Nazi and Weimar Germany - Life in Nazi Germany: 1933-39

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what was nazi education planned for?
to make germany strong
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finish the sentence:
hitler wanted children to grow ___ and _______
fit and healthy
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what did hitler want girls to be?
good wives and mothers
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what did hitler want boys to be?
workers and soldiers
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up to what age were children forced to go to school?
14
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did all the school have the same or different curriculum?
same
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how much did PE take up in the school curriculum?
a sixth of school time
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what type of views did lessons teach in school?
nazi views
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give an example of one of the nazi views taught in school
race studies
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what did race studies teach?
aryan superiority
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what did the girls study in school?
cooking and needlework
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what did nazi youth movements plan?
to make germany stronger
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what is the german word for 'little fellows'?
pimpfen
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what does jungvolk mean in english?
hitler youth
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what was the age range for the boys in the little fellows?
between 6-14 years old
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what was the age range for the boys in the jungvolk?
between 14-18 years old
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what did the little fellows and hitler youth train boys for?
the army
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what was the nazi youth movement for girls called?
the league of german maidens
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what did the the league of german maidens teach girls?
motherhood
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name an anti-nazi youth group
edelweiss pirates
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how many members did the edelweiss pirates have by 1939?
2,000
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what three values did the nazis thought women should focus on?
kinder, kuche and kirche
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what does kinder, kuche and kirche mean in english?
children, kitchen and church
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finish the sentence:
the nazis frowned on women w______ or wearing makeup or t_______
working, trousers
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finish this sentence:
some women felt d_______ by the n___ policies
devalued, nazi
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how many female teachers were there in germany by 1933?
100,000
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where did the nazis wanted women to work at?
at home
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give two examples of careers the nazis pushed women out of
teaching and law
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what did forcing women out of work create?
jobs for men
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what did forcing women out of work reduce?
unemployment
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what was the law for marriage set up in 1933 to encourage people to have children called?
the law for the encouragement of marriage
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how much money did the the law for the encouragement of marriage give to those who married?
1000 marks
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how much was 1000 marks at the time?
a month's wage
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what was the conditions for the the law for the encouragement of marriage?
the woman had to leave her job and become a housewife
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what did the the law for the encouragement of marriage boost?
marriages
large families
women staying at home
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how much were couple let off for each child they had? (the law for the encouragement of marriage)
25% or 1/4 or a quarter
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what supported the nazi policy of large families?
the german women's enterprise
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what did the german women's enterprise do to promote their policies?
they gave classes and even made radio broadcasts on good motherhood
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what did the german women's enterprise give to women who had 4+ children?
a mother's cross
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how many children did the german women's enterprise give the bronze mother's cross for?
4-5 children
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how many children did the german women's enterprise give the silver mother's cross for?
6-7 children
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how many children did the german women's enterprise give the gold mother's cross for?
8+ children
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what was the lebenborn programme for?
the production of 'racially pure' germans
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what did the lebenborn programme do?
they found 'racially pure' women for the ** men to get pregnant
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in just one lebenborn home, from 1938-1941, how many single women gave birth to babies?
540
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what did the nazi economy policy made the industry serve?
the needs of the state
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what happened to iron and steel production in the years 1933-1939?
it trebled (increased by three times)
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what did the increase in iron and steel production in the years 1933-1939 do to germany?
it made germany more self-sufficient
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how long was hitler's plan to change the economy and make germany ready for war for?
4 years
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when was the four year plan introduced?
1936
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how much was spent in arms in 1933?
3.5 billion marks
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how much was spent in arms in 1939?
26 billion marks
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how many members were in the army in 1933?
100,000
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how many members were in the army in 1939?
900,000
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what was the state-run replacement for trade unions called?
DAF
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what does DAF stand for?
the german labour front
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how much did the working hours went up by under the DAF?
an average of 6 hours a week
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what did the DAF set?
working hours and wages
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what does the RAD stand for?
the reich labour service
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what did the RAD do?
they gave work to the unemployed
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how many men had to do RAD?
anyone who was between 18-25
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what type of work did the RAD do?
work that was vital to the state such as farm work and public buildings
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by 1939, how many miles of autobahn had the members of the RAD built?
7,000 miles
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how many months did all members from the RAD have to do from 1935 onwards?
6 months
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what did unemployment cause?
hardship and discontent
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what schemes did hitler use to keep unemployment down?
RDF and army spending
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give an example of 'invisible unemployment'
taking jobs from women and jews
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how many were unemployed in 1933
6 million
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how many were unemployed in 1938
less than 1 million
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how much did wages rise by from 1933-1938?
20%
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how much did the sales of consumer food rise by from 1933-1938?
45%
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what also rose as wages increased in between 1933-1938?
food prices and work hours
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how much did work hours increased by in between 1933-1938?
6 hours
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what happened to car ownership in the 1930s?
it trebled (increased by 3x)
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what type of cars were made during the 1930s?
Volkswagen
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what does the SdA stand for?
beauty of labour
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what did the SdA aim?
to please their workers and keep their support
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what did SdA control?
working conditions such as meals and safety standards
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what does KdF stand for?
strength through joy
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what did the KdF ran?
sports centres and social activities, such as theatre trips and holidays
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who was the world's largest fourth operator in the 1930s?
the KdF
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what set out the nazi hierarchy of race?
hitler's book, mein kampf (my struggle)
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what were pure 'western' Europeans considered as?
'aryans'
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what were pure 'eastern' Europeans considered as?
slavs
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examples of sub-humans
black people and the disabled
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what were gypsies and jews regarded as?
lebensunwertes (unworthy of life)
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who did hitler believe weakened germany?
jews
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from what date did hitler persecute jews?
1933
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what did hitler organise to persecute jews?
boycotts for jewish businesses
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where were jews not allowed to work in after 1933?
government or armed forces
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what place were jews banned from?
restaurants
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what law was introduced in 1935?
the nuremberg law
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what does the nuremberg law state?
that jews were no longer german citizens
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from what date did jews have to register their possessions and carry identity cards?
1938
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what could jewish professionals, such as doctors, not have?
aryan clients or patients
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could jews vote?
no
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could jews have passports?
no
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what is the kristallnacht?
the night of broken glass
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when was the night of the broken glass?
9th november 1938
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what happened in the night of the broken glass?
the nazis took revenge for the shooting of a nazi official in Paris by a young jew
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how many shops were destroyed during the night of the broken glass?
814
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how many homes were destroyed during the night of the broken glass?
171
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how many synagogues were destroyed during the night of the broken glass?
191
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how many jews were killed during the night of the broken glass?
100
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after what event were 20,000 jews imprisoned?
kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
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how many jews were sent to concentration camps after the night of the broken glass?
20,000
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in 1939, where were jews forced to move to?
ghettos
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what were ghettos?
walled-off areas of the cities that kept them apart from the other people
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what two things were bad in the ghettos that the jews were forced into?
housing and food supplies
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finish the sentence:
nazis wanted to ______ germany
purify
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who else did they persecute apart from jews?
gypsies and homosexuals
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where were gypsies and homosexuals sent to?
concentration camps
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where were disabled people sent to?
state 'care' homes
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what was the reality of state 'care' homes for the disabled?
that many died from deliberate neglect
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