living in nazi germany

Question 1

how did hitler establish a dictatorship ?

Answer 1

The reichstag fire
The enabling act
Gleichschaltung
Peoples court
The night of long knives
The death of president hindenburg

Question 2

what was the reichstag fire ?

Answer 2

The nazis used a fire at the reichstag as an excuse to remove the threat of the communists

Question 3

who started the reichstag fire ?

Answer 3

Marinus Van der Lubbe, a dutch communist was arrested and found guilty of setting the fire

Question 4

what was the reichstag fire decree ?

Answer 4

it claimed to protect Germany from revolution by ending the freedom of the press and removing civil liberties such as the freedom from arrest

Question 5

how was the reichstag fire decree passes ?

Answer 5

Hitler manipulated hindenburg into passing it

Question 6

what did the nazis believe about the fire ?

Answer 6

although Van der Lubbe worked alone they thought it was part of a larger communist revolution

Question 7

how did the nazis use the decree to remove communist threat ?

Answer 7

they arrested more than 4000 communists including 100 reichstag deputies

Question 8

what was the enabling act ?

Answer 8

it gave Hitler the power to pass laws without needing the consent of the reichstag

Question 9

what did the enabling act do ?

Answer 9

it ended German democracy- there were no more elections until 1945

Question 10

how did the nazis stop other parties campaigning ?

Answer 10

They used violence and intimidation

Question 11

how were the nazis able to pass the enabling act ?

Answer 11

they had the majority in the reichstag,
communist deputies were still in prison, the SA surrounded the debating chamber and intimidated other parties

Question 12

when was the enabling act ?

Answer 12

March 1933

Question 13

when was the reichstag fire ?

Answer 13

February 1933

Question 14

what does Gleichschaltung mean ?

Answer 14

bringing germany into line with nazi ideas ?

Question 15

what were the anti-semitic laws ?

Answer 15

the nazis passed several laws that persecuted German jews including…
banning them from joining sports teams and choirs

Question 16

what was book burning ?

Answer 16

The nazis encouraged students to burn ‘un-german’ nooks written by jews or communist authors
25000 books were burned

Question 17

what was the ban on trade unions ?

Answer 17

The Nazis offered trade union leaders a holiday for workers on 1st may in return for loyalty, on 2nd may the nazis banned trade unions and arrested their leaders

Question 18

what was the ban on other parties ?

Answer 18

juluy 1933 the nazis banned other political parties creating a one party stake

Question 19

what did the death of Hindenburg allow Hitler ?

Answer 19

Hitler combined the roles of chancellor and president under the new role called the Fuhrer