Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
108 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Ermächtigungsgesetz
March 23, 1933 |
date and name of the enabling act that allowed Hitler to pass laws, making him a dictator backed up with force.
|
|
Brunau
|
town where Hitler was Born
|
|
Vienna Art Academy
|
rejected Hitler as a boy and sent him to live in Vienna to be influenced by the poverty and politicians.
|
|
Schonerer
|
leader of the small, right-wing, anti-sematic group who didn't like the disproportional success of the Jewish people as bankers, Educators, and lawyers. influenced Hitler.
|
|
Leuger
|
mayor of Vienna who influenced Hitler in his anti-sematic and populist ideas.
|
|
Populist
|
exploiting the fears and concerns of the masses and therefore is popular to the masses
|
|
Paul Von Hindnberg
|
ran against Hitler for president and won. later named Hitler chancellor, despite the fact that he hated him, but was allowed to die a peaceful death. was never replaced, giving Hitler power.
|
|
Mein Kamph
|
"my struggle". the book written by Hitler in prison about Propaganda and Mass rallies, primacy of race (blood), and living space.
|
|
Jewish Diaspora
|
spreading of the Jewish people after the Romans kicked them out. went to Germany and north, along the medeterranian, and to India and China
|
|
Lebensheum
|
living space, by Hitler, that the Germans needed more of because of a larger, more urban population.
|
|
Coalition
|
2 or more parties team up and run country.
|
|
Article 48
|
gave the president power to give emergency powers to the chancellor. was a loophole in the constitution and allowed Hitler to rise to power.
|
|
Brunig
|
chancellor before Hitler who was the center party member. he ran the country by Article 48 for many years as a moderate politician, weakening democracy and giving way to hitler.
|
|
November 6, 1932
|
nazis have 33 percent of the vote
|
|
January, 1933
|
Hitler is named Chancellor by Hindenberg, who greatly disliked him.
|
|
Reichstag Fire
|
parliament building set on fire and, because of the national emergency of the communist overthrow, Hitler invokes article 48 and rounds up communists and socialists and arrests them in just a few days.
|
|
Van Der Lubbe
|
set the Reichstag building on fire.
|
|
March 5, 1933
|
when the Nazi party and the DVP finally get the 51 percent majority in the new election. because of Hitler's control of the press.
|
|
The Third Reich
|
the Third Empire under Hitler
|
|
Gleichshaltung
|
the movement of the Nazis to get EVERYTHING into the nazi gear.
|
|
Eugenics
|
improving humans by getting rid of undesirable traits.
|
|
Mixlings
|
mixed race
|
|
Asoziale
|
a catch-all term for those deemed "asocial" or socially unwanted. "genetically inferior"
|
|
Nula Poema sine Lege
|
no punishment without prior law. ignored in Nazi germany
|
|
WWFD - what would the folk do?
|
the idea that judges had to rule by - not by law but by feeling.
|
|
Hitler Jugend
|
Nazi boy scouts
|
|
"race Science" - phrenology
|
2 names for the science practiced by nazies of the studying of the skull for intelligence.
|
|
Triumph of the will
|
propaganda movie of Hitler's that had smiling faces, happy scenery, and small children to prove that Germany was happy and successful under Hitler.
|
|
Leni Riefenstahl
|
director of the propaganda movie and a close working partner and friend of Hitler which later blacklisted her as a Nazi.
|
|
Heil Hitler
Sigeheil |
2 cries of Nazi Germany of "Hail Hitler" and "victory hail"
|
|
Autobahn
|
first super highway created by Hitler
|
|
Volkswaggen
|
people's car.
|
|
Wolfsburg
|
town that was dedicated to the people's car and created for that purpouse.
|
|
1936 4 year plan
|
year of rearmament and plan for that. exactly this many years after, WWII starts
|
|
Kraft Durch Freude
Strength through Joy |
english and German name for the state-paid vacations for the low-income Germans.
|
|
Autobahn
|
first super highway created by Hitler
|
|
Volkswaggen
|
people's car.
|
|
Wolfsburg
|
town that was dedicated to the people's car and created for that purpouse.
|
|
1936 4 year plan
|
year of rearmament and plan for that. exactly this many years after, WWII starts
|
|
Kraft Durch Freude
Strength through Joy |
english and German name for the state-paid vacations for the low-income Germans.
|
|
Autobahn
|
first super highway created by Hitler
|
|
Volkswaggen
|
people's car.
|
|
Wolfsburg
|
town that was dedicated to the people's car and created for that purpouse.
|
|
1936 4 year plan
|
year of rearmament and plan for that. exactly this many years after, WWII starts
|
|
Kraft Durch Freude
Strength through Joy |
english and German name for the state-paid vacations for the low-income Germans.
|
|
Ernst Rohm
|
the leader of the Brown Shirts who was a threat to Hitler because of their loyalty to him and his second revolution ideas.
|
|
June 30, 1934
Night Of Long Knives |
the date and name of the night where all of Hitler's enemies were killed.
|
|
SS
Schutz Staffel |
protection squad who were the really nasty guys.
|
|
Deadheads
|
the SS sent to the eastern front to round up and kill thousands of Jews.
|
|
Himmler
|
leader of the SS nasties.
