Germany

• what is a police state?

  a totalitarian state controlled by a political force
• what is eugenics?

  the science of improving a population by improved breeding
• when did the Kristallnacht happen?

  November 1938
• what is another name for the Kristallnacht?

  The Night of Broken Glass
• what does Kinder, Kirche, Kuche mean?

  "children, church, and cooking" a slogan used by the Nazis which reflected what women should dedicate their lives to
• what was the German League of Maidens?

  the girls wing of the Nazi Youth movement. It was the only legal female youth organisation in Germany
• what date did Hindenburg die?

  2nd August 1934
• how did the death of Hindenburg affect Hilter?

  Hitler took the position of president, making him the Fuhrer, the most powerful in Germany
• what were the Nazi concentration camps?

  prison camps for specific groups of people where inmates were often treated with brutality
• which types of people were put in concentration camps?

  work shy, beggars, alcoholics, prostitutes, homosexuals
• when did Hilter become chancellor?

  30th January 1933
• how did Hitler become chancellor?

  Hindenburg appointed him because everyone had resigned, but he had restrictions, like Von Papen as vice chancellor
• what was swing youth?

  a group of young Germans who refused to join the Hitler Youth organisation
• what was the Holocaust?

  the genocide of European Jews during WW2
• how many people died in the Holocaust?

  around 6 million Jews, 2/3 of Jewish people
• when and what was the faith movement?

  (1933-1945) a religious movement in Nazi Germany. It was to sought to move Germany to Nazi paganism
• what happened at the 1930 election?

  (September) the Nazi Party were the 2nd largest party (centre party 1st). Everyone who was appointed chancellor eventually resigned from the job
• what was the Beauty of Labour?

  a propaganda movement of Nazi government frm 1934-1945. It's function was the beautification of the German work environment
• what were the einsatzgruppen?

  SS mobile death squads responsible for the murder of those thought by the Nazis to br radical/political enemies
• what were the German Labour Front?

  (DAF) an organisation set up by Nazis to improve the lives of workers
• who were White Rose Hans and Sophie Scholl?

  brother and sister who led a 1942 Munich University against Nazism
• who led the 1942 Munich University against Nazism?

  White Rose Han and Sophie Scholl
• who politically manoeuvered Hitler when he became chancellor?

  Von Papen and Von Schleider
• what happened at the 1932 Election?

  (July) Bruning resigned and Hindenburg appointed Von Papen (centre party) but wasn't well supported, Nazis were the largest party
• when was the 1932 Election?

  July
• what was the Aryan race?

  Nazi term for someone of 'pure blood'. Hitler's prefered features were blonde hair, blue eyes, tall strong, hard-working men and obediant, red-faced women
• what was Volkswagen?

  The volkswagen company originated during the Third Reich in an attempt to create an affordable car. The company operated four concentration camps and eight forced labour camps on its property
• what were the Edeweiss pirates?

  a rebel youth gang which went camping and sang songs making fun of Hitler. They even physically attacked Hitler youth groups. The gang included, boys, girls, and Jews
• what were the undesirables?

  Individuals who weren't a part of the Aryan race and were not 'desired' by Hitler. People who weren't pure German nor had the qualities of the race that Hitler wanted for his army
• what was the jewish resistance?

  Jewish resistance under Nazi rule took various forms of organised underground activities conducted against German occupation regimes in Europe by Jews in WW2
• who was Ernst Rohm?

  the leader of the SA army
• why and when was Ernst Rohm murdered?

  there were rumours of him becoming too powerful and so him and 400 other potential threats were murdered during the Night of Long Knives
• when was the Reichstag fire?

  27th February 1933
• what was the Reichstag fire?

  The Reichstag burned down. Hitler was the first to address it and stated it was a communist plot to take over Germany
• when was the Night of Long Knives?

  30th June 1934
• what was the Night of Long Knives?

  Hitler had to choose between the army (SS) and the SA. He wanted to merge them but there were rumours that Rohm wanted to take over. Rohm and the leaders were shot and 400 political threats were murdered
• what was Hitler youth?

  the youth organisation of the Nazi party in Germany for educating and training the male youth in Nazi principles. They were targeted for propaganda messages and indoctrinated children
• what were ghettos?

  a place used to forcefully segregate groups of people from others. the nazis used them to isolate and contain the Jewish population of occupied Europe
• what was the army oath?

  members of the army had to swear a personal oath of allegiance to Hitler, not Germany. He kept them out of politics to keep them busy with conscription and rearmament
• what was Lebensborn?

  pregnant German women deemed 'racially valuable' were encouraged to give birth to their children at Lebensborn homes. During WW2, the programme kidnapped foreign children considered 'Aryan' by Nazis