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Nazis and Germany in 1933 |
Germany was full of poverty and unemployment Nazis appealed to people via jobs, bread and work and nationalism Nazis were well funded and had Goebells for propaganda and Ernst Rohm for SA (private army) |
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Dictatorship |
Hitler wanted full control Blamed reichstag fire on Communists and needed emergency powers to get rid of them Catholic centre party were on side and Nazis promised them protection from communists Enabling act 1933 gave him dictator powers SA intimidated parties to vote for Enabling Act |
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Total power 1934 |
Sa were a threat to Hitler Night of the Long Knives-Hitler send men to kill powerful Sa members like Ernst Rohm Hitler became Fuhrer (chancellor and president) after Hindenburg death Hitler put a loyal nazi or Gauleiter in charge of each local government in Germany |
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How terror was used for control |
SS-arrested, tortured people without trial Gestapo-secret police in charge of interrogation and stop opposition meetings Block Wardens-spied on neighbours to find out who was disloyal to Nazis Concentration camps-used to destroy threats to Nazis, Jews No fair trials, all judges were loyal to Hitler |
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Propaganda for control |
Radios broadcasted so important speeches heard. Produced radios for every family. All media was in line with Nazi beliefs Slogans like bread and work and Hitler was a national saviour were used |
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Opposition |
Niemoller-unhappy with Nazis interfering with Protestant Church, sent to concentration camp Communists-Banned and reichstag fire destroyed them Von Galen-critical of nazi racial policies, and was not harmed due to his high status and power Swing kids- listened to jazz and wore baggy clothes, were sent to concentration camps |
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Impact of war on German people |
Workers trained to make weapons and work on chemical plants-3/4 of workers in this industry by 1941 Children evacuated due to air raids Rationing improves diets Nazis used foreign workers to keep economy going as many workers left as soldiers
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Growing opposition from German people |
Kreisau Circle-believed Hitler was managing the war badly and tried to kill Hitler. Were executed and captured White Rose group-displayed anti nazi leaflets and propaganda |
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Total war (1939-42 ) impact |
All factories only made goods for war and focussed on tanks, caused some shortages Nazis found labour from countries like Poland and Holland, as they struggled to get women workers Middle aged men and young boys were in the people’s army and had to be ready if Germany was under attack |
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Nazi rule in Eastern Europe (Poland) |
Nazis thought polish people to be untermentions and sub humans Murdered 2 million poles and invaded land Polish Jews murdered Polish were used as forced labourers- made to wear P to make aware of inferiority |
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Nazi occupation in Western Europe (Netherlands) |
Dutch were considered Aryan and Ubermention Allowed to keep education system and town mayors kept jobs Dutch jews still worked as forced labourers and were discriminated |
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Holocaust |
Jews first placed in ghettos (walled areas of town) Final solution 1941- murdered all Jews Einsatzgrupen 1941-43: Death squads that shot Jews Death camps: had gas chambers and railway stations so Jews could bring up camps in large numbers |
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Responses to nazi rule across Europe |
Coco Chanel adopted anti Jewish rules to get great control in perfume company Latvians former their own SS and tortured Jews French Resistance performed a guirella war against Nazis by cutting phone lines and stopped train tracks Bielski partisans were a similar group in Poland |
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Nazi racial policy |
Hitler believed that the Aryan race was the only pure race SA organised boycotting of Jewish businesses and violence Jewish children-no more church |
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Nazi racial policy |
Hitler believed that the Aryan race was the only pure race SA organised boycotting of Jewish businesses and violence Jewish children-no more church |
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Role of women |
Have children Get married Stay at home and provide Due to Nazis creating jobs, they eventually got to work |
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Nazi racial policy |
Hitler believed that the Aryan race was the only pure race SA organised boycotting of Jewish businesses and violence Jewish children-no more church |
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Role of women |
Have children Get married Stay at home and provide Due to Nazis creating jobs, they eventually got to work |
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Role of men |
Recruited into national labour front Jobs available in factories and aircraft and military Low wages controlled by Nazis |
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Lives of children |
Hitler youth for boys: Wore military style uniforms and did physical activities to prepare for war Education was Nazified and children reported to teachers who weren’t loyal Children taught to be anti Semitic |
