Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-39 Flashcards
The creation of dictator ship 1933-34
.The Reichstag Fire. The Enabling Act and the banning of other
parties and trade unions.
• The threat from Röhm and the SA, the Night of the Long Knives and the death of von Hindenburg. Hitler becomes Führer, the army and oath of allegiance.
The police state
• The role of the Gestapo, the SS, the SD and concentration camps.
• Nazi control of the legal system, judges and law courts.
• Nazi policies towards the Catholic and Protestant Churches, including the Reich Church and the Concordat.
Controlling and influencing attitudes
.Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda: censorship, Nazi use of media, rallies and sport, including the Berlin Olympics (1936).
• Nazi control of culture and the arts, including art, architecture, literature and film.
Opposition, resistance and conformity
• The extent of support for the Nazi regime.
• Opposition from the Churches, including the role of Pastor Niemöller.
• Opposition from the young, including the Swing Youth and the Edelweiss Pirates.
Nazi policies towards women
• Nazi views on women and the family.
• Nazi policies towards women, including marriage and family,
employment and appearance.
Nazi policies towards the young
• Nazi aims and policies towards the young. The Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens.
• Nazi control of the young through education, including the curriculum and teachers.
Employment and living standards
• Nazi policies to reduce unemployment, including labour service, autobahns, rearmament and invisible unemployment.
• Changes in the standard of living, especially of German workers.
The Labour Front, Strength Through Joy, Beauty of Labour.
The persecution of minorities
• Nazi racial beliefs and policies and the treatment of minority groups:
Slavs, Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, and people with disabilities
• The persecution of Jewish people, including the boycott of Jewish shops and businesses (1933), the Nuremberg Laws and
‘Kristallnacht’.
