Persecution

• What did Article 48 allow the president to do?

  Rule by decree without parliament
• How many seats did the Nazis achieve in the July 1932 election?

  230 seats
• When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

  11 November 1918
• Who set up the Gestapo in 1933?

  Goering
• Who was in control of the Gestapo in 1939?

  Ernst Rohm
• How often was the President elected in Germany during this period?

  Every 4 years
• When was Hitler made Chancellor?

  30th January 1933
• What percentage majority was required to change the constitution?

  50%
• What was the implication of coalition governments in Germany?

  One party made all the decisions
• Where was an annual mass rally held to advertise the power of the Nazi state?

  Nuremberg
• Who was appointed Head of Propaganda for the Nazi party in 1929?

  Josef Goebbels
• What did Hitler use the Enabling Act for?


  To ban all political parties
• Who led the Spartacist League?

  Rosa Parks
• What was the composition of the Freikorps?


  Unemployed ex-communists
• When did the Kapp Putsch occur?

  February 1919
• How was the Kapp Putsch ended?

  When soldiers marched into Berlin
• What was Germany’s main industrial region?

  Bavaria
• Why were minority groups targeted by the Nazis?

  • To create a pure German state
  • Non-German groups treated as second-class citizens
  • Belief in a master race and sub-humans
  • Jews viewed as an evil force in a world conspiracy
• What were the changes to the lives of Jewish people in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1939?

  • Implementation of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935
  • Kristallnacht on 9th November 1938
  • Increased discrimination and persecution
  • Mandatory registration of possessions and identity cards
• What does the term 'persecution' mean in the context of Nazi Germany?

  Systematic mistreatment and oppression of minority groups
• What were the Nazis' racial beliefs regarding the Aryan race?

  They believed in creating a pure Aryan race as the master race
• What was the concept of 'Volksgemeinschaft'?

  A community of Aryans united for the strength of the German state
• What was the significance of the term 'Untermenschen'?

  It referred to groups considered sub-human by the Nazis
• What was the purpose of indoctrination in Nazi Germany?


  To gain the support of the German people for Nazi policies
• What role did propaganda play in Nazi indoctrination?

  It reinforced Nazi messages through various media
• What was the Boycott of Jewish Shops in April 1933?

  A campaign to persuade Germans to avoid Jewish businesses
• What were the Nuremberg Laws?

  Racial laws that classified people based on their ancestry
• What was Kristallnacht?


  A violent pogrom against Jews on 9th November 1938
• What was the aftermath of Kristallnacht for the Jewish community?

  Jews were fined and faced increased restrictions
• What was the purpose of the Reich Office for Jewish Emigration?

  To facilitate the forced emigration of Jews from Germany
• What were the characteristics of those considered 'a-social' by the Nazis?

  Individuals who did not contribute to the German state, including the unhealthy and mentally disabled
• What were the stages of the persecution of minorities in Nazi Germany?

  1. Indoctrination
  2. Discrimination
  3. Persecution
• What was the significance of eugenics in Nazi education?

  It promoted the idea of selective breeding among Aryans
• How did the Nazis portray Kristallnacht to the public?

  As a spontaneous act of vengeance by the German people
• What was the impact of the Nuremberg Laws on Jewish marriages?

  They prohibited marriages between Jews and Germans
• What was the role of the SA during the Boycott of Jewish Shops?

  They prevented people from entering Jewish businesses
• What was the significance of the term 'Aryan blood' in Nazi ideology?

  It was used to define who could be considered a citizen
• What was the purpose of the identity cards required of Jews starting in July 1938?

  To facilitate their persecution
• What was the significance of the forced emigration of Jews by the summer of 1939?

  About 250,000 Jews had left Germany
• What was the role of the SS in the persecution of Jews?

  They were responsible for driving Jews from Germany