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Weekly Review 3 Flashcards

1
Q

When was ‘The Night of the Long Knives’?

A

30 June 1934

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2
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How many people were arrested and murdered by the SA after the Night of the Long Knives?

A

Several hundred

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3
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Which prominent figures were arrested and murdered on the Night of the Long Knives?

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Rohm and Von Schleicher

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4
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What was the Marburg Speech?

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Given at the University of Marburg by Von Papen, criticised the SA and other aspects of Nazism

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5
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How many laws did the Reichstag pass from 1934 to 1945?

A

7

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6
Q

When was the Civil Service purged of Jews and opponents?

A

1933

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7
Q

What ministry did Hitler set up and prefer to the foreign ministry?

A

Bureau Rippentrop

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8
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What new ministry was set up with Joseph Goebbels in charge?

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Reich Propaganda Ministry

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9
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What was the principle of Volksgemeinschaft?

A

German nation working together as a racially united body under Nazi government

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10
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What was the policy of Führerprinzip?

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Hierarchy which Nazi state operated under, each level had a clear leader

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11
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What was Wilhelm Frick’s role?

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Minister of the Interior, ran regional and local government

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12
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When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich?

A

30 January 1934

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13
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What was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich?

A

Terminated the Laender

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14
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When was the Gestapo set up?

A

26 April 1933

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15
Q

Who ran the Gestapo?

A

Goering

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16
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What happened to the Gestapo in 1936?

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Taken over by the SS but still run as separate groups

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17
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What were concentration camps initially?

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Run by Gestapo, opponents could be held indefinitely without trial

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18
Q

What was the change in numbers of SS personnel?

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rose from 240,000 in 1939 to over 1 million in 1944

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19
Q

How many ‘military districts’ were formed?

A

13

20
Q

What was the Volkssturm?

A

Home Guard

21
Q

Who was appointed high commander of the armed forces?

A

Wilhelm Keitel

22
Q

What was the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich?

A

Co-ordinate domestic affairs to support the war effort

23
Q

When was the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich set up?

A

30 August 1939

24
Q

Who was a part of the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich?

A

Chaired by Goering, members: Frick, Funk, Keitel, Hess and Lammers

25
Q

What was Walther Funk’s role?

A

Minister of the Economy

26
Q

What was Rudolf Hess’ role?

A

deputy Fuehrer

27
Q

What was Hans Lammers’ role?

A

Secretary

28
Q

When was the Ministerial Council for the Defence of the Reich disbanded?

A

November 1939

29
Q

Who was the ‘Group of Three’?

A

Frick, Funk and Keitel

30
Q

What was Lebensraum?

A

Land taken from other countries to provide Germany with resources

31
Q

Who was in charge of clearing out undesirables from the Lebensraum?

A

SS

32
Q

What happened to Polish leaders?

A

Shot

32
Q

What did Hitler declare all Poles to be?

A

Untrustworthy, only used for hard labour

33
Q

Who was in charge of running the new Lebensraum?

A

11 new Reichsgau

34
Q

What happened to Southern Poland?

A

Treated as a colony, used as a dumping ground

35
Q

How many Germans moved to Warthegau (Western Poland)?

A

Over half a million

36
Q

How many Poles were deported East to make room?

A

Over half a million

37
Q

What power did the Gauleiters gain in 1942?

A

Control of all civil defence measures

38
Q

When was the Decree for the Implementation of Total War Mobilisation?

A

August 1944

39
Q

What was the Decree for the Implementation of Total War Mobilisation?

A

Gave the Gauleiters control over local bureaucracy and local businesses

40
Q

When did Germany invade the USSR?

A

22 June 1941

41
Q

What age did Germany conscript boys from in 1944?

A

16

42
Q

When did the USA join WW2?

A

December 1941

43
Q

When did Hitler commit suicide?

A

30 April 1945

44
Q

When did Goebbels commit suicide?

A

1 May 1945 (day after Hitler)

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