CHAPTER THREE

Cards (55)

  • When did the Reichstag Fire occur?
    27 February 1933
  • Who was caught at the Reichstag Fire?
    Van der Lubbe
  • How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire?
    To arrest Communist opponents and campaign
  • What did many people suspect about the Nazis and the Reichstag Fire?
    That the Nazis burned it down themselves
  • What emergency powers did Hitler gain after the Reichstag Fire?
    To squash the Communists
  • When was the general election held after the Reichstag Fire?
    5 March 1933
  • What percentage of the vote did the Nazis receive in the general election?
    44%
  • What action did Hitler take after not achieving a majority in the Reichstag?
    Arrested 81 Communist deputies
  • When was the Enabling Act passed?
    23 March 1933
  • What power did the Enabling Act give Hitler?
    To make his own laws
  • How did the Nazis ensure the Enabling Act was passed?
    Nazi stormtroopers intimidated opposition deputies
  • What did the Enabling Act effectively end?
    The Weimar Constitution
  • When did the Nazis take over local government?
    26 April 1933
  • What did the Nazis do to teachers and professors?
    Replaced anti-Nazi teachers and professors
  • What secret police did Hitler establish?
    Gestapo
  • Who were targeted and arrested by the Nazis?
    Jews, Communists, and other minorities
  • When were Trade Unions banned?
    2 May 1933
  • What replaced the Trade Unions?
    German Labour Front
  • What was the effect of the German Labour Front on workers?
    Reduced pay and removed right to strike
  • When were political parties banned?
    14 July 1933
  • What did the Law against the Formation of Parties declare?
    Nazi Party as the only political party
  • When did the Night of the Long Knives occur?
    30 June 1934
  • Who were the SA?
    Thugs who helped Hitler come to power
  • Why did Hitler order the Night of the Long Knives?
    To eliminate Rohm and SA threats
  • What was the codeword for the Night of the Long Knives?
    Hummingbird
  • What title did Hitler take after Hindenburg's death?
    Führer
  • What was the SS originally created for?
    Hitler's personal bodyguard
  • What was the role of the Gestapo?
    To find opponents of the regime
  • How did the Nazis control the courts?
    Judges took an oath of loyalty to Hitler
  • When was the first concentration camp opened?
    1933
  • Who were the first inmates of concentration camps?
    Political prisoners and minorities
  • What was the purpose of concentration camps?
    Questioning, torture, and re-education
  • Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda?
    Goebbels
  • What was required for a book to be published?
    Goebbels' permission
  • How did the Nazis use cinema for propaganda?
    Newsreels and propaganda films before movies
  • What was the Reich Press Law?
    Placed newspapers under State control
  • What was the goal of the German Faith Movement?
    To replace Christianity with a Nazi faith
  • Who led the Confessing Church?
    Martin Niemoller
  • What was the response of the Catholic Church to Nazi actions?
    Spoke out against the Nazis in 1937
  • What was the main focus of the Pastor's Emergency League?
    Opposing Nazi influence on religion