nazi germany

• Membership in the Hitler Youth became compulsory in 1936.
• Propaganda was aimed at promoting nationalism, anti-Semitism, militarism, and support for the war effort.
• The Nazi regime used propaganda to control public opinion, including films, posters, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and speeches by leaders like Goebbels.
• Nazi propaganda portrayed Jews as responsible for Germany's defeat in World War I and blamed them for economic problems during the Weimar Republic.
• Hitler's belief that Jews were inferior led him to support anti-Semitic policies, including the Nuremberg Laws.
• The Nazis used the term "Aryan" to describe people they believed were racially superior.
• The Nazi propaganda emphasized ideas such as Aryan supremacy, antisemitism, and the need for colonization.
• The Nazi regime used propaganda to control public opinion and promote its ideology.
• Nazi Germany had an authoritarian government with one party rule under Adolf Hitler's leadership.
• Jewish people were depicted as greedy capitalists who exploited German workers and controlled the media.
• Antisemitic propaganda also claimed that Jewish people had an inferior race and culture compared to Germans.
• Anti-Jewish sentiment increased throughout Europe due to the Great Depression and the rise of fascist movements.
• Hitler's charisma and ability to inspire loyalty among his followers were key factors in his rise to power.
• In 1920, there were approximately 540,000 Jews living in Germany, making up less than 1% of the population.
• Jewish people were excluded from certain professions and banned from marrying Aryans under the Nuremberg Laws.
• Anti-Semitic laws also included restrictions on Jewish businesses and property ownership.
• Goebbels played an important role in shaping Nazi ideology through his use of propaganda.
• article 48 was an emergency power for the president to make a decision on his own
• The Enabling Act gave Hitler dictatorial powers until 1937
• Hitler's first act as chancellor was to ban all political parties except the Nazis
• Himmler was head of the SS
• the Gestapo were secret police
• the treaty of versailles limited Germany's army to 100,000 men
• Nazis took over trade unions on 2 May 1933
• the Spartacist revolt happened because they believed Germany could have a revolution like Russia
• the weimar constitution balanced powers of parliament and people in charge
• Germany had to pay £6600 million in reparations for the war
• ww1 was between 1914-1918
• who did Germany face during WW1

  The Allies: Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the USA
• The social democratic party feared a communist uprising (like the one in Russia) during WW1 and the kaiser had to abdicate
• who were the freikorps

  volunteer armies
• who were the 'November criminals'

  The politicians who signed the armistice to end WW1
• communists were left wing
• nazis and nationalists were right wing
• the Spartacists were set up in Berlin during WW1
• Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht founded the Spartacists
• the Spartacists wanted a communist revolution like Russia had had
• The spartacists became the german communist party (KPD)
• On the 4 January 1919 a police chief in Berlin, who was popular with workers, was sacked and the next day thousands of workers called for an uprising and general strike
• On the 6 January 1919 workers seized the governments newspapers and telegraph offices