|
|
Fuherprinzip
|
what would the Furer do? what all the leaders asked themselves when making decisions.
|
|
March 1933
|
when the Germans were encouraged to Boycott Jewish business
|
|
April 1933
|
Jews in civil service fired.
|
|
September 1935
Nuremberg Laws |
date and name of the laws that were the nazi effor to create a legal code explaining what a jew is and their limits in German society. took away their citizenship.
|
|
Guernica
|
the Picasso Painting of the bombing of the town called Guernica of the German airfoce helping the Spanish Fascists and Conservatives.
|
|
NIght of Broken Glass
November 9, 1938 |
date and name of the night where 20,000 Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps and all their property was burned.
|
|
KZ - Konzentration Lagen
|
literally meaning "concentration camps" was the first type of camp
|
|
VL - Vernictungslagen
|
"Extermination camps" and teh second, more deadly type of camp
|
|
Dachau
|
first sizable camp
|
|
Niemoeller
|
(Martin)was a catholic who spoke against Hitler and was imprisoned
|
|
Zyklon B
|
type of gas used to gas the Jews in the chambers
|
|
Joseph mengele
|
spent time at Dahau as the Nazi Dr. used Jews for military reserach and greatly desired twins.
|
|
See Wann
|
town where there was the meeting that was the official announcement of the extermination of Jews.
|
|
Heydrich
|
lead the meeting at Wannsee
|
|
"final solution"
|
the actual extermination of Jews in extermination camps.
|
|
Auschwitz
|
biggest extermination camp where 1.25 million people were killed.
|
|
Treblinka
|
second biggest death camp where 2/3 of a million people were killed.
|
|
Anschluss
|
combing through Germany and Austria
|
|
Munich Crisis
|
when the Sudetan land of the Czechs was given to Germany without its concsent.
|
|
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Nazi Soviet Pact |
2 names for the non-agression pact between Germany and Russia
|
|
September 1st 1939
|
Poland invaded Germany
|
|
September 3rd, 1939
|
Brtain and France declare war on Germany
|
|
Manhattan Project
|
Nuclear invention helped by Einstein and tested in the southwest
|
|
August 6, 1945
|
Hiroshima bombed
|
|
Enola Gay
|
flew the plane that bombed Hiroshima
|
|
August 9, 1945
|
Nagasaki bombed
|
|
September 2, US Missouri
|
Japanese emperor signed peace and surrendered
|
|
VJ day
|
when the Japanese surrendered
|
|
1949
|
Israel formed
|
|
1941
|
Roosevelt and Churchill met for a peace settlement of WWII
|
|
Four Freedoms
|
free trade
freedom from fear freedom from want freedom from force/agression agasint communism |
|
January 13
Casablanca meeting |
date and name of the meeting where the FDR and Churchill met and agreed to not accept anything but complete surrender
|
|
Tehran Conference
December '43 |
date and name of the strategic meeting of the big 3 where Stalin asks to open another front and they open on Normandy on DDay
|
|
October 1944
|
Secret meeting where FDR isn't present and they make a map. England gets Greece, Russia gets Bulgaria and Romania and Yugoslavia/Hungary is shared
|
|
yalta
|
meeting where Europe was divided and Germany made into occupation zones
|
|
Morgenthou plan
|
rejected, but a plan to make Germany completely into an agricultural state.
|
|
Potsdam meeting
July '45 |
name and date of the meeting in Sansusi where germany is demilitarized, de nazified and war criminals are punished. reperations come out of zones and the polish border decided based on rivers
|
|
Clemet Atlee
|
new prime minister of England after Churchill voted out
|
|
President Truman
|
new president after FDR died
|
|
Oder and Nessie
|
rivers allong Polish Borders
|
|
Nuremberg Trials
|
putting nazis on trial.
|
|
Vishy France
|
a portion of France rulled by collaborators of Nazis, such as Laval and Petain
|
|
Vidkun Quisting
|
a word that literally means tratior, he was a collaborator with the Nazis in Sweeden.
|
|
Blitzkrieg
|
the series of rules for invasion. first areal bombardment, then tanks and machines and then the infantry.
|
|
"Fortress Europe"
|
the term used to describe all of Europe under Hitler
|
|
Erwin Rommel
Desert Fox |
the German general who worked in Africa and later attempted to assassinate Hitler
|
|
Dunkirk
|
the evacuation of British soldiers called a miracle.
|
|
Magionot Line
|
the reinforced line that extended along the border of France.
|
|
Land Lease
|
created by Roosevelt to appease the people
|
|
DDay
|
the new front opened on Normandy with many people and men.
|
|
Slaughterhouse 5
Curt Vonagut |
name and author of a book qritten after the German surrender.
|
|
Moltov Ribbentrop pact
|
the non agresssion pact between Nazi germany and the Soviets.
|
|
Anschluss
|
combing of Germany
|
|
Munich Crisis
|
Czech Sudetan land given to Germany without its consent
|
|
General Douglas
|
predicted that the Japanese will return
|
|
Manhattan Project
|
project led by einstein to make nuclear weapons.
|
|
Hiroshima
Nagasaki 1945 |
2 names and date of those cities in Japan that were bombed.
|
|
VJ day - victory in Japan day
|
the day when the Japanese surrender.
|