Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1945

• How many people were unemployed by 1932?

  6 million
• What was the compulsory scheme that provided jobs for men aged 18-25?

  RAD
• How much did the Nazis spend on job creation schemes in 1933

  37.1 billion marks
• What was the name for the system of motorways built to create jobs?

  Autobahns
• Who was Hitler's first economic minister?

  Hjalmar Schacht
• Who created the 4 year plan to boost the German economy?

  Hermann Goering
• Germany wanted to become self-sufficient. This is known as achieving what?

  Autarky
• Many people were excluded from work and did not appear on unemployment figures (e.g. Jews) What was this called?

  Invisible unemployment
• Hitler also created jobs by investing in tanks, aircraft and ships. What was this called?

  Rearmament
• What organisation aimed to improve the leisure time of German workers?

  The KdF
• When the Nazis banned all trade unions, what did they replace them with that banned strikes?

  The DAF
• What were awarded to women with large families?

  Medals
• What was he most important role for women?


  Having children
• How did the Nazis encourage young couples to marry?

  Giving them loans
• Women were asked to stick to the 3Ks. What were they?

  Kinder, Kuche, Kirche (Children, kitchen, church)
• What were women discouraged from wearing?

  Make-up, high heels
• What were teachers forced to do?

  Swear an oath of loyalty
• What was the name of the compulsory youth group?

  The Hitler Youth
• How many members did it have by 1939?

  7 million
• What aspects of the Hitler youth were popular?

  Activities, holidays
• Which aspects of the Hitler youth were unpopular?

  Politics and militaristic activities
• Which group assassinated the SA leaders and maintained control of Germany?

  The SS
• What was the name of the secret police?

  The Gestapo
• What happened to judges who did not support the Nazis?

  They were removed
• Where were opponents of the Nazis taken?

  Concentration camps
• Who controlled propaganda in Germany?

  Josef Goebbels
• What happened to the media that was critical of the Nazis?

  Censorship
• What kind of art did Hitler support?

  Traditional Germanic art
• What kind of art did Hitler ban?

  Degenerate art
• What was the name for the supposed German master race?

  The Aryan race
• What is the name for hatred of the Jews?

  Anti-Semitism
• What action did the SA take against the Jews in 1933?

  A boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
• What set of laws took away Jews' citizenship and right to vote?

  The Nuremberg laws (1935)
• What law banned sexual relations or marriage between Jews and German citizens?

  The Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honour
• What was the name for the night in 1938 when there were attacks on Jewish property, 100 were killed and 20,000 sent to concentration camps?

  Kristallnacht
• What did Hitler sign with the powerful Catholic Church to minimise their influence?

  The Concordat
• Which famous Protestant pastor opposed the Nazi regime?

  Martin Niemoller
• What happened to Martin Niemoller?

  He was sent to a concentration camp
• What alternative, Nazi church was created?

  The National Reich Church
• After encouraging women to give up work, the Nazis then encouraged women to go to work. Why?

  manpower was needed for the army