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28 Cards in this Set
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When did Hitler secure control of the German state? |
January 1933 - August 1934 |
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When was the Reichstag fire burnt down? |
27th February 1933 |
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Who was blamed and put on trial for the fire? |
A Dutch communist - Marius van car lubbe |
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Who did Hitler blame for the fire? |
Communist party |
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What emergency decree did Hitler persuade Hindenburg to pass as a result? |
The 'decree for the protection of the people and the state' |
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What was the ' decree for the protection of the people and state? |
It gave the police powers to detain people without trial |
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What was the enabling act? |
The enabling act gave Hitler power to make laws without the Reichstags consent |
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What did Hitler use the power he got from the enabling act for? |
Removed further opposition
Banning all trade unions
Unions were merged into a German Labour front
Banned all other political parties. (By July 1933 Harmon was a one party state) |
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What was the night of the long knives? |
The SA was becoming a threat to Hitlers power. He removed the threat by purging the SA in the Night of the long knives |
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What were the 3 main reasons for the purge? |
SA were out of control when Hitler was trying to establish a dictorship legally Röhm (leader of SA) wanted to lead a revolution Leading Nazis were concerned about Röhms growing influence |
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What were the SS? |
The group Hinmler (leading Nazi) wanted to replace the SA with |
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What were the 2 main events of the Night of the Long Knives? |
Hitler met with Röhm and 100 other SA leaders where they were then arrested by the SS, Taken to Munich and shot About 400 people were murdered on the purge |
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What were the results of the purge? |
Hitler got rid of opponents The SA had a minor role After Hindenburgs death the army leaders swore alliegence to Hitler |
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What was the role of the SS? |
They were responsible for removing opposition and became a mean of Germans obedience |
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How many members did the SS have in 1939? |
250,000 |
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What was the role of the Gestapo? |
Secret police Could arrest and in prison without trial those expected to have been opposing the state Had the power to send people to concentration camps 😯 |
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What was the role of the SD? |
To find actual and potential enemies of th e Nazi party and ensure they were removed |
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Who ran the concentration camps in 1933? |
SS AND SD |
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Why were people sent to concentration camps? |
If they committed a political offence |
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RANDOM FACT |
No book co uld be published without geobbels permission |
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What propaganda did Hitler use? |
Posters Radios Rallies Success in sport |
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What sabotaged Hitler's plans to highlight the Aryan race in the Berlin Olympics 1936? |
Success of the black athletes in the US team. Especially Jesse Owen |
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What sort of things did the Nazis control? |
Music Films Art Theatre Architecture Literature |
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What do Hitler encourage within the arts and culture? |
The Aryan themes |
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Between 1933 and 1939 how many people were sent to concentration camps? |
1.3 million |
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Why did many Germans start supporting Hitler? |
Because they gaining a lot from his regime |
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What happened to the priests that opposed the Nazis? |
They were arrested and sent to concentration camps |
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Who were the Edelweiss pirates? |
Group of people who didn't listen Nazi rules |
