key Topic 3

Question 1

support for nazi regime - why

Answer 1

high level support- won 38% of votes in 1932 = largerst party

most confirmed / accepted nazi beliefs due to
1- propoganda, criticism was banned so all press is positive, encouraging
2- Nazi success / achievements in 1930s, eg foreign policy achievements- reduced unemployment

Question 2

resistance and opposition

Answer 2

some germans disagreed about banning trade unions - few did anything to stop them / oppose

organised opposition of political parties - were banned

unofficial opposition was risky - gestapo reported back to hitler

Question 3

opposition from churches

Answer 3

hitler made catholics swear oath of allegiance
protestants joined German National Church
Protestant pastors in 1933 opposed joining all churches into one national church nazi attempts to ban jews being christians

1934 -nconfessing church created - 6000 joined, opposed - 800 arrested and sent to concentration camps

catholic spoke put - 400 sent. to camps

Question 4

opposition from the young

Answer 4

edelweiss pirates - late 1930s
working class districts of cities
flower = symbol of allegiance
long hair, American clothing
taunted/attacked hitler youth

Question 5

swing youth

Answer 5

wealthy middle class in big towns organised dances
up to 6000 joined
graffiti, jokes, attack hitler youth
1939 - more serious attacks

Question 6

nazi views on women and family

Answer 6

women = housewife role
just as important as men just different role

had natural look -simple plait,
birth rates increased to make Germany bigger and stronger

Question 7

policies to women

Answer 7

all women organisations merged with nazi groups or be banned
ideas spread quickly 6.6 million members

loams - 8 months wages to encourage marriage - women to stay home and have kids

mothers cross
bronze 4/5
silver 6/7
gold 8
10+ hitler is the godfather and name it Adolf

Question 8

women’s education PFD

Answer 8

women trained with education
1932- 17000
1939 - 6000

Question 9

women’s employment

Answer 9

nazis tried to reduce No

1933 - banned from posts like teachers / doctors
1937 - banned grammar schools prepping girls for uni

propaganda persuaded ways to behave
3 ks - kinder, Küche , Kirche
( children, kitchen , church)

Question 10

women’s appearances

Answer 10

encouraged modern clothing , hair tied back
no makeup/dyed hair

Question 11

effectiveness of women’s policies

Answer 11

mixed success
birth rate increased. fewer women went to uni

some accepted some thought harmed family - degraded women

Question 12

aims of nazi policies on young

Answer 12

all parts of society benefit the ‘thousand year reich’
polices not to benefit the young - to strengthen Germany and the nazi party for now and the future

believed boys and girls were equal but had different strengths for germany
Hitler was a father figure

Question 13

nazi youth movement

Answer 13

before 1933 - lots of youth groups -banned in 1933 all but nazi ones

1936 sports facilities taken over by hitler youth

march 1939 - compulsory all germans over 10 join nazi youth group ( apart from minorities )

Question 14

youth groups for boys

Answer 14

6-10
10-14
14-18 ( hitler youth )
swear oaths of loyalty to hitler - report anyone dislOYALeven parents
trained to be physically fit - for army
ideal characteristics - loyal, competitive, ruthless

Question 15

League of German maidens

Answer 15

14-21years old
political physical character building activities
trained to only marry German men - taught to b racially pure
taught how to cook, sew

Question 16

education

Answer 16

1930 - schools under nazi control
April 1933 - sack teachers if didn’t join Nazi Teachers League - swore oath of loyalty
taught nazi salute ‘ haul hitler’
classrooms of propaganda
race studies introduced
by 1935 - all textbooks opposed nazis

Question 17

did they achieve their aims iwith youth groups

Answer 17

some enthusiastic / committed
others not -
taught loyalty with state not family

Question 18

Nazi racial beliefs and policies

Answer 18

intended to make germany state as strong as possible

eugenics lead to sterilisation of unsuitable people
racial hygiene

in mein kämpf - aryan as superior race - only reproduce with aryans

Question 19

anti semitism

Answer 19

1930s - was very strong
German nationalist wanted to bring country together and remove ‘ enemies’
times were hard = needed someone t blame

influences society with propoganda

Question 20

Nuremberg laws

Answer 20

April 1933 not allowed to be members clubs
1938 - jewish kids only play with other jews

1939 - no pets or school

Question 21

ghettos

Answer 21

special areas in cities taken from homes had to leave belongings
used for work
poor conditions food water supplies overcrowded

25-30 crammed in

Question 22

kristallnacht
night of broken glass

Answer 22

nov 1938 - young jew killed German in Paris
nazis launched violent revenge on all jews
ss officers given pickaxes and hammers with addresses of jews

smash loot burn jewish shops

91 jews murdered
20000 taken to camps