hitla and everything about nazi jermany

Question 1

what was a ‘nazi’?

Answer 1

a member of the national socialist party which supports nationalism and government by the dictator

Question 2

what was a dictator?

Answer 2

a ruler with total power who has usually taken over a country by force

Question 3

what was a führer?

Answer 3

a leader

Question 4

what was the ‘aryan’ race?

Answer 4

a group of people seen to represent the perfect race. in nazi germany these were white germans or blonde with blue eyes

Question 5

what was anti-semitism?

Answer 5

the hatred of jewish people

Question 6

what was the ‘lebensborn’ programme?

Answer 6

a programme that allowed women to give birth to aryan children

Question 7

what was anti-intellectualism?

Answer 7

favouring actions and emotions over reason

Question 8

when was hitler made chancellor of germany?

Answer 8

january 30, 1933

Question 9

when did hitler become president of germany?

Answer 9

august 19th, 1934

Question 10

when did membership of the hitler youth become compulsory?

Answer 10

1939

Question 11

when did hitler commit suicide?

Answer 11

30th april, 1945

Question 12

who was joseph goebbels?

Answer 12

joseph goebbels was the minister for public enlightenment and propaganda.

Question 13

who was claus von stauffenburg?

Answer 13

Claus von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf’s Lair.

Question 14

who was hans and sophie scholl?

Answer 14

members of the white rose group

Question 15

what was life like in germany in the 1920s and 1930s?

Answer 15

• The Weimar republic faced many problems.
• The country was almost bankrupt after the war.
• About 2 million Germans were unemployed in 1926

Question 16

Why was the government criticised for agreeing to the Treaty Of Versailles?

Answer 16

The allies charged the germans with paying staggering reparations for the cost of the war (£6.6 billion) and were called the ‘November criminals’

Question 17

why did people support hitler?

Answer 17

• hatred of the treaty of versailles and the belief that Hitler would make germany great again
•nationalism
• anti-semitism
• the failure of the previous government
• hitlers personality
- propoganda, many of these posters portrayed hitler as the saviour of Germany and showed the nazis protecting families and helping to rebuild germany

Question 18

what was the impact of Nazi Germany on the church?

Answer 18

A State Reich Church was created. In
1933 Hitler agreed a Concordat with the Pope, which said that he would not interfere in the running of the Catholic Church if it stayed out of political matters. Hitler didn’t keep his side of the bargain, however, as the Nazis attempted to infiltrate the Church and spread their propoganda