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how many people were unemployed in 1932

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6 million

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what article could the president in an emergency make laws without consulting the reichstag- pass laws by decree

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article 48 of the constitution

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who was the chancellor in 1930

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heinrich bruning- economic policies were unpopulat, raised taxes, cut level of unemployment benefit and reduced the salaries of government employees

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who did the sa attract

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attracted many ex-soldiers and freikorps

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in the 1932 elections how many votes did hitler and hindenburg have

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hindenburg- 19 million, hitler 13 million

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how many seats did the nazis have in may 1928

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12

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how many seats did the nazis have in sept 1930

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107

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how many seats did the nazis have in july 1932

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230

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how many seats did the nazis have in nov 1932

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196

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how many seats did the nazis have in march 1933

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288

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who did hndenburg appoint chancellor in may 1932 and why did he fail

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von papen, didnt have enough support, hindenburgs advicers said that the army was against him

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who did hindenburg appoint chancellor in december 1932

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von schleicher- failed to gain majority, resigned after 8 weeks

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when did hitler become chancellor

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jan 30th 1933- hindenburg tried to ensure that hitlers power would be limited by maiing von papen the vice chancellor and restricting the number of other nazis in the cabinet to two

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when was the reichstag fire

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27th feb 1933

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who was said resonsible for the reichstag fire

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dutch communist marinus van der lubbe

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what was the emergency decree called after the reichstag fire

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protection of the people and the state- gave hitler powers to arrest anyone suspected of opposing the government, opportunity to arrect political opponents in the march election

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the numebr of seats the nazis won in the march 1933 elections were…

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288

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what did the enabling act allow hitler to do

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make laws without the reichstag- voted 444 in favour against 94 socialists against

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when were trade unions clsed down

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may 1933- replaced by german labour front

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what was concordat and when did it happen

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hitler signed agreement with thte pope,c atholics agreed to accept hitlers promise that he would not interefere with catholicsm in germany

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how many of nazi party members were in the stormtroopers and thugs

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2 million

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why did rohm prose a threat to hitler

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make stormtroopers part of the gemrman army
this alarmed hitler- could make roehm the most powerful man in germany
sa could challenge his leadership

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when was the night of the long knives

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30 june 1934

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who was ‘gotten rid of’ in the night of the long knives

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rohm
previosu chancellor- von schliecher
400 people executed

