Hitler's Germany

?
  • Created by: Lottie_C
  • Created on: 01-04-16 13:24
Beer Hall Putsch
9th November 1923, Failed attempt by Nazis to seize power in Munich, led to Hitler in prison for 9 months
1 of 47
Nazi Propaganda to consolidate power
Goebbels, generalised policies, showed opposition negatively
2 of 47
Blame
used every opportunity to put blame on allies, Jews, Communists, Treaty of Versailles
3 of 47
How did Hitler use the threat of communism to gain support
Hitler gained support of businessmen by promising to get rid of communism
4 of 47
Unemployment
Hitler promised to end it by starting public work schemes
5 of 47
Wall Street Crash
1929, people desperate, needed strong leader
6 of 47
Reichstag Fire
27th February 1933, Dutch Communist Van Der Lubbe blamed, Hitler says communists behind it and issues emergency decree
7 of 47
Emergency decree
SA/** can arrest any suspected political opposition
8 of 47
Enabling Act
March 1933, allows Hitler to pass any law without others, ends democracy
9 of 47
Night of the Long Knives
29/30th June, Hitler heard SA plotting, ** arrested and shot many including Ernst Rohm and Chancellor Schleicher
10 of 47
Hitler's Aim
Totalitarian state, no other parties, self sufficient
11 of 47
Gestapo
Feared, Reinhard Heydrich, violent
12 of 47
**
Bodyguards of Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, aryans, loyal, destroyed opposition, trained
13 of 47
Nazi propaganda when Hitler was in power
Goebbels, ideologies, impose ideas, indoctrinate people, simple
14 of 47
One party state
Hitler was Fuhrer, total control
15 of 47
Media
controlled, radios cheap for everyone, loud speakers, newspapers, books not approved burnt, Jewish editors banned
16 of 47
Hitler Youth
train men to be soldiers, prepare for war, fun, uniforms, treated like adults
17 of 47
Young People
brainwashed, teach future generations on policies, loyal
18 of 47
League of German Maidens
Girls version of Hitler Youth, taught to be mothers of aryan race, activities such as knitting
19 of 47
Eidelweiss pirates
opposed Nazis, boys and girls
20 of 47
Public Work Schemes
reduce unemployment, autobahns, luxuries, German labour front, conscription created jobs, cars and family trips
21 of 47
Women
stay at home, 'church, children, kitchen', encouraged to have kids (medals), aryan race, no trousers/makeup
22 of 47
Workers
needed workers to establish empire, no trade unions, standard of living lower than pre-depression
23 of 47
Economy
Mess because of Wall Street Crash, Hitler promised radical improvements so majority gave up political freedom, boosted popularity of Nazis and national pride
24 of 47
Statistics on the persecution of Jews
10 million victimes of holocaust, 5-6 million Jews killed
25 of 47
Berlin Olympics
1936, no anti-Jew posters, showed Hitler in good light
26 of 47
Civil service
Jews banned
27 of 47
Jewish passports
stamped with red J, separation from public
28 of 47
Ghettos
1939-42, built for Jews in Eastern Europe, 356, 'holding areas', brutal, overcrowded, disease, Nazis used propaganda to justify, EG Warsaw
29 of 47
Star of David
had to be worn by Jews at all time and put on shops
30 of 47
Death Marches
January 1945, Russian forces advancing, prisoners forced to march to another camp to be killed,
31 of 47
Death March statistics
17th January 1945, 58,000 prisoners left Auschwitz to walk to Bergen-Belsen, only 20,000 survived
32 of 47
Kristallnacht
1938, Jewish shops smashed, first step to final solution
33 of 47
Nuremburg Laws
legal restrictions against Jews, made subjects not citizens
34 of 47
Einsatzgruppen
mobile killing units, killed Jews on mass, Eastern Europe, Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich
35 of 47
Concentration Camps
opposition to Nazis put in them, late 1930's death common, labour, poor sanitary conditions, poor food, illness rife, E.G. Sobebor, Auschwitz
36 of 47
Labour in camps
munitions factories, farms, coal mines, some worked in camps
37 of 47
Slave labour
prisoners of war put in slave labour camps, by 1944 1/4 of Germans work force
38 of 47
Life on home front 1939-41
rationing, food and clothes, hot water 2 days a week, no toilet paper, standard of living relatively high still
39 of 47
Life on home front 1941-43
big losses in army, war going badly, propaganda to keep morale high, air raids
40 of 47
Mid 1943
Germany's economy overseen by Albert Speer
41 of 47
life on home front 1943-44
1943 total war, all of German society had to contribute to war, 8 million more workers now available
42 of 47
late 1944
almost entire economy dedicated to war, big rise in military production
43 of 47
life on home front 1944-45
July 1944, Nazis started to prepare for last effort to win, entertainment closed, home guard formed, air raids, chaos in country
44 of 47
Total war
1943, everything devoted to war, all of economy going to war
45 of 47
labour shortages
hardly any excess labour, conscription for women in 1943, prisoners of war had to contribute
46 of 47
Nuremburg Trials
20 Nazi leaders arrested and tried for war crimes, 10 people hanged, denazification
47 of 47

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Nazi Propaganda to consolidate power

Back

Goebbels, generalised policies, showed opposition negatively

Card 3

Front

Blame

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

How did Hitler use the threat of communism to gain support

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Unemployment

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar History resources:

See all History resources »See all Hitler's Germany resources »