tactic of using max force and air attacks

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BDM (League of German Girls)

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The female equivalent of Hitler Youth (compulsory membership in 1939)

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Chancellor

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German title for Prime minister

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Comintern

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Communist international (set up 1919) to oversee actions of Marxist parties all over the world - socialist groups invited to join. Led by Russia

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Communist

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System based on public ownership of land and industry. Everyone equal

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Conservative

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Someone who resists change

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Constitutional

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Any established set of principles governing a state

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Diktat

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An order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent

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Economic armistice

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Temporary agreement to suspend action; a truce

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Einsatzgruppen

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Special groups of temporary units of police/army commanded by gestapo, SD and Criminal police

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Eugenics

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Theory that a race or group of people could be genetically improved through selective breeding

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Federal state

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A number of small states control internal affairs, but are overall controlled by a central gov

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Foreclosure

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Taking possession of mortgaged property when someone fails to keep up payment

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Freikorps

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Volunteer force setup at end of 1918 of demobilised junior army officers and NCOs

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Gauleiter

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Nazi party leader at regional or state level

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General government

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Area of Poland occupied by the Nazis in 1939 that was not incorporated into the German Reich but controlled as a semi-autonomous area

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German Labour Front/DAF

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Nazi run org est in 1933 to coordinate workers into the Nationalist Socialist Regime

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Gestapo

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Secret state police established by Goering - depended on informants

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Ghetto

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Controlled are of a town reserved for a particular race

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Gleichschaltung

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‘Forcing into line’ the process through which the Nazis attempted to control or coordinate all aspects of German society

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Hitler youth

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Created in 1926 for boys aged 14 - 18 - compulsory in 1939

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Inter-Allied Control Commission

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Commission established in the TOV to ensure Germany complied with the disarmament clause

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Jewish question

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Nazis thoughts on how to revoke the Jews from German society

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Jungvolk

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Section of Hitler youth for boys aged 10 x 14

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Kaiser

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German emperor

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KDF

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‘Strength through joy’, a movement set up by Robert Ley and DAF to organise workers leisure times

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Länder

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17 local states of Germany

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League of Nations

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Permanent forum of states est after WW1to meet and resolve disputes without war

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Lebensraum

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‘Living space’ concept Hitler used to justify plans to take eastern territory