2.5 Nazi Germany: Life in dictatorship

• Leisure activities under the Nazis were organized through Kraft durch Freude, also known as KdF
• Propaganda was used by the Nazis to maintain control and shape public opinion

  True
• The Nazi education system replaced emphasis on critical thinking with a focus on racial purity and militarism
• The SS oversaw law enforcement and controlled concentration camps
• The Nuremberg Laws were part of the systematic persecution of the Jews
• What were the discriminatory policies and violent measures used by the Nazis aimed at minority groups?

  Oppression, marginalization, elimination
• The persecution of Jews under the Nazis included measures such as the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht
• What was the purpose of Kraft durch Freude (KdF)?

  Monitor leisure and propaganda
• Teachers under the Nazis were required to be members of the Nazi party.


  True
• Order the goals and outcomes of Nazi economic policies:

  1️⃣ Achieve economic self-sufficiency

  2️⃣ Prioritize heavy industry for military production

  3️⃣ Implement protectionist trade policies

  4️⃣ Transform Germany into a military powerhouse
• The Nazi economic policies transformed Germany into an industrial and military powerhouse at the cost of exploiting labor
• The Nazis nationalized key sectors of the economy
• What was the main target group of the Nuremberg Laws under the Nazis?

  Jews
• What was the role of the Gestapo in enforcing persecutory policies?

  Surveillance and suppression
• What was the purpose of propaganda in the arts under the Nazis?

  Disseminate Nazi ideals
• How was the education system used under the Nazis?

  Indoctrinate youth
• What was the purpose of Kraft durch Freude (KdF)?

  Propaganda and social cohesion
• The Gestapo was the Nazi secret police responsible for eliminating political opponents


  True
• Steps in Nazi economic policies and industrialization

  1️⃣ Achieve economic self-sufficiency (autarky)

  2️⃣ Reduce unemployment

  3️⃣ Prioritize heavy industry for military production

  4️⃣ Nationalize key sectors
• LGBTQ+ individuals were deported to concentration camps under Nazi rule


  True
• Match the minority group with the persecution policies or measures they faced under the Nazis:

  Jews ↔️ Nuremberg Laws

  Roma and Sinti ↔️ Forced labor

  Political opponents ↔️ Gestapo arrests

  LGBTQ+ individuals ↔️ Criminalization
• The Nazis replaced critical thinking in education with racial purity and militarism.


  True
• What was the key emphasis of education under the Nazis compared to before?

  Racial purity and militarism
• What was the role of the SS under the Nazis?

  Enforce Nazi racial ideology
• What was the goal of the Nazi economic policy called autarky?

  Economic self-sufficiency
• What industry did the Nazis prioritize for military production?

  Heavy industry
• Match the economic goal with its strategy under the Nazi regime:

  Economic self-sufficiency ↔️ Nationalization of key industries

  Reducing unemployment ↔️ Public works projects

  Supporting military ambitions ↔️ Prioritization of heavy industry
• LGBTQ+ individuals were deported to concentration camps under the Nazis.


  True
• Creative freedom for artists was encouraged under the Nazi regime.

  False
• Steps in the Nazi regime's suppression of resistance movements:

  1️⃣ Persecution of minority groups

  2️⃣ Enforcement by the Gestapo

  3️⃣ Control through surveillance

  4️⃣ Suppression of organized resistance
• What was the primary emphasis in the Nazi education system?

  Racial purity
• The German Labour Front replaced trade unions
• What media was used by the Nazis to disseminate propaganda?

  Radio, film, and print
• What role did block wardens play in Nazi social control?

  Monitored neighborhoods
• What happened to Roma and Sinti under Nazi persecution?

  Forced labor and genocide
• Persecution of minority groups was a central part of Nazi ideology and policies.


  True
• Order the ways daily life was shaped under Nazi rule in terms of work, education, and leisure:

  1️⃣ Elimination of trade unions

  2️⃣ Indoctrination of youth in education

  3️⃣ Organization of leisure through Kraft durch Freude (KdF)

  4️⃣ Promotion of traditional family values
• Propaganda and censorship were used by the Nazis to shape public opinion and foster support for their ideals
• The Gestapo was the secret police responsible for identifying and eliminating political opponents
• Achieving economic self-sufficiency was one of the key goals of Nazi economic policies