GCSE Weimar Germany flash cards edexcel

• What changed protestant churches?

  The Reich church - all protestant churches were under Nazi control.

  Bible replaced with mein kampf, swat sticker replaced cross , all old Testament Jewish teachings were removed.
• What did the Nazi set up in 1934

  The German faith movement
• What were the results of the Nazi policies against women?

  marriages increased by 21% between 1933 and 39

  in 1936 there was over 30% more births than 1933
• What were the changes to German women's lives in Nazi Germany?

  1) the mothers cross, rewarded an amount of children, for example 4: bronze medals

  2) marriage loan, parents got to keep 250 marks for every child they had

  3) Lebensborn, Aryan women 'donate' a child to the Furher by getting pregnant from an Aryan SS member

  4) abortion and contraception was banned

  5) sterilisation law, 1933 non-Aryan women couldn't have children
• what were autobhans?

  1933- motorways, 125000 men employed by 1935
• What were the results of the nazis work for unemployment

  nazis announced unemployment had went from 4,800,000 to 300,000 by 1939
• What was public works?

  Nazis plan to build 7000 miles of motorways to improve transport

  spent 738 billion marks on schools and hospitals to create jobs
• What was the conscription and rearement?

  Breaking the treaty of versailles

  army grew to 1.4 million by 1939

  spending on arms went from 3.5 billion to 26 billion
• What was the Fuhrer Cult?

  Showed Hitler as both asupermanandman of the people
• Describe censorship

  all anti-Nazi ideas were banned in 1933,

  20,000 Jewish and communist books were burnt in the centre of Berlin.

  Writers, films, artists could only produce pro Nazi arts

  jazz music was banned

  anti-nazi jokes were a crime
• Did Hitler break the Concord that? If so how?

  Yes, 1937, 400 Catholics sent to concentration camps, Catholic schools closed and groups banned
• what was the concordat?

  1933 Hitler made a truce with the Pope to not interfere with catholisism
• What was the peoples court?

  court with Nazi judges who had swore a loyalty oath to Hitler
• What role did the Gestapo play within the Nazi police state?

  Secret police spied on Germans tapped phones opened mail jail. Anyone arrested over 160,000 political crimes.
• Explain the six ways that the Nazis used propaganda


  1) rallies, 1934- 200,000 attended to see thousands of banners, 20,000 Nazi flags and 100 foot Nazi gold eagle

  2) film, all films included 45 minute Nazi news

  3)culture, the Reich chamber of culture ensured all followed to the Nazi message

  4) newspapers, journalists were told what to write and anti-nazi papers were shut down

  5) radio, 70% of homes had a Nazi radio

  6) events, 1936 Olympics showed Aryan superiority, 33 gold medals and power (stadium biggest in the world)
• Did the German workers benefit under the Nazis?

  Yes- more people working, wages increase by 20%, workers got their 'bread and work' as promised

  No- price of good rose by 20%, working hours increased
• What was the beauty of labour?

  Campaigned to improve the facilities for workers e.g.better toilets and showers
• What was 'Strength through Joy'?

  Provided workers with leisure activities such as theatre tickets and sports events, 10 million went on these holidays
• What was the German labour front?

  Hitler banned all trade unions and replaced with DAF - strikes became illegal. Couldn't ask for higher wages working hours increased.
• When did Hindenburg die?

  2nd August 1934, within hours Hitler combines role of president and chancellor to create "Fuhrer of the third Reich" and army swears an oath of loyalty
• What was the night of the long knives?

  Hitler starts to fear the SA in 1934, orders the arrest of the SA on the night of the 30th of June 1934

  ,SS arrests 400 SA leaders, some imprisoned , and others executed.

  Hitler agreed to murder keep his powers.
• Explain the SS

  personal of Hitle

  r become intelligence, security and police of 240,000 Aryans under Himmler

  nicknamed 'blackshirts', ultimate power to get rid of threats
• Explain the role of the gestapo

  Gustavo set up in 1933, with a Nazi secret police and very feared

  they use torture, phone tapping, informers ect on enemies

  they had no uniforms

  could imprison you without trial over 160,000 arrested for political crimes
• What groups did propaganda target?

  Women workers, rich and right wing
• Who controlled Nazi propaganda?

  Josef Goebbels
• What did Hitler use the enabling act to do?

  ban trade unions

  July 1933 ban all political parties, except Nazis

  set up his own peoples court

  replace local councils with his own government
• When was the enabling act?

  March, 1933
• What was invisible unemployment?

  official government figures showed unemployment was falling but did not include jews being forced out of jobs, women being dismissed, unmarried men under 25 doing labour service and opponents of the regime who were sent to concentration camps
• What was the national labour service?

  All young men between the ages 18-25 years had to join for 6 months

  Given jobs in public works like building schools,hospitals, and repairing roads
• What happened in March 1933 elections and how did Hitler deal with it?

  44% votes for Nazis, Hitler bans communists

  forced reichstag to pass emergency degree
• What did Hitler offer to Germans?

  unity
• What did Hitler come in the 1932 president election?

  2nd
• How did German propaganda make Hitler appealing?

  "our last hope" "one leader"
• what were two things Hitler promised

  To destroy the treaty of Versailles and fix the economy
• When does Hitler become Chancellor?

  30th January 1933
• why does Papen think Hitler can be controlled?

  Hitler is "sandwiched" between them and a "mouse"
• what does Von Papen convince Hindenburg to do?

  make Papen vice Chancellor and make Hitler Chancellor

  give cabinet places to 2 Nazis
• when is Von Scheichler made chancellor and is he any good?

  December 1932 he has no support and uses article 48
• What happened happened between May and November 1932

  Bruning replaced by Von Papen as chancellor, (but has little support due to using article 48)

  Nazi votes increased to 32% in July, but Hindenburg still doesn't want to make Hitler Chancellor
• Why did Nazi votes drop to 28% in November 1932

  SA violence, worrying voters