Nazi Germany

Question 1

ernst rohm

Answer 1

leader of the SA, intimidated voters and attacked communists

Question 2

hitler

Answer 2

leader of the nazi party

Question 3

hermann goering

Answer 3

2nd in command,created the gestapo

Question 4

rudolph hess

Answer 4

3rd in power, deputy leader, job was to sign legislation laws

Question 5

henrich himmler

Answer 5

led the ss

Question 6

wilhelm frick

Answer 6

minister of interior, looked after german society

Question 7

joseph goebbels

Answer 7

head of propaganda

Question 8

when was the reichstag fire

Answer 8

february 27 1933

Question 9

what was the reichstag fire

Answer 9

parliament was set on fire by communists led by martin van de lubbe

Question 10

when was the first enabling act

Answer 10

5 march 1933

Question 11

when was the second enabling act

Answer 11

24 march 1933

Question 12

why did the nazis get voted in the second time

Answer 12

they formed a coliation with the dnvp party and gained 52 more seats

Question 13

how many seats did the nazis get in total

Answer 13

340 seats

Question 14

how did the enabling act allow hitler to gain more power

Answer 14

made him dictator, replaces democracy with dictatorship, can set laws without reichstag approval

Question 15

eliminating the SA

Answer 15

hitler created evidence to get them arrested, he holds a special meeting and kills them all

Question 16

why was the SA a threat

Answer 16

they were becoming very violent and difficult to control

Question 17

judges and law courts

Answer 17

hitler banned jurys and the judge was a nazi so the decision would go there way

Question 18

types of propaganda

Answer 18

radio,newspapers,rallies,berlin olympics, films

Question 19

when did hitler become chancellor

Answer 19

january 1933

Question 20

what did nazi propaganda promise

Answer 20

promised to end the depression and remove the communist threat

Question 21

when did president hinderburg die

Answer 21

august 1994

Question 22

what happened after president hindenburg died

Answer 22

nazis announced that hitler was now both chancellor and president, he was now the fuhrer

Question 23

when was the reichstag fire

Answer 23

february 1933

Question 24

who set the building on fire

Answer 24

van der lubbe

Question 25

what did the nazis claim about the reichstag fire

Answer 25

that it was apart of a larger communist revolution

Question 26

reichstag fire degree

Answer 26

hitler manipulated hinderburg into passing this act

Question 27

what was the reichstag fire decree

Answer 27

allowed police to search houses, ban meetings and shut down newspapers

Question 28

what is gleichschaltung

Answer 28

coordination and bringing into line

Question 29

what was the civil service act

Answer 29

jews could no longer work for any government jobs

Question 30

what was trade union

Answer 30

organisation of worker who tried to improve pay and working conditions

Question 31

what was the night of long knives

Answer 31

a lethal purge of hitlers SA in 1934 killing over 1000 officials he considered too radical such as ernst rohm

Question 32

what was the treaty of versailles

Answer 32

-1919
-restricting german armed forces
-reduced german territory

Question 33

local government taken over by nazis

Answer 33

26 th april 1934

Question 34

when we’re trade unions banned

Answer 34

2 may 1933

Question 35

knight of the long knives

Answer 35

30th june 1934
hitler ordered the ss to kill sa men
he was embarrassed by the sa
sa helped him rise to power

Question 36

death of hindenburg

Answer 36

august 1934
hitler took over office as president and leader of army
now the fuhrer

Question 37

who were the ss

Answer 37

in charge of police and community services
himmler is leader
ran the concentration camps
240000 men

Question 38

law against formation of new parties

Answer 38

political parties banned in july
leaders are putting in prison

Question 39

who were the sd

Answer 39

security services of germany
heydrich was the leader
kept a card index with details of everyone suspected to oppose nazi party

Question 40

who were the block wardens

Answer 40

responsible of neighbourhoods
in charge of spreading propaganda
spied on population
half a million members

Question 41

judges and the legal system

Answer 41

if judges displeased judges they were sacked- league for the maintenance of the law
interests of the nazi party were more important than the law
hitler abolished trial by jury

Question 42

who were the gestapo

Answer 42

identified anyone who criticised nazis
used fear as there main weapon
given power to use torture

Question 43

what is indoctrination

Answer 43

process of teaching a person or a group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

Question 44

propaganda in nazi germany

Answer 44

goebbles head of propaganda
used radio to broadcast propaganda
newsreels movies books needed approval to be published
all media must present the nazi vision

Question 45

use of radio

Answer 45

70% of houses had a radio to listen to hitlers broadcasts

Question 46

use of posters

Answer 46

used to repeat hitler as the protecter of germany, germany as superior, hitler as the saviour

Question 47

use of book burning

Answer 47

jewish books are burnt

Question 48

rallies and speeches

Answer 48

rallies held in nuremburg every year
hitler gave a speech
thousands attended every year

Question 49

use of sport- propaganda

Answer 49

berlin olympics- show germany in good light
germany won 33 medals huge success for nazism
insisted everhone made the nazi salute

Question 50

the use of film- propaganda

Answer 50

all films had to be approved by goebbels
Hansi the canary is pestered by horrible black crows that have jewish features