Nazi Germany Flashcards
(21 cards)
How did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933?
Appointed by President Hindenburg due to political deals. Von Papen believed he could control Hitler.
What was the Reichstag Fire (1933)?
Blamed on a communist. Hitler used it to pass the Reichstag Fire Decree and arrest opposition.
What was the Enabling Act (1933)?
Let Hitler make laws without Reichstag. Gave him legal dictatorship powers.
What was the Night of the Long Knives (1934)?
Hitler killed SA leaders and Röhm. Removed threats and gained army’s support.
How did Hitler become Führer?
Combined Chancellor and President roles in 1934. Army swore loyalty to him.
How did Nazis control Germany?
Through fear, propaganda, SS, Gestapo, censorship, and loyalty to Hitler.
What was the SS?
Led by Himmler. Enforced Nazi policies, ran camps, crushed opposition.
What was the Gestapo?
Secret police. Spied on people and arrested enemies without trial.
How did Nazis use propaganda?
Goebbels controlled media to glorify Hitler and push Nazi ideas.
How did Hitler reduce unemployment?
Public works, conscription, rearmament, removed Jews/women from jobs.
What was the RAD?
Reich Labour Service. Forced young men to work on state projects.
What were the Nuremberg Laws (1935)?
Banned Jews from citizenship and marriage with Germans. Legalised racism.
What happened on Kristallnacht (1938)?
Nazis attacked Jews, destroyed property, arrested thousands. Turning point.
What were Nazi views on women?
Women should focus on family: children, kitchen, church (3Ks).
How did Nazis control youth?
Boys in Hitler Youth, girls in BDM. Taught Nazi loyalty and roles.
How did Nazi schools change?
Curriculum rewrote to promote Nazi beliefs, racism, and Hitler worship.
What was the Concordat (1933)?
Nazis agreed with the Pope not to interfere with Church if it stayed out of politics.
How did some Germans resist?
Swing Youth, Edelweiss Pirates, churchmen like Niemöller and Bonhoeffer.
What was Nazi racial ideology?
Aryans seen as superior. Jews, Slavs, Roma, disabled as inferior.
What was Lebensraum?
Nazi idea for ‘living space’ in Eastern Europe for Germans.
What happened to Jews in WWII?
Ghettos, camps, then Holocaust. Final Solution began in 1942.
