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Nazi Control and Opposition Flashcards

1
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What were the 2 main methods that the Nazis used to ensure power?

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Indoctrination and Terror

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Who was the leader of the SS after 1929?

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Heinrich Himmler

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What was SS membership by 1934?

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50,000

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What was SS membership by 1939?

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250,000

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5
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Who set up the Gestapo and when?

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Hermann Goering- 1933

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How many people had been arrested for political crimes by 1939?

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An estimated 160000

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When was the SD set up?

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1931

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What was the role of the SD?

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Was the Nazis main intelligence body- identified potential threats and coordinated their elimination

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What type of opponents were detained at concentration camps?

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Political, ideological and racial opponents

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10
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What did judges have to become a part of?

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The NSRB- National Socialist League for the maintenance of law- ensured Nazi views were endorsed in court

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When was the German Lawyers’ front established?

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October 1933

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How many members did the German Lawyers’ Front have by the end of 1933?

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10,000

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13
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What did judges have to wear on their robes from 1936 onwards?

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The swastika and Nazi eagle

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14
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What court was set in in 1934?

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A new ‘People’s court’, in which the judges were Nazi symphathisers

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15
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List 4 Nazi beliefs that contrasted Christian ones:

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-Glorification of violence
-Saw the weak as inferior
-Racial superiority
-Hitler seen as a god-like being

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Describe the distribution of religious people within Germany at the beginning of the Nazi regime:

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~2/3 of the population were Protestant (mainly in the north) and a further ~1/3 in the south were Catholic

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17
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How did Hitler try and weaken the Church’s power over the country?

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-Established a Ministry of Church Affairs in 1936
-Set up a German Faith Movement in an attempt to displace Christian values

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18
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How do we know that the German Faith Movement wasn’t a resounding success?

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Only around 5% of the population joined it

19
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List 3 reasons why Hitler viewed Catholicism as a threat:

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-Catholics were loyal to the Pope first
-Catholic schools had differing ideals to Nazi ones
-Catholics supported the Centre Party

20
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How did Hitler try to cooperate with the Catholics?

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He signed a concordat with Pope Pius XI to keep politics and Church separate

21
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List 4 ways that Hitler renounced the concordat:

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-Priests were arrested
-Catholic schools abolished
-Catholic youth movements dissolved
-Monasteries closed

22
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What percentage of families owned a radio by 1939?

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around 70%

23
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What was important about the People’s Radio’s technological level of advancement?

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It lacked shortwave reception, so could not pick up foreign broadcasts

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25
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How did the Nazis control film production?

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-Film plots had to be approved by Goebbels
-Stories contained embedded Nazi philosophies

26
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Why were posters a useful propaganda tool?

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They were eye-catching and helped outline a clear message

27
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How many books were burned by students in Berlin in May 1933?

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20,000

28
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How did Nazis control books, plays and poems?

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-Held book burnings in which anti-Nazi content was destroyed
-Writers encouraged to praise Nazis

29
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What type of architecture did Hitler encourage for public buildings?

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Monumental, grandiose buildings, similar to the architecture of the ancient Greeks and Romans as it reflected the power of the Third Reich

30
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When was the Berlin Olympics?

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1936

31
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Why did the Nazis encourage sport?

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To ensure that the nation was fit and healthy for fighting and raising children

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33
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How did the Nazis acquire good public relations in the Berlin Olympics?

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-Stadium largest in the world- could hold 110,000
-Germany won the most medals (33, 26,30)
-Anti-semitic signs removed

34
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How many had been sent to concentration camps in the years 1933-39?

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1.3 million people

35
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Approximately how many had left Germany by 1939?

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300,000

36
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How many generals did Hitler dismiss in 1938 and why?

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16- some had criticised his foreign policy aims

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38
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Name 2 youth groups that opposed the Nazis:

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The Edelweiss Pirates and the Swing Youth

39
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How many Pirates were there by 1939?

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2000

39
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How did the Edelweiss Pirates oppose the Nazis?

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Wore clothes that the Nazis disliked, listened to forbidden music and opposed the Hitler Youth

39
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How did the Swing Youth oppose the Nazis?

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Listened to ‘swing music’ and dressed unconventially

40
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How did some Protestants oppose the Nazis?

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Pastor Martin Niemoller set up the Pastors’ Emergency League in 1933 to oppose the Nazis

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