Nazi Control In Germany

Question 1

How did nazi propaganda have an effect on people?

Answer 1

They made the Germans want to join in with the nazis by making them feel isolated from the rest of the country

Question 2

Who was Heinrich himmler?

Answer 2

The leader of the SS and hitlers personal bodyguard

Question 3

When were the first concentration camps set up?

Answer 3

1933

Question 4

Who were the first concentration camps intentionally made for?

Answer 4

Political prisoners

Question 5

What happened between himmler and hitler in 1944?

Answer 5

Himmler attempted to murder hitler

Question 6

Who did hitler see as his natural successor?

Answer 6

Reinhard Heydrich

Question 7

Who was Heydrich in charge of?

Answer 7

The gestapo and the police

Question 8

Why was the fear factor such an effective way to keep control over Germany?

Answer 8

• people feared the gestapo because they didn’t wear uniform and could be anyone, didn’t want to speak out against nazis in fear of being overheard by the gestapo
• their neighbours would just disappear and they feared the unknown
• don’t want to be hurt by the gestapo or the SS

Question 9

Why was propaganda such an effective way to keep control over Germany?

Answer 9

• the nazi propaganda made the Germans feel isolated if they don’t support them so this encouraged them to support the nazis
• the propaganda enticed them into believing in the nazis by blaming other people for all of Germany’s problems

Question 10

Name 7 types of nazi propaganda

Answer 10

• posters
• speeches
• cinema
• radio
• newspapers
• school (brainwashing)
• Olympics

Question 11

When were the Olympics in Berlin?

Answer 11

1936

Question 12

What did hitler see the Olympics as an opportunity for?

Answer 12

• displaying the Aryan race’s superiority

* to show Germany as efficient, powerful and successful

Question 13

What did Germany build for the Olympics to show that it is a modern and civilised country?

Answer 13

Modern stadium equipped with televisions and new lighting

Question 14

How did hitler try to destroy his anti Jewish image in the Olympics?

Answer 14

He included 1 Jew in Germany’s team

Question 15

What were foreigners at the Olympics shocked by?

Answer 15

Germany’s devotion to Hitler

Question 16

What were foreigners appalled by at the Olympics?

Answer 16

The number of guards patrolling the stadium

Question 17

What were foreigners amazed at in the Olympics?

Answer 17

The scale of the stadium

Question 18

How many people could berlins Olympic stadium hold?

Answer 18

100,000

Question 19

Who contradicted hitlers theory on Arian race superiority?

Answer 19

Jesse Owens

Question 20

How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?

Answer 20

4 gold medals

Question 21

How many world records did Jesse Owens beat at the 1936 Olympics?

Answer 21

11 world records

Question 22

Who was hitlers main director for propaganda films?

Answer 22

Leni Riefenstahl

Question 23

Give an example of Leni Riefenstahl’s work

Answer 23

Triumph of the Will

Question 24

What was the purpose of nazi propaganda films?

Answer 24

• to remind people of the scale of the changes taking place

* to encourage people to join in

Question 25

What did nazi propaganda films make hitler and nazis look like?

Answer 25

They made hitler and the nazis out to be wonderful, portraying them as celebrities with thousands of adoring fans

Question 26

What were set up to reward German workers for staying loyal to the nazis?

Answer 26

Organisations and schemes that provided German workers with incentives

Question 27

Name 2 schemes that were set up as incentives for German workers

Answer 27

* strength through joy | * beauty of labour

Question 28

What did the strength through joy scheme provide German workers with?

Answer 28

* cheap tickets for cinema/theatre * organised courses and trips * access to sports facilities

Question 29

What did the beauty of labour movement provide for German workers?

Answer 29

* improved working conditions * washing areas * canteens * opportunity to save money for their own car

Question 30

What car was offered to people in the beauty of labour movement?

Answer 30

Volkswagen Beetle

Question 31

How did nazi propaganda present the German workers and how did this make them feel and consequently do?

Answer 31

The nazi propaganda portrayed the German workers as great, which made them feel good about themselves and encouraged them to support the nazis

Question 32

What front did all German workers have to join?

Answer 32

German Labour Front

Question 33

What was the purpose of the German labour front?

Answer 33

To keep strict control of the workers

Question 34

What year were trade unions banned?

Answer 34

1933

Question 35

Name 6 disadvantages of nazi rule in Germany

Answer 35

* parties that supported the workers, like communists and socialists, were banned * workers were forced to work longer hours * if you refused work you were labelled as workshy and would be sent to concentration camps * workers were part of the German labour front which controlled where they worked and their pay * Jewish and female workers found it hard to find work * no one ever got a VW beetle * many workers felt that their lives did not improve after the depression

Question 36

Name 8 advantages of nazi rule in Germany

Answer 36

* owners of big industries made huge profits due to cheap labour * lots of autobahns were built * affordable cars and radios were produced * wages rose a little * proves of things controlled by nazis decreased a little to make sure basics were not too expensive * unemployment had more or less vanished by 1939 * organisations to benefit German workers * Germany was more able to survive on its own without importing goods from abroad

Question 37

Name the 3 main methods that the nazis used to keep control in Germany

Answer 37

* fear factor * propaganda * incentives

Question 38

Why were nazi incentives effective in controlling the German workers?

Answer 38

The thought of the rewards encouraged them to support nazis so that they would be given the rewards

Question 39

What did the nazis do to the school textbooks in order to attempt to control education and why?

Answer 39

Textbooks were rewritten according to nazi beliefs in order to indoctrinate children from a young age into supporting nazi ideas

Question 40

What did teachers have to be a part of? What did they have to do?

Answer 40

The nazi teachers league Take an oath to hitler

Question 41

Give 3 examples of typical classes that German children would have to take

Answer 41

* German history * politics * racial hygiene

Question 42

What race of people were not permitted to be teachers?

Answer 42

Jewish people

Question 43

After nazis took over Germany, who took control of German schools?

Answer 43

A minister of education

Question 44

Why did nazis use questions like this: The cost of a lunatic asylum costs 6 million marks. How many houses at 15,000 marks each could be bought for that amount?

Answer 44

The "lunatic asylum" refers to the places where the minority groups were sent/concentration camps