World War 2 Assesssment Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is the Gestapo?
The Gestapo was the state secret police
When was the Hitler youth introduced?
1936
What happens to Catholic youth groups in 1936?
They were all shut down
What did the ‘Edelweiss Pirates’ try to do?
They were trying to avoid the Hitler youth group
What did the Edelweiss Pirates do to the Gestapo?
They killed a Gestapo chief
What happened when the Edelweiss Pirates killed the Gestapo chief?
12 of them were publicly hanged
What does censorship mean?
It is when unacceptable parts or whole books, films, newspapers are officially edited, changed and destroyed
What is propaganda?
It is government posters, films, newsreels etc. that encouraged people to think a certain way
What does untermenschen mean?
It is sub-humans. Non-Aryan people such as Jews
What is Aryan?
The master race that the Nazis and Hitler were trying to create
