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Hitler becomes chancellor in

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January 1933

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Hitler transformed Germany

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Democracy ➡️ dictatorship

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Hitler called for an election on

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05 March 1933

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Reichstag building went up in flames when?

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6 days before the election: 27 February 1933

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Who was blamed as the culprit for the fire

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Marinus Van der Lubbe (Dutch communist)

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This was an ________ attack on the Reichstag building (_____________)

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Arson
German parliament in Berlin

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Hitler blamed the fire….

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On a communist plot (perfect excuse to persuade Hindenburg to sign an emergency law)

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Impact of the Reichstag Fire

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Hitler convince Hindenburg to invoke Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution

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Article 48

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  • Gave the president dictorial powers
  • Allowed the president to make laws for all Germany’s territorial states
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Hitler and the cabinet then drew up the…

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Reichstag Fire Decree

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The decree suspended

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  • The right to assembly
  • Freedom of the press
  • Freedom of speech
  • Other constitutional protections within Germany
  • Removed all restraints on police investigations
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March elections Nazi won

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44% of the vote

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Hitler used the Enabling Act to

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  • Ban all other political parties
  • Set up the Gestapo (secret police)
  • Ban trade unions
  • Ban opposition parties
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The official secret police of Nazi Germany called

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Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)

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Gestapo created by

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Hermann Göring in 1933 (combined various secret police agencies of Prussia)

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Leadership of the Gestapo passed to

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Head of SS Heinrich Himmler in April 1934

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Under the Enabling Act

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  • Communist opponents were jailed without trial
  • Opposition newspapers were banned
  • Hitler could pass any law he liked
  • All civil servants and judges had to be Nazi supporters
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Some discontent within the SA (Brownshirts) after

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12 months of Hitler’s rule

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Night of the Long Knives also known as the

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Röhm putsch

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Hitler saw _______ as a threat within the party

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Chief of the SA Ernst Röhm

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SS (blackshirts) killed Röhm and other SA leaders

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30 June 1934 - 02 July 1934

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This showed that Hitler was a ___________

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Tyrant

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President Hindenburg died on

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02 August 1934

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Hitler combined the following roles:

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  • Chancellor
  • President
  • Commander-in-chief of the Army
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Nazi policy to achieve purity of the Aryan race:
- Getting rid of communism - Training the young - Strong leadership - End of democracy - Destroy the Treaty of Versailles - Rebuild the armed forces - Compulsory military service
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Hitler took total control of:
- Work - Leisure - Activities - Education - The church - Women - The youth
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Hitler used the following tactics when setting up his dictatorship
- Propaganda - Hitler’s powerful oratory skills - Fear - Violence and terror
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Violence and terror
Gestapo - intimidation and elimination SA & SS - intimidation and elimination of opposition
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Hitler wanted the youth to believe/value:
- Superiority of the ‘master race’ - Discipline - Sacrifice - Obedience - The Fűhrer/father figure - Unquestioning loyalty
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Hitler controlled all education
Kindergarten ➡️ university
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Main objective of taking control of the education
Teach Nazi ideas and instill sense of loyalty to Nazism
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How did textbooks change
They were rewritten with Nazi ideas and Aryan race. Any books without Nazi ideas were destroyed
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How did teachers change
Teachers attended special camps. Anyone who refused lost their jobs
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Girls education
Different curriculum to boys. Studied eugenics and domestic science
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Eugenics
Girls were taught about the characteristics of a perfect husband and father
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Eugenics Positive and Negative
Selective breeding P: encourage people with “good genes” to produce N: Stopping people with “negative/bad genes” to not produce using sterilisation or killing
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Hitler Youth catered for
10-18 years old (separate organisations for girls ad boys)
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Boys curriculum
Outdoor activities e.g. hiking, camping, military training etc.
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Girls curriculum
To be mothers of “pure-bred” Aryans
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2/3rd German children in Hitler Youth
1938
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Hitler youth became compulsory
1939
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Organisation for girls called
The League of German Maidens
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Hitler’s view of women
Housewife and mother
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Women’s life revolved around the 3K’s
- Kinder (children) - Kirche (church) - Kuche (cooking/kitchen)
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Another name for Hitler Youth
Hitler Jugend
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New law that was put in place for newlyweds is called
Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
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Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
Gave newlywed couples a loan of 1000 marks and gave 250 marks for every child they had
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Motherhood cross given to the women who had the most children
12 August (Hitler’s mothers birthday)
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Medals were introduced in
1938
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Gold medal for
Mothers who had more than eight children
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Silver medal for
Mothers who had six children
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Bronze medal for
Mothers who had four children
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Home set up for unmarried women was called
Lebensborn (spring of life) Recognised by a white flag with a red dot in the middle
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Racially ‘pure’ woman
Hildegard Trutz
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Women’s fashion
- Wear traditional German peasant fashion - Discouraged to stay slim
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Women were not expected to:
- Wear make-up - Wear trousers - Dye to perm their hair - Drink or smoke in public - Diet
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The rebel
Marlene Dietrich
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Nazis started preparing for war in
1937
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Men conscripted into the army
- Needed women to work in ammunition factories - Because women had been taught to be the ‘perfect housewives’ they didn’t want these jobs - Hitler’s plan backfired
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1939
70% of Germans owned a radio, Nazi used this to their advantage and took control of all the radio stations
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Hitler made _______ minister of _____________
Joseph Goebbels Propaganda and Enlightenment of the People on 1933
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Nazi controlled cinemas
Popular in 1930s

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