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how was law and order changed
abolished right to rail before imprisonment judges replacedd where ecessary by naxi supporters ss and gestapo could put people into concentration camps without trail peoples court- tries people for crimes against the state- any opponeent of the nazi's
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who was head f the gestapo
reinhard heydrich
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who led the ss
heinrich himmler
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what sort of society did the nazis want to create
blood- if you are physically and mentally fit aryan- you had a lace in the new society, there was no toom for socal outcasts, the disabled or the non- aryans soil-felt that the community should be based around the peasantry- whom hw considereed the most racially pure element in germnay other classes should be encouraged to abandon their differences and focus instead on their new ties of blood and race this classles socity would share the belief in the beauty of labour- this was streeed in propergansa, which used slogans like- work, labour, sets you free-
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wha was the name of the huge raly held at nuremberg
lasted several days, had perades. festival, religious ceremony
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how many newspapers were closed down in 1934
15000
31
what happend at eh berlin olympics
1936 anti jewish slogans were removed from streets properganda used to promote hitler
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what was the reich chamber of culture
musicians, actors, writer ans artists had to be memebers of the chamber before they could work or perform- membership depended on supporting the nazi's, many couldnt accpet this and left gerany
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how many books were destoryed in may 1933
20 000
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what new subject was introduced in schools
eugenics- study of how to improve the ferman race through selective breeding
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when did it become cumpolsury to join the youth organisations
1936
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who was the famous pastor
pastor martin neimoller - spent 7 years in concentration camps
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who become the leader of hitler youth- hj
july 1933- baldur von schirach- leader of the hj- was oppointed the reich youth leader
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scholing for 6-10 year old boys
The little fellows
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schooling for 10-14 year old girls/ boys
The young folk | Young girls league
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schooling for 14- 16 boys/ girls
Hitler youth | League of german maidens
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probles of juvenile- facts
juvenile crime dropped at the begninnging (21 500 in 1932 and 16 000 in 1933) but then rose again- in the years 1937-42 the proportion of crimes comitted by huveniles went up by 200%
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subjects for boys/ girls
boys- chose between science, mordern languages or classics – could lead on to univerisity girls- chose between modern langauges or home economics, home economics led to nothing but the 'pudding matric' which did not lead to univerisity
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types of schooling
national political education institutions 1933 adolf hiler schools- 1937 castles of order
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what did hitler do to the catholic church
agreement- leave the catholics alone if the pope kept out of german politics 1937- hitler started a concerted attack on the catholic church, arresting 200 proests on charges of financial and sexual impropriety
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what was done to the protestant church
hitler created a reich church – an unmbrella orgnaisation of all 28 states gave his support to the german chrisitians who believed that pastors should take an oath of loyalty to hiter and that any member of the church who had jewished ancestry should be sacked. This leader, ludwig miller was given the title of reich bishop in 1933.
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job creation projects
7000km autobahnen- motoways | public words- forestry, water projects, hospitals, schools
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how much did the army grow
100 000 in 1933 to 1.4 million in 1939
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what was dr schachts new plan
reduce unemployment, to buil up the armament industy and to make germany self sufficuent
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what did those involved in the national labour service do
dug ditches and panted forests, the men had to wear uniforms and live in camps, they were given pocket money rather than wadges, the schmes were then extended to ambitios public works programs organised byt eh german abour front, ew motorways were built/ hospitals/ schools/ sports stadiumd- created thousands of jobs
50
how much of the coutnries raw materials were still being imported in 1939
1/3
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what did the strength threw joy organisation do
provide cheap holidays activites for leisure time have own car- volkswagen- peoples car- bought on hire purchaise
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what were the nazi attitudes towards women
children, church and kitchen
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what did the law for the reuction of unemployment do in june 1933
interest free loans of up to 1 000 reichmarsks for young married couples on condition that wife gave up work, quater of the loan was czncled each time a child was born
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how did the sa treat jews
april 1933 sa organised boycot of all jewish shops, stood outside urging people not to enter, pained 'jude' on windows and beat up those who tried to enter
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how were jews treated
april 1933- boycott jewish shops- jude pained on shop windows sacked all from government jobs summer 1933 placecards appeared in public places- jews forbidden nuremburg laws 1935 night of the broken glass
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nuremberg laws- september 1935
law of protection of german blood and honour- banned marridges between jews and aryans, and banned sexual relations outside marridge reich sitizenship law- made jews subjects- lost legal rights decree regarding the change of family names decree to eliminate jews from economic life decree by the reich minister to attend german schools decree by the berlin police
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when was the the reich law on citizenship created
15th sep 1935
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when was the law for the protection of german blood and honour created
15th september 1935
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when was the decree to eliminate jews from economic life created
12th snovember 1938
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when was the night of the broken glass
9th november 1938
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night of the broken glass
jewish shot german embassy offical in paris goebbels said there should be demonstations agains tthe jews attacking of 8 000 jewish shops/ homes 10 00 jewish shopkeepers had their windows smashed + contents stolen 91 jews murdered 20 000 jews were sent to concentration camps 200 synagogues were brnt down 12th novemeber the jews ordered to pay a fine of 1 billion marks to the government
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other races/ types of people not accpeted
gypsies- didnt have regualr job/ moved around tramps, beggers- arrested and put under forced labour physcial disabilities/ mental problems- threat to aryan superiority- sterilisation in july 1933- also people with depression/ epilsy/ blindness-> later euthanasia

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