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Day of Potsdam
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Created by Goebbels. President Hindenburg handed over his power to Hitler
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What date did the Day of Potsdam take place?
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21st March 1933
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Who were the three Chancellors before Hitler?
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Brüning => couldn't end depression. Papen => unpopular and the vote of no confidence. Schleicher => asked to resign by Hindenburg
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Who are the November Criminals
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The people who signed to end WWII
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Lebensraum
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"Living space" - one of Hitler's key policies
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When did democratic rule end in Germany?
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1933 => made worse by the Wall Street Crash
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What is the Concordat of Rome?
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The agreement between the Church and the Nazis that the Church would approve of Hitler's take over of power so long as he didn't interfere with the Church
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How did Hitler break the Concordat with Rome?
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1939 => most Catholic schools are banned. Children were pressured into joining the Hitler Youth rather than Catholic Youth clubs
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What year did Hitler ban other political parties?
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1933
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The Ministry for Public Enlightenment
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Founded in 1933 and taken over by Goebbels. It used many forms of media to spread the Nazi message and anyone who didn't conform would be prosecuted
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German Labour Front
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The Nazi trade union organisation which replaced the trade unions of the Weimar Republic
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What date does President Hindenburg die?
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2nd August 1934
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The Enabling Act
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Set in 1933 it gave the Nazis full legal powers and allowed Hitler to become a dictator
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What date did the Night of the Long Knives take place?
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The night of 29th June 1934
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What was the Night of the Long Knives?
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The night in which the SS attacked the SA under Hitler's orders
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Ernst Röhm
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Leader of the SA - wants a second revolution
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When was the Reichstag fire?
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27th February 1933
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What are the February Decrees?
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Done on 28th February 1933. Gave Gestapo the power to hold people indefinitely in custody. It was used to repress the KPD and used Article 48 to do it
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Article 48
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Allowed Hindenburg and future Chancellors to govern Germany by Decrees
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Freikorps
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Soldiers who came back from WWI feeling stabbed in the back by the November Criminals
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Who are the SS?
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Originally Hitler's bodyguards. However, after attacking the SA they became the main instruments of terror in Germany
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Who are the Gestapo?
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The secret police that came under the SS rule in 1933
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Who were the SD?
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The intelligence of the SS headed by Heydrich
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Himmler
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Chief of Police
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Volksgemainscheft
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"People's community" => improved midwifery, improved sanitation, pensions, marriage grants etc
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Who are the Swing Kids?
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Mainly upper and middle class youths. Met in bars and listened to forbidden music by Jewish and American artists
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