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Reichstag fire |
27th Feb 1933 - the Reichstag building is set on fire. People needed someone to blame so Hitler blamed the communist. Leader van der Lubbe arrested |
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Enabling acts |
23rd March 1933 - the SA intimidates all the non nazi deputies Banned communists under his emergency powers.
The Reichstag votes to give hitler the right to make his own laws Enables him to establish a dictatorship |
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General election |
5th March 1933 - only 44% of people vote for the nazi party but they wanted the majority votes |
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Night of long knives |
30th June 1934 - some SA leaders are demanding that the Nazi party carry out its socialist agenda, and that the SA take over the army. Hitler cannot afford to annoy the businessmen or the army, so the SS murders perhaps 400 of the SA members, including its leader Röhm, along with a number of Hitler's other opponents. |
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Führer |
19th August 1934 - when Hindenburg dies, Hitler declares himself jointly president, chancellor and head of the army. |
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Trade unions |
2nd may 1933 - abolished and leaders arrested |
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The gestapo |
Secret state police - ruthless organisation who's aim was to eliminate political opponents & rounding up Jews |
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Who did the nazi's class as non Germans & execute |
Tried to eliminate the Jews. Killed 85 per cent of Germany's Gypsies. Sterilised black people. Killed mentally disabled babies. Killed mentally ill patients. Sterilised physically disabled people and people with hereditary diseases. Sterilised deaf people. Put homosexuals, prostitutes, Jehovah's Witnesses, alcoholics, pacifists, beggars, hooligans and criminals - who they regarded as anti-social - into concentration camps. |
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how Hitler controlled religion |
1. openly killed jews 2. sent non nazi pastors to concentration camps 3. set up the reich church which banned bibles and the cross 4. encouraged people to revive old viking myths and ceremonies |
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autarky |
not to trade with other countries and really on completely their own resources - closed economy wasn't successful scientist tried to make oil from coal and materials such as rubber, cotton etc farmers had to produce more food & imports were reduced |
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how nazi controlled schools |
Science - teach students how aryan race is superior History - taught students how Germany are superior and jews are bad Maths - question would portray germans as being superior non-nazi teachers sacked |
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properganda |
cult of personality - has face everywhere, portrayed as germanys saviour films glorifies war and against jews newspapers censored mass rallies in nuremberg |
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terror |
the ss & gestapo concentration camps set up nazi peoples court arrested opponents |
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groups against nazi values |
swing groups - drank alcohol, played jazz music edelweiss pirates - made anti-nazi slogans and songs, attacked nazi officers and killed gestapo leader in 1944, so they were publicly hung white rose group - non violent group against nazis, formed by students at Munich university - made leaflets against nazis |
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how hitler increased employment |
re-arment in 1935 created a lot of jobs jewish people were sacked many women sacked began a huge program public work - planting trees, building stadium, houses etc he stopped paying reparation & invested money into german companies |
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Hitler youth |
Marches & parades Physically fit Alienated because hitter your believe first loyalty should be to Hitler |
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Hitler youth population |
Half of German boys members in 1933 Made compulsory in 1939
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League of German Maidens population |
15% members in 1933 |
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Hit key youth activities |
Matches & parades Cross country Cleaning riffles
After 1939 More war relates exercises Hatred increased |
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What were the League of German Maidens taught |
Health and house keeping skills |
