Nazi Control and Dictatorship and life in Nazi Germany

Question 1

when was the Reichstag fire

Answer 1

27 Febuary 1933

Question 2

How did the Reichstag fire help Hitler

Answer 2

Hitler used the fire to persuade Hindenburg to pass an emergency law restricting personal liberty. This enabled him to imprison many communist leaders, which stopped them campaigning during the election. This means he has more of a chance of gaining more seats

Question 3

What was the Enabiling act

Answer 3

the Reichstag voted by the required two-thirds majority to give Hitler the right to make laws without the Reichstag’s approval for four years

Question 4

How did the enabling act help Hitler rise to power

Answer 4

. It gave Hitler absolute power to make laws, which enabled him to destroy all opposition to his rule.

Question 5

when was the enabiling act

Answer 5

23 march 1933

Question 6

when were trade unons banned

Answer 6

may 1933

Question 7

why were trade unions banned

Answer 7

because they could encourage workers to strike

Question 8

when were all political parties (apart from the Nazi party) banned?

Answer 8

14 July 1933

Question 9

what resulted in The Night of Long Knives

Answer 9

Rohm (leader of the SA) and the SA demanded that the SA take over the army and that the Nazis go back to their socialist ideas. Hitler couldn’t afford to anger wealthy business men and the military so the SS started the night of Long Knives.

Question 10

How many people died during the night of long knives

Answer 10

400 members of the SS along with many of Hitler’s other opposition

Question 11

when was the Night of Long Knives

Answer 11

30 June 1934

Question 12

out of the police states, which group was the most important

Answer 12

The SS

Question 13

who where the Gestapo

Answer 13

The Nazis secret police force whose role was to monitor the German population to check for no opposition.

Question 14

who were the SD

Answer 14

this was the intelligence gathering agency of the SS.

Question 15

when was the SD introduced

Answer 15

1931

Question 16

How did the Nazis control the legal system?

Answer 16

Judges had to swear oath of loyalty to Hitler

Layers had to join the Nazi Lawyers’ association in which they could be controlled

role of defense lawyer in criminal law was weakened

Question 17

Why did Hitler dislike the Christian church

Answer 17

He found their emphasis on peace concerning as it could cause opposition to his methods

Question 18

How did Hitler control the church

Answer 18

He created the Reich Church to promote Nazi ideas

Question 19

What was different about the Reich Church

Answer 19

It did not use the Old Testament as that was seen as a ‘Jewish Book’

Question 20

How did the Nazis use sport as propaganda

Answer 20

They hosted the Olympics in which the Nazis used as an opportunity to showcase the success of the regime and to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race.

Question 21

How did the Nazis control the German media

Answer 21

censored newspapers

control over radio broadcasts

mass rallies displaying Nazi propaganda

Question 22

who opposed Nazi regimes

Answer 22

The youth

Catholics

Protestants

Workers

Question 23

How did the youth oppose the Nazi regime

Answer 23

Groups like the Edelweiss Pirates, the White Rose group and swing groups formed in opposition of Nazi values.

Question 24

How did the Catholics oppose the Nazi regime

Answer 24

In 1937 the Pope released a message called ‘With burning concern’ targeting Hitler. It was read out at every Catholic church

Question 25

How did the Protestants oppose the Nazi regime

Answer 25

formed the Confessional Church in opposition to Hitler’s Reich Church

Question 26

How did the Workers oppose the Nazi regime

Answer 26

posted anti-Nazi posters and graffiti, or organised strikes

Question 27

What was the view on women in Nazi Germany

Answer 27

Hitler believed women’s lives should revolve round the three ‘Ks

Question 28

What did Hitler do to encourage the growth of the Aryan race

Answer 28

introducing the Law for the Encouragement of Marriage which gave newlywed couples a loan of 1,000 marks, and allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child they had

Question 29

How did Nazis focus on the youth

Answer 29

Introducing Hitler youth (which was later compulsry)

Introducing The League for German Maidens

The school curriculum was altered to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities

Question 30

What happened to unemployment during the Nazi control

Answer 30

It was massively reduced as a result of the introduction of the National Service League. This meant young men who spent six months in the NSL would be recruited into the army

Question 31

Why did the Nazis persecute certain groups of people

Answer 31

Nazis believed were a threat to the purity of the Aryan race

Question 32

Who did Nazis persecute?

Answer 32

homosexuals, Jews, disabled people, travelers etc

Question 33

How did The Nuremberg Laws formalise anti-Semitism into the Nazi state

Answer 33

It meant Jews could not:
have a citizenship
marry someone who is not Jewish
have any civil or political rights

Question 34

When was Kristallnacht?

Answer 34

9 November 1938

Question 35

Why did Kristallnacht occur?

Answer 35

in retaliation for the assassination of the German ambassador to France by a Jew

Question 36

what happened during Kristallnacht

Answer 36

The SS organised attacks on Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues